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 […]

Compiled from the Daily Advertiser by the Wagga Wagga & District Historical Society 25 Years Ago Mayor, Peter Dale, officially opened Colin Knott Drive which has been named in memory of Wagga City Council’s city engineer between 1964 and 1984 who was also Wagga’s citizen of the year in 1994. Maurie Kelly perhaps best known […]

Compiled from the Daily Advertiser by the Wagga Wagga & District Historical Society 25 Years Ago The Daily Advertiser published an 8-page colour feature to mark the opening of the Gobba Bridge by Minister for Roads, Carl Scully. Garry Gaffney of Wagga Road Runners is pictured in the Daily Advertiser showing medals that will be […]

Compiled from the Daily Advertiser by the Wagga Wagga & District Historical Society 25 Years Ago More than 800 sites have been marked out for the fourth annual Daily Advertiser swap meeting at the Wagga Showground this weekend. A mobile police station has been introduced in the vicinity of the Morgan and Baylis Street intersection […]

Compiled from the Daily Advertiser by the Wagga Wagga & District Historical Society 25 Years Ago The third annual “Operation Wagga Warmth” kept a team of about 30 volunteers busy picking up and distributing truckloads of donated goods including furniture, clothes, blankets, toys, books, and mattresses to help ward off winter chills. Michael Crosswell, his […]

Compiled from the Daily Advertiser by the Wagga Wagga & District Historical Society 25 Years Ago Radio 2WG celebrated its 65th Birthday and Pat’s Tires in Jones Street celebrated its 18th Birthday with a Sale. Wagga Mayor, Peter Dale officially handed over the council’s natural gas operation to Great Southern Energy’s project manager Alan Boyce. […]