The Ganmain Haystack display centre explains that chaff cutting was originally done with a reaper and binder using a team of 6 horses. The first binders were 6 foot machines and ground driven.

Originally residents relied on rainwater or wells for their water supply. Sherry Morris’s book “Wagga Wagga – A History” tells us that although construction of waterworks was discussed by City Aldermen from the early 1870’s the cost was considered prohibitive.

Compiled from the Daily Advertiser by the Wagga Wagga & District Historical Society 25 Years Ago • Kapooka Army Base representative, 23-year-old Sondra Kremerskothen was crowned Miss Wagga 1993. She also won the award for highest fundraiser, raising $22,516 for Acacia Lodge. • Wagga Air Show organised by Central Wagga Lions Club was opened by […]

Compiled from the Daily Advertiser by the Wagga Wagga & District Historical Society 25 Years Ago General Manager, Nancye Piercy commended Nursing Unit Manager Sr Margaret Dennis and Director, Dr Joe McGirr and their staff on the Wagga Base Hospital emergency department being awarded the Accident and Emergency Association unit of excellence. The CSU 1992 […]

Compiled from the Daily Advertiser by the Wagga Wagga & District Historical Society 25 Years Ago A twelve-year-old boy died from an asthma attack while walking on Willans Hill with a friend. Outraged Wagga City councillors and senior staff are considering legal action over a letter from the Wagga Ratepayers and Citizens Association which they […]

Horse and sulkies “parked” outside the old Wagga Post Office on top of the hill in Fitzmaurice Street. Photo: CSURA

Compiled from the Daily Advertiser   25 Years Ago 5,000 attended the World’s Biggest BBQ event at Robertson Oval which featured entertainment from Jon English and James Blundell. Wagga’s longest serving high school principal, Graham Kennedy at St Michael’s High School has resigned and will leave Wagga for St Dominic’s College, Penshurst at the end […]

The Murrumbidgee Cooperative Milling Company commenced operations in Edward Street Wagga in June 1890. By 1896 it had a capacity to produce 2160 bags of flour and by 1910 it was capable of producing over fifty tons of flour per day.

Compiled from the Daily Advertiser 25 Years Ago Police have set up a special taskforce to combat a sudden increase in crime in Wagga which saw more than 100 break, enter and steal offences committed in Wagga during September. Well known man, Bill Tipping, a former senior executive who spent 38 years with the Huthwaite […]

Kerbside verandah posts and petrol bowsers in Wagga Wagga were restricted and discouraged by Wagga City Council from the late 1920’s. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/142814873/15635573 By the 1950’s and 60’s most had been removed, with the obvious exception of the Union Club Hotel which was ultimately the only hotel not to loose its original verandah. In this photo, […]