To promote use of the CSU Regional Archives collection and to make a contribution to the study of local history, the Wagga Wagga & District Historical Society (WW&DHS), in partnership with the CSU Regional Archives, is offering a Research Scholarship for a student to work on a designated project at the Archives. Applications close 21st […]

James Tanner who blogs as Genealogy Star provides some useful information and links relating to copyright in Australia and New Zealand.

Peter McAlister was a prominent Wagga businessman during the mid to late nineteenth century.

On Thursday 30th October, the CSU Regional Archives will be hosting free presentations by State Records NSW staff and their Summer Research Scholars.

When the Queen Came to Town is director Maurice Murphy’s anticipated feature documentary narrated by Bert Newtown, Lorraine Bayly and the voices of everyday Australians and is opening in Wagga Wagga on November 27th.

Throwback Thursday – The Daily Advertiser from 21 Years ago

Wagga Wagga Police Local Area Command have passed onto our society a collection of historical photographs taken of Police Stations and residences in Wagga and surrounding towns plus some historical research relating to early policing in Wagga.

Was your ancestor transported for a pittance? A convict in the family? showcases the rich, large-scale photographs of documentary photographer Mine Konakci. The works reveal the connections between convict settlers, their direct descendants and the petty crimes that changed the course of their families’ histories.

The Weekly Times reports on the extensive HV McKay Collection held by Museum Victoria.

This is the Wagga Wagga and District Historical Societies regular Saturday feature in the Daily Advertiser.