The Australian National Buskers Championships are being held at Gundagai on Saturday 27th October in the old Gundagai Assembly Hall. The buskers will be performing at various locations along Sheridan St Gundagai during the day. The hall is being restored by its owner, Bruce Wicks, and is the planned site of the Australian Pen Museum, […]
20th October 2018 – In the Past – 25 and 50 Years ago
October 17, 2018 by ·
Compiled from the Daily Advertiser by the Wagga Wagga & District Historical Society 25 Years Ago A twelve-year-old boy died from an asthma attack while walking on Willans Hill with a friend. Outraged Wagga City councillors and senior staff are considering legal action over a letter from the Wagga Ratepayers and Citizens Association which they […]
Wagga Post Office
October 17, 2018 by ·
Horse and sulkies “parked” outside the old Wagga Post Office on top of the hill in Fitzmaurice Street. Photo: CSURA
13th October 2018 – In the Past – 25 and 50 Years ago
October 8, 2018 by ·
Compiled from the Daily Advertiser 25 Years Ago 5,000 attended the World’s Biggest BBQ event at Robertson Oval which featured entertainment from Jon English and James Blundell. Wagga’s longest serving high school principal, Graham Kennedy at St Michael’s High School has resigned and will leave Wagga for St Dominic’s College, Penshurst at the end […]
Murrumbidgee Milling Co-operative
October 8, 2018 by ·
The Murrumbidgee Cooperative Milling Company commenced operations in Edward Street Wagga in June 1890. By 1896 it had a capacity to produce 2160 bags of flour and by 1910 it was capable of producing over fifty tons of flour per day.
6th October 2018 – In the Past – 25 and 50 Years ago.
October 6, 2018 by ·
Compiled from the Daily Advertiser 25 Years Ago Police have set up a special taskforce to combat a sudden increase in crime in Wagga which saw more than 100 break, enter and steal offences committed in Wagga during September. Well known man, Bill Tipping, a former senior executive who spent 38 years with the Huthwaite […]
Veranda Posts and kerbside Petrol Bowsers
October 1, 2018 by ·
Kerbside verandah posts and petrol bowsers in Wagga Wagga were restricted and discouraged by Wagga City Council from the late 1920’s. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/142814873/15635573 By the 1950’s and 60’s most had been removed, with the obvious exception of the Union Club Hotel which was ultimately the only hotel not to loose its original verandah. In this photo, […]
29th September 2018 – In the Past – 25 and 50 Years ago.
September 28, 2018 by ·
Compiled from the Daily Advertiser by the Wagga Wagga & District Historical Society 25 Years Ago Cr Pat Brassil has been re-elected as Wagga’s Mayor for his fifth successive term with Deputy Mayor, Cr John Harding also retaining his position. Three knife yielding thugs bailed up Alan and Maureen Crawford owners of the Garden City […]
A History of Wagga Wagga Airports
September 25, 2018 by ·
A History of Wagga Wagga Airports. (Click here to view 32 page article) This article documents the location and history of the four official aerodromes at Wagga Wagga and the people associated with the early days of flight in Wagga Wagga. People like William Pittendrigh, Nancy Bird, Peggy McKillop, and Eric Condon, along with members […]
22nd September 2018 – In the Past – 25 and 50 Years ago.
September 18, 2018 by ·
Compiled from the Daily Advertiser 25 Years Ago · Mayor, Pat Brassil has called a meeting of concerned Trail and Best Street residents to explain options for traffic flow off and on the proposed new Travers Street bridge. · CR Bob Osborne launched a strong attack on “tyrannical” fuel taxes at a Wagga City Council […]
