Wagga dental mechanic, Ken Chambers at work in the 1960s. 

This is Wagga’s Anzac Day Parade in Baylis Street in 1952. The large building in the centre was the Empire Hall which has been demolished. The next building to its left was the Exchange Hotel which minus its verandah became the John Macarthur Hotel and is now Cache.

  As reported by the Daily Advertiser in April 1967 about 400 people attended the opening ceremony of Wagga’s Historical Museum.

From the Daily Advertiser in April 1992 President of the Wagga Branch of Red Cross, Meg Sheaffe, is pictured presenting long service medals to Mavis Duff and Sue Strong.

​The original St Michael’s Church was built was built in 1859 and was later used as part of the Christian Brothers School established in 1914. Construction of what became St. Michael’s Cathedral began in 1855.

The elegance of steam was on show in Wagga in 1992, when two steam engines puffed into the city on their way to Albury.

Wagga Railway Station in the 1950s. Back then Wagga was widely promoted as the “Garden City of the South”. All was not always as it seemed however as evidenced by this article from the Daily Advertiser in 1954

Fifty years ago the Daily Advertiser reported that two Wagga Scouts, Michael Nye and Geoffrey Harris had received their Queens Scout badges, the highest honour a boy can gain in Scouting.

 Fifty years ago the Daily Advertiser reported that a wedding cake decorated by Mr Ron Walden of the Kelso Bakery and featuring a detailed model of St Michael’s Cathedral was a focal point at the wedding of Mr Peter Rocks and Miss Julianne Walsh. Click here for more of Wagga 25 and 50 Years ago.

From the Daily Advertiser, 25 years ago, New South Wales Minister for Health Services Management, Ron Phillips was pictured handing over a certificate of accreditation to Wagga Base Hospital.