Pictured here are co-owners of the new Kooringal Hotel Motel Mr John Jackson and Mr Bill Cosier which was opened 50 years ago in 1967.
Parson’s Coach Factory
November 26, 2017 by ·
Federal Coach Factory in Fitzmaurice Street. AF Hely sold the business to J Parsons and Sons in 1905 and Parsons sold the business in 1912. Picture: Sherry Morris Collection
Inside – Wagga District Hospital
November 26, 2017 by ·
Wagga District Hospital was built on the corner of Docker and Edward streets in 1910 with many people complaining at the time that it was “too far out of town”. Picture: CSURA RW558_31
McLaurin Family – Weighing a bag of chaff.
November 26, 2017 by ·
McLaurin family members weighing a bag of chaff. A steam traction engine probably powering the chaff cutter is visible in the background.
Wagga Base Hospital aerial view early 1970’s?
October 31, 2017 by ·
Wagga’s hospital was first established in 1856 in a small cottage in Kincaid Street. It was later moved to the corner of Tarcutta and Johnston Streets (on the site of the present police Station) and finally to its present site in Edward Street in 1910.
Knights Meats Ham and the Carmelite Springtime Fair
October 22, 2017 by ·
Twenty five Years ago hams prepared by Knights Meats as prizes for the lucky wheel competition are a very popular attraction at the annual Carmelite Springtime Fair.
Red Cross in Wagga
October 22, 2017 by ·
The Red Cross formed as an Australian Branch of the British Red Cross Society on the outbreak of the First World War in 1914 and soon after the Wagga Branch of the Wagga Red Cross League was formed with eighty women immediately volunteering.
Eddie Graham at Lake Albert Primary School
October 9, 2017 by ·
The Hon. Edgar “Eddie” Graham was a very popular State Member for Wagga from 1941 until his death in 1957. Born in January 1897, he attended both the Lake Albert Public School and the Wagga Wagga Public School, but only for the minimum time required.
Daily Advertiser
September 24, 2017 by ·
The Daily Advertiser was founded by two wealthy local pastoralists, Auber George Jones and Thomas Darlow, and was first printed in 1868, making it one of the oldest regional newspapers in the country.
Edward Street Railway Crossing
September 17, 2017 by ·
On Saturday, 11 December 1976 the Edward Street underpass was opened by Member for Wagga Wagga, Joe Schipp, and the Mayor, Brian Allen. This structure replaced the Tarcutta Road Level Crossing which came into service with the arrival of the first train into the South Wagga Wagga Railway Station on 1 September 1879.
