Railway Hotels of NSW is a new book by Scott Whitaker that will be available in August 2016, but which can be ordered in advance. This is the 2nd in a series of books detailing every Railway hotel that ever existed in Australia – with this 2nd volume being exclusively NSW Railway hotels. The first […]

Professor of History in the School of General Studies at the National University Canberra, Professor Manning Clark will address a meeting of the Wagga Historical Society at the Teachers’ College.

June 1991 – For the first time in the 117-year history of the Presentation Sisters as Catholic teachers in the community, a lay person will be appointed as principal of Mt Erin High School.

The Dunlop Factory at the corner of Murray and Forsyth Streets opened in Wagga in 1943 during World War II.  Originally it was used as a munitions factory, making fuses for the military but it later made military uniforms.

Dancing together at the Wagga Masonic Ball in 1966 are Miss. Lee Armstrong and Mr. Ray Chartres. Lee was one of 23 debutantes at the ball.

Wagga Wagga Town Band displaying prizes won at the Eisteddfod c.1928. Musicians include Bill Knight, Rahi Homann, Ernie Homann, Wally Hopkins, Paddy Swansborough, Henry Forrell and Russ Thompson. Picture: Sherry Morris collection

ONE of the very first appearances of a car in Wagga was on May 4, 1900. Built by the Thomson Motor Company Syndicate in Melbourne, it had recently been exhibited at the Bathurst Show.

Wagga Court House on NSW State Election day 1927. The Wagga seat was won by Mr Kilpatrick for the Country Party and the election was described as “well conducted and orderly”. Picture: Sherry Morris collection.

SES Deputy director general, Mr Rick Haines, presented National medals to Albert Burgman of North Wagga, Daryl Thompson of Wagga and Harry Hutton of Wagga and formerly Urana.

One of the Riverina’s most successful political stories is that of the Hon. Edgar “Eddie” Graham. Born in January 1897, Graham attended both the Lake Albert Public School and the Wagga Wagga Public School, but only for the minimum time required.