Browse Items (214 total)

  • Collection: Wagga Wagga and District Historical Society

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Wollundry Lagoon suffering from drought. The photograph is taken from the west side near the Town Hall Garden.

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Studio portrait of William Palmer, inscribed to James Brown Edney.

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Studio Portrait of the Wiesner Family. With inscription: "Wishing Mr and Mrs Condon a very happy xmas from all at Meadowvale". Additional inscription: "Uranquinty, Sandy Creek".

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Studio portrait of Pery Lachlan Condon and May E Motlock's wedding, with Ella Condon and Stella Mortlock as Bridesmaids, Hugh Condon as Best Man and Harry Mortlock as Groomsman. With inscription: "To Dear Dad and Mother with love from Percy and May.…

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Studio Portrait of Ernie and Evelyn Arish on their wedding day. With inscription: "To May and Percy from Ernie and Evelyn".

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Photograph of Alan Arthur Edney and Phyllis Eileen Turner's wedding in 1933. They were married in the district of Marrickville, NSW.

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Portrait photograph of Walter ("Wally") Dawson Edney, the son of George and Bessy Edney and cousin of Clara Edney.

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Photographic postcard showing the Wagga Wagga Waterworks, addressed to Miss V Williams.

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Members of the Wagga Wagga Volunteer Fire Brigade.

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The Wagga Wagga Volunteer Fire Brigade standing in front of the Wagga Wagga Municipal Council Chambers in Baylis Street. There are 13 men in uniform, with one man in the driver's seat of the pump cart and two men are holding up the hose trolley.
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Wagga Wagga Sandy Beach Swimming Carnival which was held in 1918 at the Wagga Beach on the Murrumbidgee River. The selected images show the diving board, the water slide, the swimmers and the crowd that gathered on the bank to watch the carnival.

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A handwritten programme belonging to Christina MA Mackay of Tarcutta Street for the Wagga Wagga Public School's Annual Exhibition and Presentation of Prizes. The event, held at the Mechanics' Institute in Fitzmaurice Street, included an exhibition by…

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A hand-coloured photographic postcard showing the Wagga Wagga Post Office in Fitzmaurice Street around 1900.

This postcard is part of a series, presumably by a photographer identified as F.P.H. [Hobbs?]. This particular postcard is labelled: "418.…

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The paddock of the police barracks in Wagga Wagga, alongside the Wollundry Lagoon. The location is now the site of the Victory Memorial Gardens.

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The paddock of the police barracks in Wagga Wagga, alongside the Wollundry Lagoon. The location is now the site of the Victory Memorial Gardens.

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This photograph depicts some kind of event outside the Wagga Wagga High School on the corner of Macleay and Coleman Street. There is a crowd gathered outside the building which is festooned with Australian flags and Union Jacks.
The building was…

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Photograph of the Wagga Wagga Fire Brigade Soccer Club in 1939.
Back Row: C Day, D Carruthers, N Owens, R Phillips, R Lewis (Goalkeeper), R Lonergan, E Barnett, L Phillips.
Front Row: A Carpenter, S Ward, A Hadley, D Lewis (Vice-President), W…

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Photograph of the Wagga Wagga Fire Brigade, circa 1940. There are twelve men seated or standing in front of eleven trophies.

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Wagga Wagga Fire Brigade with: GA Smith, P. Spiers (standing), E. Atherton and G. Shaw (seated). With inscription: "To J.W. Edney, ? With compliments. From G.A.S".

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The interior of the Wagga Wagga Drill Hall (located on the corner of Gurwood and Beckwith Streets) after having been completely destroyed by fire. The hall had been built in 1899 for the use of 'G' Company.
A few years after the fire, building firm,…
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