A Ticket to Paradise? delves into the rich diversity of the nation’s migrants and their experiences, and looks at promotional campaigns which presented a Utopian view of Australia as a welcoming country full of opportunity.
Wagga Wagga Family History and Historical Society Picnic Christmas Party
November 18, 2014 by ·
Wednesday 10th Dec 6-9pm Museum of the Riverina, Willans Hill
Albury Historical Society Christmas Party
November 15, 2014 by ·
The Albury Historical Society members have extended an invitation to join them at their annual Xmas Party to be held at the Commercial Golf Club, North Street Albury on Friday 12th December at 6.30 for 7pm. It will be a buffet meal hot and cold.
Opening Wal Fife Room at Mt Erin
November 15, 2014 by ·
The Wal Fife Room contains a wealth of material and records gathered during Wal Fife’s lifetime in the community and in politics. Your Society along with others has been assisting Wal and Marcia in establishing the rooms and indexing its contents.
This Week in Local History – November 15th
November 15, 2014 by ·
What’s happening in Wagga history circles this week, the headlines of The Daily Advertiser 25 and 50 years ago and on this day from around the world.
November Guest Speaker – Stephen Burns
November 15, 2014 by ·
Stephen Burns is author of the book “Once, a Splendid Coin” which is the story behind the image of the Merino ram that was first struck upon the 1938 Australian Shilling.
The Prosecution Project
November 1, 2014 by ·
The Prosecution Project at Griffith University is investigating the history of the criminal trial in Australia. They have started by digitising the registers of Supreme Court cases that are available in most jurisdictions. These record the names of accused as well as their offences and the outcomes of the trials. From this base data, extended […]
This Week in Local History – November 1
November 1, 2014 by ·
What’s happening in Wagga history circles this week, the headlines of The Daily Advertiser 25 and 50 years ago and on this day from around the world.
Ian Hodges presenting at Museum of the Riverina
October 31, 2014 by ·
Group bookings more than welcome for a FREE talk at the Museum of the Riverina’s Botanic Gardens site on Saturday, 8 November, 10:30am. Between 1915 and 1919 hundreds of Wagga men who had served in the Great War came home. Many who arrived before the Armistice bore obvious and debilitating wounds, but none who had […]
Local History – a case study
October 30, 2014 by ·
Suzanne Upton, an archivist working in Public Access at State Records set out to research the town of Dalgety to demonstrate the types of records you might find when undertaking local history research.
