Pictured 25 years ago in the Daily Advertiser, waiting for the speeches to start at the ANZAC commemorative service is World War One veteran, Ted Drake.

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?

At Wednesday nights meeting (20th April) of the Wagga Wagga and District Family History Society, Dr Wouter Kalle from Charles Sturt University, will be speaking on the subject of genetics/DNA.

Twenty year old  test cricketer, Doug Walters trying on his new Army uniform.

School Boys, probably from St Michaels High School in Church Street, crossing Fitzmaurice Street in the 1960s.

Work is well advanced on the upgrade of Wagga’s Fitzmaurice and Baylis Streets in 1966.

Newtown Park, now known as Collins Park, was once Wagga’s most popular park. Children’s play equipment, including this see saw, was added from 1914.

Margaret Dennis, Accident and Emergency Sister at Wagga Base Hospital is to visit England to attend an International Accident and Emergency Nursing Conference in April 1991.

This Wagga Wagga Civic Administration Centre was built adjacent to the historic Council Chambers in 1967 and demolished in 1999 to be replaced by the present day civic centre.

50 Years Ago Hardy’s are the largest timber and hardware merchants in the Riverina with a workforce of 225.