This photo taken at P E Powers transport depot at the Wagga Railway Station shows empty beer kegs which have been collected by P E Power pending transport by rail back to the brewery. We know they are empty because back then full beer kegs were transported by rail in covered vans or in open […]
9th March 2019 – In the Past – 25 and 50 Years ago
March 7, 2019 by ·
Compiled from the Daily Advertiser by the Wagga Wagga & District Historical Society 25 Years Ago Ron Courtois from the Department of Juvenile Justice claimed that at least 400 young people in the city do not live at home and a lack of facilities is forcing them to turn to crime in order to survive. […]
2nd March 2019 – In the Past – 25 and 50 Years ago
March 2, 2019 by ·
Compiled from the Daily Advertiser by the Wagga Wagga & District Historical Society 25 Years Ago Chief Inspector Kevin Wales told Wagga’s Community Consultative Committee that crime figures for February of 186 property offences were well down on January with 259 and December with 307. Cr Jim Eldridge told Council that the city’s noxious weeds […]
Salvation Army in Wagga Wagga
February 25, 2019 by ·
The Salvation Amy was established in Wagga about 1885 only a few years after it had reached NSW. John Castle, who had just joined the Salvation Army after visiting his son, a recent convert in Sydney, had found an empty large store suitable as a meeting place. The first officers were Captain Frank Bryant and […]
23rd February 2019 – In the Past – 25 and 50 Years ago
February 21, 2019 by ·
Compiled from the Daily Advertiser by the Wagga Wagga & District Historical Society 25 Years Ago Users of Lake Albert may be warned about the risk of infection after a report to Council identified that the lake sometimes fails standards set by the Health and Medical Research Council. Miss Australia, Jayne Bargwanna from Young was […]
16th February 2019 – In the Past – 25 and 50 Years ago
February 15, 2019 by ·
Compiled from the Daily Advertiser by the Wagga Wagga & District Historical Society 25 Years Ago Graham Creed from the Wagga Bureau of Meteorology said that half way through February Wagga’s rainfall had already made February 1994 the second wettest on record. Wagga doctors accused Geoff Lawler, secretary of the Wagga Trades and Labour Council […]
9th February 2019 – In the Past – 25 and 50 Years ago
February 8, 2019 by ·
Compiled from the Daily Advertiser by the Wagga Wagga & District Historical Society 25 Years Ago Principal of Mount Austin High School welcomed new staff members including Sharon Lewis, Kate Killalea, Di Johnston, Dianne McGuire, Tony Boatman, Puong Nguyen and John Lynch. Gary Deaner was congratulated on 15 years of accident-free driving by Finemore’s managing […]
2nd February 2019 – In the Past – 25 and 50 Years ago
January 31, 2019 by ·
Compiled from the Daily Advertiser by the Wagga Wagga & District Historical Society 25 Years Ago With the start of a new school year there are now about 4400 students attending public primary schools and 3000 attending public secondary schools. Bob Smith from the Department of Education said that with changes to the Higher School […]
Does it Snow in Wagga?
January 31, 2019 by ·
The Bureau of Meterology describes Wagga’s climate as: “Wagga Wagga has an annual mean rainfall of 572mm and median rainfall of 575mm, distributed fairly equally over the full 12 months. Maximum temperatures in summer are warm averaging between 29C and 32C. Relative humidity however remains low in the summer months with a 3pm average of […]
26th January 2019 – In the Past – 25 and 50 Years ago
January 25, 2019 by ·
Compiled from the Daily Advertiser by the Wagga Wagga & District Historical Society 25 Years Ago Wagga’s Citizen of the Year for 1994 is former SES controller and engineer, Colin Knott. Young citizen of the year is former Kooringal High School student Naomi Coggins with Achievement Awards presented to John Vrolyks, Tony Quinlivan and Greg […]
