Wagga City Bowling Club held a farewell for Charlie Duggin. He is pictured in the Daily Advertiser with Club President Ernie Brunskill and Wagga District President, Keith Brunskill.

  In 1891 Council purchased the saleyards established by A. T. Bolton in Travers Street. By the 1920’s Wagga Wagga was recognised as the largest stock selling area outside the metropolitan markets. Sales of sheep alone increased from 59,621 in 1915 to 554,066 in 1928.

‘Hunters’ is one of Wagga’s most well known and longest lasting businesses, having been in the same premises since 1872.

World War I veteran, Mr Ted Drake who was also the first school captain at Wagga High School in 1916 attended a morning tea at the school hosted by principal, Mr Joe Allan.

The Wagga Beach Life Saving Club, pictured here in 1950, began in the early 1920s and patrolled the Wagga Bathing Beach for many years. Picture: CSURA RW5

50 Years ago in the Daily Advertiser “The Woman of the Year” Miss Eileen Day (centre) is pictured with the past and present presidents of the Wagga Quota Club, Miss Flo Hopwood (right) and Mrs Yvonne Vernon.

The furniture retailing firm of RG Nesbitt opened for business in rented premises at 102 Baylis Street, Wagga, in May 1910 and has operated in the city ever since, making it one of the oldest continuing businesses in the city.

Murray and Rodney Rynehart are pictured in the Daily Advertiser 50 years ago with a 52lb Murray Cod caught by their father, Gordon in the Murrumbidgee River 17 miles downstream from Wagga.

Henwood Park Soccer team in 1959. Back, left to right: George Cousins, John de Jong, Peter Persoon, Wens de Jong, John Wright, and Jim Creed. Front, left to right: Michael Brown, Tony Ewyk, Ron de Brueys, and Jim Anderson.

Take a look at what was going on in Wagga this time 20 years ago. There are lots of familiar faces – is yours one of them?