Compiled from the Daily Advertiser by the Wagga Wagga & District Historical Society 25 Years Ago About 80 World War II veterans war widows and people who served on the “home front” including Colin Knott, Bill Ellis Cedric Thomas and and Frank Metz were honoured guests at a Kapooka march-out parade. Leagues Club President Brian […]

Compiled from the Daily Advertiser by the Wagga Wagga & District Historical Society 25 Years Ago Don Burrows is playing this week in the grand ballroom at the Old Wagga Inn. St John’s Anglican Parish is celebrating its 140th Anniversary and is launching a new history book jointly authored by Phyliss De Jersey, Dorothy Fellowes […]

Compiled from the Daily Advertiser by the Wagga Wagga & District Historical Society 25 Years Ago More than 9000 spectators and 800 marchers took part in this years Anzac Day parade which was led by 50 civilians who had participated in the 1939-45 war effort. Members of the HMAS Wagga Association attended a memorial service […]

Compiled from the Daily Advertiser by the Wagga Wagga & District Historical Society 25 Years Ago Many civilians who worked on the home front during World War ll will participate for the first time in Wagga’s Anzac Day march this week. Wagga Ratepayers Association president Chris Mooney said that Wagga City Council’s recommendation to reduce […]

Compiled from the Daily Advertiser by the Wagga Wagga & District Historical Society 25 Years Ago “Rats of Tobruk” Ed Fielder and Bill Bridle were among those attending a special commemorative service held at the Victory Memorial Cenotaph. John Read and his wife Ros were honoured with life membership of the Kooringal Colts Cricket Club […]

Compiled from the Daily Advertiser by the Wagga Wagga & District Historical Society 25 Years Ago Brian Sheppard Place was dedicated in a ceremony at Charles Sturt University’s Wagga Campus to mark the contribution to the University by the late Brian Sheppard. Acting Wagga police patrol commander, Inspector Neville Tarleton and the Wagga Community Consultative […]

In the Past is compiled from the Daily Advertiser by the Wagga Wagga & District Historical Society 25 Years Ago Ansett and Kendell airlines announced an upgrade of regional air services in Wagga and Albury which would create more than 30 jobs and increase the number of weekly flights to Sydney. McDonald’s Australia Chief Executive, […]

Compiled from the Daily Advertiser by the Wagga Wagga & District Historical Society 25 Years Ago Wagga Hockey Associations first life member Pam Jessup has died and is survived by her husband, well-known Wagga businessman Barry and their three children, Ian, Robyn and Helen. A large crowd turned out at the Commercial Club for the […]

Compiled from the Daily Advertiser by the Wagga Wagga & District Historical Society 25 Years Ago An Army 2nd Division Signals Reunion was held in Wagga to mark the 50th Anniversary of the end of World War II in the Pacific and 80 years of service by the Signals. The twelfth annual Department of School […]

Compiled from the Daily Advertiser by the Wagga Wagga & District Historical Society 25 Years Ago A petition has gathered 51 signatures to oppose plans to build a block of four two-storey home units in Travers Street as being the “thin end of a wedge”. More than 1350 people took part in the sixth annual […]