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This keen family grabbed prime position to see the Queen - across the road from the dais outside the Wagga Council Chambers.
The Queen and Duke were due to arrive at the Council Chambers at 1.24pm; when the photographer took this shot, it's still…

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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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The shops and public buildings in Baylis and Fitzmaurice Streets were decked out with flags and bunting for the visit of Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh. The Wagga Wagga Post Office was on the route of the Royal Progress.

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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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The Wagga Wagga Gaol, built in the 1860s by Charles Hardy, was demolished in 1919, but had fallen into a dilapidated state after it was condemned in 1916.

A new police station was built on the site (on the corner of Tarcutta and Sturt Streets) in…

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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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The Wagga Wagga District Hospital on the corner of Edward and Albury Street (now Docker Street) soon after its construction. The building's official opening was held on 7 September 1910.

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Postcard photograph showing Wagga Wagga District Hospital, addressed to Mrs Melvin.

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Students of the Wagga Wagga Teachers' College visit the Wagga Wagga Demonstration School (Wagga Wagga Public School).

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A Wagga Demonstration School (Wagga Wagga Public School) class visit a farm accompanied by Wagga Wagga Teachers' College students.
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