In the Past from the Daily Advertiser 13th December

Fitzmaurice Street (post-1901) [RW5.370]Fitzmaurice Street, Wagga Wagga, looking south in the early 1900s.The Post Office is prominent on the hill to the left. Also visible on the right is Meurant Blake which still trades in this location as R H Blake and Co Stock and Station Agents. H J Williams also visible on the right was a two generation Pharmacy business which began in 1874 when Henry James Williams purchased Wagga’s first Pharmacy opened by Hugh C Rose in 1863.  Henry’s son, Leslie Williams sold the business 79 years later to Jack McDonough in 1953 Picture: CSURA RW5

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