Compiled from the Daily Advertiser by the Wagga Wagga & District Historical Society 25 Years Ago Great Southern Energy has lodged a submission with the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) seeking a 15 per cent increase in gas prices. A mystery caller alerted emergency services and led to the arrest of a 26-year-old man […]

Compiled from the Daily Advertiser by the Wagga Wagga & District Historical Society 25 Years Ago For the next three months, Wagga will be one of 14 metropolitan and regional local government areas trialling a drop in the general speed limit from 60 kilometres an hour to 50 kilometres an hour. Dawn Fraser is pictured […]

Compiled from the Daily Advertiser by the Wagga Wagga & District Historical Society 25 Years Ago Wagga woman, Phyllis de Jersey will be one of just ten people in the state to receive a prestigious Premiers award next month, recognising her service to the Wagga and District Historical Society and several other community organisations. Kooringal […]

Compiled from the Daily Advertiser by the Wagga Wagga & District Historical Society 25 Years Ago Wagga City Council’s manager of construction services, Mick Rudd, has retired after 31 years of service, supervising 110 workers, and managing an annual budget in the vicinity of $18 million. The eastern end of the Wollundry Lagoon has been […]

Compiled from the Daily Advertiser by the Wagga Wagga & District Historical Society 25 Years Ago Wagga cyclist Barry O’Hagan won the Australian Veterans’ title in the open road race held in Perth. Wagga high school principals have confirmed that there is increasing evidence of drug use by high school students with a hit of […]

Compiled from the Daily Advertiser by the Wagga Wagga & District Historical Society 25 Years Ago Club president, Bill Ellis, vice-president, Jack Mullins, longest-serving director, Harold Fife, inaugural secretary, Alex Baker and mayor, Peter Dale and local member, Joe Schipp were among those attending a function to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Wagga RSL […]

Compiled from the Daily Advertiser by the Wagga Wagga & District Historical Society 25 Years Ago Acting director of the Riverina Institute of TAFE, Rosemary Campbell, has been permanently appointed to the position, replacing former director, Barry Pedal who has moved to Wollongong. Greg Brown, Steve Atkinson, Peter Anderson, Chris Fry, John Dixon, and Maria […]

Compiled from the Daily Advertiser by the Wagga Wagga & District Historical Society 25 Years Ago After seven years at Wagga Technology High School, popular principal, Joe Allan will be moving next year to Grantham High School in Sydney. Town planner, Garry Salvestro said detailed plans for Wagga’s multi-million-dollar main street upgrade will go on […]

Compiled from the Daily Advertiser by the Wagga Wagga & District Historical Society 25 Years Ago New Year’s Eve and Christmas Eve festivities in Sturt Street are to be outlawed following consideration by a working party made up of senior police, Member for Wagga, Joe Schipp, Mayor Peter Dale, and representatives of the Chamber of […]

Compiled from the Daily Advertiser by the Wagga Wagga & District Historical Society 25 Years Ago Jim Elphick has stood down as president of the Wagga and District Tennis Association after nearly 25 years as leader. Wagga taxi operator, Greg Jerrick, has been elected temporary chairman of the Riverina’s first One Nation branch at a […]