Our photo from the past this week is the Wagga High School. The photo was taken soon after construction in 1917 when 100 boys and 60 girls were enrolled.
ThrowbackThursday: Daily Advertiser July 2nd, 1995
Take a look at what was going on in Wagga this time 20 years ago. There are lots of familiar faces – is yours one of them?
Archives In Brief 120 – Gold Mining
This Archives in Brief (AIB) provides a brief overview of the major sources held by State Records that relate to goldmining.
The invisible farmer: the forgotten history of Australian country women; Radio National
Australian farming women have been on the land as long as men, but they’ve been largely ignored by the history books.
In the Past compiled from the Daily Advertiser 23rd May
Our photo from the past this week is the Riverine Club on the corner of Sturt and Tarcutta Streets about 1900. The Club opened in 1881 and is still trading today.
Colonel Steve Jobson CSC speaks about 1945 Kapooka training tragedy
The commandant of the Army Recruit Training Centre at Kapooka, Colonel Steve Jobson CSC, says the death of 26 soldiers in the 1945 training accident was as a much a loss for the Wagga community as it was for the army.
ThrowbackThursday: Daily Advertiser May 17-23, 1995
Take a look at what was going on in Wagga this time 20 years ago. There are lots of familiar faces – is yours one of them?
Victorian Places
This is a website containing the history of all the places in Victoria (Australia) that have now or once had a population over 200 at any time since the establishment of Victoria as a British colony.
Wagga Wagga’s Music Music
AAA FM 107.1 (Wagga Wagga’s community radio station), have a special 2 or 3 times a year programme, called “Wagga Wagga’s Music Music”.
Kapooka Tradgedy 1945 Memorial Service
Will be held Thursday, 21st May at the dedicated Memorial Site located on the Kapooka Road commencing at 2pm. Further details are available from 6933 8214.









