Studio portrait of a man identified at some point in time as John Robertson Edney. Edney was one of Wagga Wagga volunteers for the Boer War, returning as a Sergeant Major.
The address of the photographic studio is Pretoria, so presumably the…
88 men left Wagga Wagga on 1 December 1915 in a war recruiting campaign, calling themselves The Kangaroos. The Kangaroo March halted in Goulburn on 23 December 1915.
The marchers were given leave to take the train home to spend Christmas with…
Inscription on the map: "6th edition of the De Gruchy and Co. New Squatting Map of the Riverina and District of NSW. Shewing all the Townships, Reserves, Roads and Stations, &c. &c. with approximate boundaries and replete with general information to…
Margaret Nugent's passbook to an account with the Melbourne Savings Bank. The passbook was used between 1883 and 1886 and only had six entries. On 10 March 1886, Margaret withdrew all funds from the account, which in all was 65 pounds, 10 shillings…
Photograph of a group of police taken while at Broken Hill, early in 1909. These men were sent as reinforcements during the mining strike that was taking place that year.
The reverse side is inscribed with the following message: "This is a group of…
Photograph of Moore's Cycle Works, located within The Freemasons Hotel building (later renamed The Tourist Hotel) in Fitzmaurice Street, Wagga Wagga.
The photograph also shows the shopfront of Alfred Lewis and Co., fashionable tailors, mercers and…
Photograph of four men standing out the front of Morris and Son's Cooking Stove Factory shopfront, located at 226 Castlereagh Street, Sydney. The signs advertise their ability to provide all kinds of stove fittings, washing coppers, colonial ovens…
Studio portrait of Mrs D'Hudson of Wagga Wagga. The reverse side of the photograph has the following inscription: "Born at Kelso, near Bathurst in 1845".
Mrs D'Hudson is likely to be Fanny Morton, daughter of Thomas and Mary Morton, who married…