The Wagga Wagga Volunteer Corps (G Company) was formed in late 1884 with almost one hundred men enrolling. The armoury was located in Gurwood Street. At the beginning of any parade, the volunteers would assemble outside the armoury.
The shopfront of Bruce Wallace, wholesale fruiterer, in Baylis Street (near Huthwaites). Bruce Wallace appears to have set up in Wagga Wagga in 1917 and was in business for a number of decades, selling fruit and confectionery.
Pages from Geoff Patterson's notebook containing newspaper clippings and notes relating local bicycle racing.
The examples here include an article from the Wagga Wagga Advertiser, 20 November 1902, on the Wagga Cycling Carnival and a record of two…
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…
Pages from a memorandum book, possibly kept by a member of the Cox family, containing notes relating to shearers, rations and shearing tallies. One page of the notebook is dated 1882.
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…