Compiled from the Daily Advertiser by the Wagga Wagga & District Historical Society 25 Years Ago More than 2,500 bikers from all over Australia attended the Ulysses Club annual general meeting and social gathering in Wagga. Wagga Mayor, Peter Dale, said Council intended to take out a court injunction to prevent relocation of 2000 private […]

Compiled from the Daily Advertiser by the Wagga Wagga & District Historical Society 25 Years Ago The Diocese of Wagga has commissioned Mark Golden and Associates to plan and design St Francis College at Charles Sturt University which is expected to cost about $2.5 million. Chairman of the Gobba Bridge Action Committee, Peter Gissing, is […]

Compiled from the Daily Advertiser by the Wagga Wagga & District Historical Society 25 Years Ago Wagga Christian College is to become Wagga’s first comprehensive school, catering not only for secondary students but from next year, also for primary students from kindergarten through to Year 6. Sergeant Steve Ross is pictured in the Daily Advertiser […]

Compiled from the Daily Advertiser by the Wagga Wagga & District Historical Society 25 Years Ago Commander of the Riverina Police District, Chief Superintendent Eric Gollan said that a crackdown on domestic violence was behind a big jump in reported assaults in Wagga over the past 16 months. New mobile garbage bins are being delivered […]

Compiled from the Daily Advertiser by the Wagga Wagga & District Historical Society 25 Years Ago Wagga Rotary Club member, Zvonne Hribar, was awarded Rotary’s highest honour, a Paul Harris Scholarship. Wes Russell, chairman of the Riverina and South West Slopes division of the Real Estate Institute has called on Council to stall any decision […]

Compiled from the Daily Advertiser by the Wagga Wagga & District Historical Society 25 Years Ago In the biggest funeral seen in Wagga for some time more than 400 people squeezed into St Andrews, Presbyterian Church and a further 600 sat on chairs or stood outside for the funeral of Craig Joseph Knox, a 22-year-old […]

Compiled from the Daily Advertiser by the Wagga Wagga & District Historical Society 25 Years Ago Rodney Parsons was named as Wagga’s Citizen of the Year during the official Australia Day ceremony at the Botanic Gardens with Darren Coggan winning the Young Citizen of the Year award. Stan Sadleir, Amanda Thorneycroft, Joan Saboisky and Mona […]

Compiled from the Daily Advertiser by the Wagga Wagga & District Historical Society 25 Years Ago Wagga’s maximum temperature reached 40 degrees Celsius this week well above the January average of 31.3 degrees and leading to increased usage of water and electricity. Although officially opened this week by Member for Riverina, Noel Hicks and Mayor […]

Compiled from the Daily Advertiser by the Wagga Wagga & District Historical Society 25 Years Ago Wagga Mayor, Peter Dale is elated that Heinz has decided to consolidate meat processing operations at the Southern Country Foods plant in Wagga. General manager, John Barnes said that Riverina Wool Combing had put on 16 new workers to […]

Compiled from the Daily Advertiser by the Wagga Wagga & District Historical Society 25 Years Ago Former Kooringal High School student, Katie Chambers, daughter of Professor Ross and Pam Chambers was the Riverina’s top performer in the 1996 Higher School Certificate with a TER of 99.7. Wagga Credit Union general manager, Wal Gillard, announced the […]