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
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
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
Throwback Thursday the Daily Advertiser from June 1972
Members Meeting 7.30pm 16th February – Ian Hodges
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
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.
FOUR SOCIETIES’ DINNER – Wednesday 25th March
The Wagga Wagga RSL Club will be the venue for the next Four Societies Dinner on 25th March.
Temora veteran’s war photos found in shoe box
A treasure of rare World War I photographs depicting life as a Light Horse soldier in the Middle East has been discovered in a shoe box.
Throwback Thursday Part 44 – Photos from the Wagga Daily Advertiser 21 Years Ago
Throwback Thursday – The Daily Advertiser from 21 Years ago
Wagga celebrates Australia Day | Photos
Check out these great shots of the Australia Day celebrations in Wagga Wagga.








