Compiled from the Daily Advertiser
by the Wagga Wagga & District Historical Society
25 Years Ago
- Prominent Wagga locals, Nancye Piercy and Bruce Jarratt along with former Wagga local Campbell Egan were recognised in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours.
- Two buildings at Charles Sturt University have been named in honour of university pioneers, Dr Henry Gardiner, and Dr Edwin Brooks.
- WIN Television has cut back news staff in Wagga, incorporating the Wagga-only service into a western NSW regional news service covering Dubbo, Orange, Bathurst, and Wagga regions.
- Wagga orthopaedic surgeon, Alan Nicholls is joining United Nations peacekeepers in Rwanda as a member of an Australian Army surgical team.
- Helen Perryman, co-owner of Wagga tourist attraction, Murray Cod Hatcheries announced that their popular fauna park will be closed.
- Wagga’s richest person, Stan Henwood has sold one of his Queensland cattle stations for more than $12 million.
- Former Australian Labor Party candidate for Wagga and long serving member of the Wagga branch of the ALP, Ken Fletcher has died following a long illness.
- Wagga Rotarian, Arthur Nixon has played an important role in raising $33,000 to fund a pipeline to supply clean water to 14 native villages near Mt Hagen in Papua New Guinea.
- The NSW division of the Australian Beer Can Collectors Inc hosted a meeting and swap day at the Wagga Boat Club.
- In his eighth annual report since becoming president in 1987, Peter Morrow announced that Wagga’s oldest licensed club, The Riverine Club had a loss of $14,701 in the financial year to March 31, 1995.
- Trevor Forbes, Mike Laurent and Ian Cohalan who have played together for 20 consecutive years celebrated their win in the Wagga Touch Association over 30’s competition, their ninth success in 11 premierships contested.
- Andrew O’Neill from Kooringal Public School has been selected in the Riverina team to attend the NSW Cross Country Championships in Sydney.
50 Years Ago
- Six Wagga girls have been chosen in a team managed by Miss P Bush from Wagga to represent Riverina in the girls Stated hockey carnival to be held in Sydney.
- RVN-2 is advertising for an experienced stenographer, 17 to 20 years of age, to be Secretary to the General Manager working in an air-conditioned office with an IBM electric typewriter.
- Huthwaites are advertising a Formal Wear Hire Service in the Daily Advertiser with Men’s Dinner Suits available from $7, Bows for 40 cents and White Gloves for 40 cents.
- MDC plain and flavoured milk is now available in new non-returnable cartons.
- Wagga High School students, Lew Butcher and Brian Lawrence have been selected in the NSW schoolboys open rugby league team to tour Queensland.
- City Engineer, Mr C Knott has been directed by Wagga City Council to prepare detailed plans for the development of a 100-acre industrial estate on Hammond Avenue.
- A Victorian meat industry representative was elbowed and punched when he banned 53 pens of sheep from export at the Wagga Saleyards.
- Miss Wagga, Helen Everitt presented a $100 cheque from the Wagga Community Advancement Fund to Miss Nerida Graydon on behalf of Gumleigh Boys Home.
- About 300 Rotarians representing 46 clubs are attending a conference at Wagga Teachers College.
- A public meeting is being convened by Peter Duff and Brian Hewittt to discuss the formation of a branch of the Arts Council of Australia in Wagga.
- Second Wagga Boy Scouts group held a bottle drive to boost finances.
- Cpl App. Anderson of the RAAF School of Technical Training has been awarded the City of Wagga Trophy for 1970.
- About 100 members of the Wagga Lapidary Club are attending a “fossicking” weekend at White Cliffs.
- Membership of the Wagga group of the Australian Association for Better Hearing has reached 29 since the group was formed several months ago.
Membership of the Wagga Wagga and District Historical Society is open to anyone with an interest in the local and regional history of Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia. For more information about us and information on how to join our Society visit our website at https://www.wwdhs.org.au/about-us/members
