The Wagga Beach Caravan Park has long been a very popular spot on the Murrumbidgee River alongside the Wagga beach as this 1960’s photo from the Lennon Collection shows.. It is however due to close when its current lease from Wagga City Council ends in 2019. The Caravan Park will then relocate to the Wiradjuri […]

Compiled from the Daily Advertiser 25 Years Ago ·         Operator, Wayne Sutherland closed the popular Cococabana night spot blaming heavy fines for technical breaches of the licensing act and difficulties changing existing licensing arrangements. ·         Southern Riverina County Council general manager John Goldsworthy said that this year’s mild winter has resulted in a drop in […]

Tom Lennon arrived in Wagga in 1955 to work as a photo engraver with the short-lived Evening News. Later that year, he moved to The Daily Advertiser as its chief and originally, only photographer, and he continued to visually chronicle Wagga and the Riverina until the early 1970s. Tom was a unique personality, compassionate and […]

25 Years Ago ·         Mayor Pat Brassil opened the $3 million stage one extensions of the Wagga Leagues Club. ·         Dean of CSU’s Faculty of Science and Agriculture, Associate Professor, Jim Pratley addressing the 22nd Riverina Outlook Conference said, “the farmer that survives the next decade will be well educated, computer literate and be up […]

A meeting to introduce baseball to Wagga sporting enthusiasts was held at the Wagga School of Arts on 21 June 1935. The meeting was presided over by Mr E Gooch and was well attended. The first match of the newly formed Wagga Baseball Association was held at the Wagga Cricket Ground later in 1935. See […]

  25 Years Ago ·         Warren Smith and Max Shepherd conducted a two-day camp at Borambola for 50 talented young cricketers. ·         Miss Wagga, Kylie Jacobson and Community Princess Karen Ingram were welcomed back from their overseas trip at a civic reception attended by about 50 people. ·         At the reception, Councillor Mary Kidson, suggested […]

After years of investigation and debate Wagga RSL Club was opened on 3 September 1947 as the Returned Sailors Soldiers & Airmen’s Club at 157 Baylis Street.

Saturday 4 August 2018 In the Past is compiled from the Daily Advertiser by the Wagga Wagga & District Historical Society   25 Years Ago ·         Last month, was Wagga’s wettest July on record with 130mm of rain being recorded. ·         Wagga’s newest restaurant, Sizzler with almost 290 seats for customers and 110 full and […]

Many of Wagga’s well-known businesses of the 1930’s can be seen in this photo taken in Fitzmaurice Street, Wagga Wagga, including, the Australian Hotel, White Rose Cafe, Hunters and David Copland’s. But what was Wagga Wireless Distributors?

Saturday 28 July 2018 In the Past is compiled from the Daily Advertiser by the Wagga Wagga & District Historical Society 25 Years Ago Leagues Club Secretary Manager, Arthur Summons, said increases in poker machine revenue will see a significant increase in the Club’s 1992-93 profit. Club president, Joan Heath said that vandals had badly […]