Compiled from the Daily Advertiser by the Wagga Wagga & District Historical Society 25 Years Ago Arthur Summons is about to “hang up his boots” as secretary-manager of the Wagga Leagues Club after 30 years. Bert Schmidt, known affectionately throughout the Riverina as “Mr Football” has died after a short illness. About 300 people gathered […]

This photo taken at P E Powers transport depot at the Wagga Railway Station shows empty beer kegs which have been collected by P E Power pending transport by rail back to the brewery. We know they are empty because back then full beer kegs were transported by rail in covered vans or in open […]

Compiled from the Daily Advertiser by the Wagga Wagga & District Historical Society 25 Years Ago Ron Courtois from the Department of Juvenile Justice claimed that at least 400 young people in the city do not live at home and a lack of facilities is forcing them to turn to crime in order to survive. […]

Compiled from the Daily Advertiser by the Wagga Wagga & District Historical Society 25 Years Ago Chief Inspector Kevin Wales told Wagga’s Community Consultative Committee that crime figures for February of 186 property offences were well down on January with 259 and December with 307. Cr Jim Eldridge told Council that the city’s noxious weeds […]

Michael Georgiou was born in Ayia Napa, Cyprus in 1940, the son of Nicholas Georgiou. He came to Australia in 1950 and married his wife, Dawn, in 1965. Michael completed his schooling in Wagga Wagga and at the same time helped his parents out, in their café. Michael subsequently started his own business, Michael’s Delicatessen, […]

The Salvation Amy was established in Wagga about 1885 only a few years after it had reached NSW. John Castle, who had just joined the Salvation Army after visiting his son, a recent convert in Sydney, had found an empty large store suitable as a meeting place. The first officers were Captain Frank Bryant and […]

Compiled from the Daily Advertiser by the Wagga Wagga & District Historical Society 25 Years Ago Users of Lake Albert may be warned about the risk of infection after a report to Council identified that the lake sometimes fails standards set by the Health and Medical Research Council. Miss Australia, Jayne Bargwanna from Young was […]

Compiled from the Daily Advertiser by the Wagga Wagga & District Historical Society 25 Years Ago Graham Creed from the Wagga Bureau of Meteorology said that half way through February Wagga’s rainfall had already made February 1994 the second wettest on record. Wagga doctors accused Geoff Lawler, secretary of the Wagga Trades and Labour Council […]

Compiled from the Daily Advertiser by the Wagga Wagga & District Historical Society 25 Years Ago Principal of Mount Austin High School welcomed new staff members including Sharon Lewis, Kate Killalea, Di Johnston, Dianne McGuire, Tony Boatman, Puong Nguyen and John Lynch. Gary Deaner was congratulated on 15 years of accident-free driving by Finemore’s managing […]

Compiled from the Daily Advertiser by the Wagga Wagga & District Historical Society 25 Years Ago With the start of a new school year there are now about 4400 students attending public primary schools and 3000 attending public secondary schools. Bob Smith from the Department of Education said that with changes to the Higher School […]