The Kelso Bakery, located at 160 Baylis Street opposite the Plaza Theatre, was established by Master Baker Cam Robertson and his father-in-law in the late 1920s.

Anzac Day goes beyond the anniversary of the landing on Gallipoli in 1915. It is the day on which we remember Australians who served and died in all wars, conflicts, and peacekeeping operations.

The Australian War Memorial holds over 300 maps from the Gallipoli campaign. The collection includes maps used at the landing of Australian and New Zealand forces at Anzac Cove on 25 April 1915, Turkish maps made during and immediately after the campaign, trench maps, operational maps, artillery maps, and Anzac cemetery plans.

Free Online course starts next week 13th April. Each week examine a different topic, including the physical and psychological wounds of war- shell shock, disability and trauma; women’s mobilisation both at home and in the field; and what we’ve called ‘the other Anzac’: indigenous soldiers too often ignored in our history.

We are very fortunate to have Wayne Doubleday, Manager of CSU Archives as guest speaker at our next members meeting on 20th April, 7.30pm at the Museum of the Riverina, Botanic Gardens site. Wayne will be speaking on “Paddle steamers navigating the Murrumbidgee River”

There are now 13 million Australians active on Facebook each month and they’re some of the heaviest users in the world. According to a Nielsen report commissioned by the social media giant in January, new stats reveal the average time Australians spend on Facebook every day is 1.7 hours.

Photo from the past plus News from the Daily Advertiser 25 and 50 years ago.

When a scanning device or a camera creates a digitized file, that file must be stored on the device in some kind of file format. The most common format is referred to as the JPEG format. There are, however, dozens of different image file formats. The most common file types include the following;

The Wagga Wagga Show Society originally operated under Murrumbidgee Pastoral & Agricultural Association. Mr Walter Orton Windeyer of “Wantabadjery” was the first president and Henry Baylis acted as secretary before G.E. Elliot took over in 1865.

Almost 11,000 New South Wales government employees volunteered for military service overseas during World War I — many gave their lives for their country. Others fulfilled essential services at home, and government departments were transformed to perform wartime roles.