In this second issue of the Royal Australian Historical Society eNews read about the recent Wagga Wagga Regional Seminar and the third presentation of the History is Hot series with postgraduate students from the University of Technology.

The Wagga City Council 1949 Information Booklet makes fabulous reading and is full of facts and figures about Wagga in 1949.

Throwback Thursday – The Daily Advertiser from 21 Years ago

The Discovering ANZACs site includes profiles of the five nurses featured as characters in the six-part series ‘ANZAC Girls’, screening on ABC1 during August – September 2014.

I was fortunate to attend two of the three presentations made in Wagga today by visiting staff from the State Library of NSW.

Throwback Thursday – The Daily Advertiser from 21 Years ago

This is one of a series of blogs from the Australian War Memorial about First World War uniforms and covers the basic aspects of badges seen on Australian Imperial Force uniforms.

At the recent RAHS Regional Seminar held in Wagga, Christine Yeats in one of her sessions on Land Research mentioned the excellent reference publication, “Pastoral Possessions of NSW 1889” by William Hanson.

Wagga City Council advises that following the advice of its Heritage Consultant reconstruction work is now underway to repair the sign following substantial white ant damage.

By mid-1914 Australians were aware through their newspapers of the rising tensions and dangers of war in Europe. The response to the outbreak of war was generally one of joint patriotic exuberance for the nation and for the British Empire.