The Wagga City Council 1949 Information Booklet makes fabulous reading and is full of facts and figures about Wagga in 1949.
Throwback Thursday Part 24 – Photos from the Wagga Daily Advertiser 21 Years Ago
Throwback Thursday – The Daily Advertiser from 21 Years ago
ANZAC Girls – Australian and New Zealand Nurses at War
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.
STATE LIBRARY OF NSW Wagga Presentations
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 Part 23 – Photos from the Wagga Daily Advertiser 21 Years Ago
Throwback Thursday – The Daily Advertiser from 21 Years ago
The Australian Imperial Force (AIF) badges 1914-1918
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.
National Museum of Australia – Wagga Wagga connections
The National Museum of Australia currently features stories from the Wagga Wagga area in two of their projects. The first feature is part of the Landmark project, and the second feature is part of the Food Stories project. Landmarks: People and Places across Australia is a National Museum gallery exploring a broad history of Australia […]
Pastoral Possessions of NSW 1889 – William Hanson
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.
Historic Tourist Sign – Work underway
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.
World War I: How Australia reacted to the outbreak of conflict
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.









