Applications for the Charles Sturt University Wagga Wagga & District Historical Society Research Scholarship, valued at $3,500 are closing on 5th March.
1950’s Wagga Wagga Postcards
February 19, 2015 by ·
We are very grateful to R. Taylor who recently donated these 1950’s postcards to the Wagga Wagga and District Historical Society.
RootsTech Video Presentations Now Available Online
February 18, 2015 by ·
Video recordings of presentations at the huge RootsTech conference just concluded at Salt Lake City, Utah are now available free online.
Get Introduced to World History with 7 Engrossing Sites
February 18, 2015 by ·
This article from www.makeuseof.com is for those of us who want to begin to learn more about the history of our world, from east to west. From ancient times to the present.
Wills paint historic scene
February 9, 2015 by ·
The online history and genealogy website, Find my past, has today made more than 400,000 NSW wills from 1800 to 1952 accessible.
RAHS Young Regional Seminar 28th February
February 8, 2015 by ·
The Royal Australian Historical Society in conjunction with the Young Historical Society and the South-West Regional Library Service, Young, will be presenting a one-day regional seminar at Young on Saturday 28 February 2015.
Oral History Technical Training completed
February 8, 2015 by ·
The Museum of the Riverina has held a number of free training sessions for people interested in learning more about oral histories and their production. This weekend Regional Museum Officer, Rachael Vincent arranged with Bernard Sullivan from CSU an excellent session of more technical training.
ThrowbackThursday: Daily Advertiser Headlines, stories and faces of June 1972
February 5, 2015 by ·
Throwback Thursday the Daily Advertiser from June 1972
Members Meeting 7.30pm 16th February – Ian Hodges
February 2, 2015 by ·
Popular Guest Speaker, Ian Hodges, Historian with the Department of Veterans Affairs returns with all new material to continue his theme of Wagga’s First World War veterans and how they made their way back into community life. Not to be missed!
Wagga City Library | In the Footsteps of the First Light Horse
February 1, 2015 by ·
On May 5, 1915 the Regiment landed at Gallipoli, without horses, fighting at Pope’s Post and No.1 Outpost until their withdrawal on December 21, 1915. Local author Anne Flood’s grandfather Frederick Henry Wood was a member of the 1st Light Horse Regiment Machine Gun section.
