Story of Auguste Menneke a famous blacksmith at North Wagga Wagga noted for his charming and efficient cow bells. View at https://www.wwdhs.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/menneke-pdf.pdf
Wagga Wagga’s First Council Engineer
June 29, 2020 by ·
Some fifty pages of family history and biographical details for Henry John Edgar Chaston – Wagga Wagga’s first council engineer, featuring a large number of photos. To view or download article got to following URL “https://www.wwdhs.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Chaston-Family-final-20200629.pdf” Wagga Wagga Municipal Council Staff in 1934. Back Row [L to R]: NW Crinton, J Chaston, J Colquhoun, E […]
Auguste Menneke
December 18, 2019 by ·
Story of Auguste Menneke a famous blacksmith at North Wagga wagga noted for hios charming and efficiciennt cow bells. View at https://www.wwdhs.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/black-swan-hotel-as-published_amendment-20191127.pdf
BLACK SWAN HOTEL
November 15, 2019 by ·
The Black Swan Hotel [1861-2019] A thirty page history of this historic hotel, which is still trading in 2019. Affectionately known as the Muddy Duck. Originally furnished with funds from the sale of the Golden Horse Shoes. View at https://www.wwdhs.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/black-swan-hotel-as-published_amendment-20191127.pdf
The Bullenbong Hotel [1881-1903]
October 23, 2019 by ·
The Bullenbong Hotel [1881-190] A twelve page history of the early hotel at Bullenbong – long since demolished.The site belonged to the Davidson family and was part of the Bullenbong Run holdings. View at https://www.wwdhs.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/bullenbong-hotel-as-published-20191023.pdf
MATES GULLY – HISTORY OF A HERITAGE BUILDING
August 25, 2019 by ·
An article tracing the history of a heritage building that dates back, in parts, to 1877. Located at 38 Morrow Street, Wagga Wagga. Initially a Temperance Hall, it has served as a residence, a surgery, a venue for various schools, a boarding house, a hostel, and in more contemporary times, as a restaurant and cafe […]
Vale Michael Nicholas Georgiou
February 26, 2019 by ·
Michael Georgiou was born in Ayia Napa, Cyprus in 1940, the son of Nicholas Georgiou. He came to Australia in 1950 and married his wife, Dawn, in 1965. Michael completed his schooling in Wagga Wagga and at the same time helped his parents out, in their café. Michael subsequently started his own business, Michael’s Delicatessen, […]
Some Early History of Hotels at the Adelong Crossing Place.
December 31, 2018 by ·
Some Early History of Hotels at the Adelong Crossing Place. (Click here to view 50 page article) This article traces the history of hotels, and the village, at the Adelong Crossing Place. Now known as Tumblong. From the earliest squatter, Robert Pitt Jenkins, to the current licensee of the Tumblong Tavern, Rhonda Bowen. The article […]
RIP: The Home Hotel, Wagga Wagga.
December 15, 2018 by ·
The Home Hotel. (Click here to view 27 page article) This article traces the history of the Home hotel, in Fitzmaurice Street, Wagga Wagga, from the time it was first licensed, in October 1874, until its closure on the 16th December 2018. The first licensee was Daniel Boon and the last licensee was Trevor Jones. […]
LAST DRINKS WALK
November 20, 2018 by ·
The Last Drinks Walk is a two hour fun tour of the bottom end of Fitzmaurice street,talking about all of the old hotels that once existed in this strip and including some that still trade. The Last Drinks Walk by Peter Cox and Stephen Holt is now open for bookings at the Wagga Wagga Civic […]
