Australian farming women have been on the land as long as men, but they’ve been largely ignored by the history books. This is despite their significant contribution to the rural economy, as Barbara Heggen reports.
TROVE – Wagga Wagga Express
October 16, 2015 by ·
Members and others will be aware that for some time your Society has been facilitating the digitisation of Wagga Newspapers, The Daily Advertiser and Wagga Express in their various forms.
UTAS Offers a FREE Online “Writing Family History” Course
October 16, 2015 by ·
The University of Tasmania (UTAS) has run their Introduction to Family History course twice, with an incredible response each time. Now they are offering a new course for family historians. One on writing family history.
TROVE – NSW Government Gazettes
October 16, 2015 by ·
TROVE – NSW Government Gazettes The State Library of NSW and the National Library of Australia are working collaboratively to digitise and make available NSW Government Gazette (1832 to 2001). These important government records will be delivered through the National Library’s popular online discovery service – Trove – with a sample of these issues appearing […]
Regional Seminar on Lands Research – Call for Expressions of Interest
October 13, 2015 by ·
The Royal Australian Historical Society (RAHS) is calling for expressions of interest to attend a regional seminar on lands research.
NSW GOVERNMENT GAZETTE SOON TO BE AVAILABLE ON TROVE
October 13, 2015 by ·
The State Library of NSW and the National Library of Australia are working collaboratively to digitise and make available NSW Government Gazette (1832 to 2001). These important government records will be delivered through the National Library’s popular online discovery service – Trove – with a sample of these issues appearing as early as next month […]
Animals our Diggers enlisted to use in the trenches during WWI
October 11, 2015 by ·
Horses played a crucial role ferrying supplies to Australian troops during World War One and carrier pigeons kept commanders in touch with soldiers fighting on the front lines. But did you know domestic cats and dogs, kangaroos and even glow worms were enlisted by Australian troops in their efforts to win the war?
In the Past from the Daily Advertiser 11th October
October 11, 2015 by ·
Cycle racing was very popular in the late 1800s. This photo, taken in 1895 outside the Post Office shows cyclists ready to participate in one of the regular race days. Picture: CSURA RW5
Wagga Base – a view from above – On Record
October 9, 2015 by ·
CSURA don’t know when this photograph was taken but it has to be after the 1950s, because the multi-storey block was opened in 1963. It also has to be after 1967 since Rawson Private Hospital is gone. So our best guess at the moment is the photograph dates from the late 1960s or early 1970s.
In the Past from the Daily Advertiser 4th October
October 5, 2015 by ·
The Wagga Court House and Post Office in 1885. The court house shown here was constructed in the mid 1850s and the post office building on top of the hill on Fitzmaurice Street, which still exists today, was built in 1885. (CSURA RW5)
