Picture: CSURA RW157
In 1891 Council purchased the saleyards established by A. T. Bolton in Travers Street. By the 1920’s Wagga Wagga was recognised as the largest stock selling area outside the metropolitan markets. Sales of sheep alone increased from 59,621 in 1915 to 554,066 in 1928.
By 1926 the holding capacity of the yards was approximately 70,000 sheep and 6,000 cattle. Land was purchased at Bomen in 1958 and the Wagga Wagga Livestock Marketing Centre opened there in 1979 which then led to the redevelopment of the original Travers Street site.
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