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  • Collection: Wagga Wagga and District Historical Society

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Photograph of a group of women and children on board the "Caroola" in Melbourne. The group contains seven women, two boys and one girl from the families Edwards, Townsend, McAlaster, Morrison, Stuart and Edney.

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A panoramic view of Wagga Wagga, taken from the north-west side of Willans Hill.

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One of the Wagga town bands on parade, down Fitzmaurice Street during the 1880s or 1890s. The photograph was taken at the corner of Fitzmaurice and Kincaid Streets, also known as Crown Corner.

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Studio photograph of Pearl and Martha Harrison. They were the daughters of John and Mary Harrison (nee Edney) of Wagga Wagga.

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Portrait photograph of Percy Bloomfield in his AIF uniform, with inscription: "From Percy Bromfield, to his Cousins, Emma and Clara". A second inscription notes, "He sailed on the 10th of Nov 1915".

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Colour photograph of Percy Condon and young man. Inscription on reverse: "Percy L Condon, just after his 70th Birthday, handing over the keys on behalf of Great Southern Motors to Mr Westman, winner of Car in Ambulance Art Union."

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Posed photographs of Percy Condon

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Studio portrait of Peter Rae, with inscription: "Died Dec. 23rd 1895, Wagga Wagga".
Peter Rae had a wheelwright and vehicle manufacturing business situated in Johnston Street, first with John Wright, then with H Duncombe. JW Edney worked as a…

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Photograph of Peter Rae's blacksmith shop, Johnston Street, Wagga Wagga. The shop was located almost opposite the site of the current Ambulance Station.

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Studio portrait of Phillip Rullock.

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Photographic postcard with an image of Private Percy Price.
Inscription on reverse side: "Private Percy Price enlisted March 12th, 1916. Left Australia August 16th, killed in action in France December 31st."

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Studio portrait of Reg [surname unknown].

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Studio portrait of Reg [surname unknown] and unknown male. With inscription: "to May and Percy from Reg". Additional inscription: "Sandy Creek District".

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Studio portrait of (presumably) Charles P Chiniquy (1809-1899). On the reverse side of the photograph is written "Chinaquay".
Charles Chiniquy was a Canadian Catholic priest who later became a Presbysterian pastor. He visited Sydney in 1878.

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Photograph of twenty-nine men with their rifles. The inscription on the reverse side reads, "Rifle match at Cootamundra".

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Winner of the Riverina Championship (100 yard swim), J Lysaugh, surrounded by an excited crowd of spectators at Wagga Beach.

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Pages from an exercise book filled with newspaper clippings about Senator Charles Hardy Jnr and the Riverina New State Movement.

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Photographic postcard of a child, posed on a table with toy blocks, inscribed, "To Percy and May and Little Alice, Wishing you A Merry Xmas From all at "Pretty Valley. Xmas 1914."
An inscription added at a later date says, "Boy is Rob Condon, The…

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Studio portrait of Ronald Jackson

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Studio portrait of Sadie Reich.
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