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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.
The…

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Two views of the parade and crowds at the "Centenary of Wagga Wagga" Parade, held in 1970. One image shows the Riverina Ballroom Dancing Studio's float at the intersection of Baylis and Morrow Streets; the other is of the RAAF marching at the…

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A commemorative service (Anzac Day? Remembrance Day?) held at the Victory Memorial Gardens in Wagga Wagga, probably during the 1940s. Men and women in uniform line the footpaths.

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A.E. and Munitions Workers Union members marching down Baylis Street, as part of the Eight Hour Procession. They are standing on the Wollundry Bridge with the Wagga Wagga City Council Chambers in the background.
Holding the banner, "United We…

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Wagga Wagga cyclists on morning before a race day, outside of the Post Office on Fitzmaurice Street.

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A demonstration for Fair Rents, possibly outside of the Wagga Wagga Police Station on Sturt Street.

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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.

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21 Flinders Street was the Wagga Wagga residence of Mr and Mrs Charles Huht. Mrs Huht was previously Miss Ethel Rankin.

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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.

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Photograph of the office and some of the staff of the Wagga Wagga Advertiser in Fitzmaurice Street.
The American Photographic Company was in Wagga between 20 December 1871 and at least February 1872 and (according to newspaper reports) took…

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Photographic postcard of livestock at a dam at the Wagga Experiment Farm, addressed to Mrs Melvin.

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Photographic postcard showing the Murrumbidgee River and the Hampden Bridge at Wagga Wagga, addressed to Mrs Melvin.

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

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

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Postcard photograph of Newtown Public School (now South Wagga Public School), addressed to Mrs Melvin.

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Postcard photograph showing Newtown Park (now Collins Park), addressed to Mrs Melvin.

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A hand-coloured postcard photograph of The Riverine Club in Tarcutta Street, addressed to Mrs Melvin.

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A view of Fitzmaurice Street, just north of the Kincaid Street intersection.

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Letter from Mary to her mother Mrs E Simmons of Narrandera Road, Wagga Wagga. The letter mostly relates news about Mary's baby, Edward Charles Frances.
There is also an invoice from David Copland and Co. to Mr WC Simmons regarding children's shoes.

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Correspondence from John H Forsyth, Assistant Engineer, Research Office of The Secretary for Railways, regarding Mrs Seecombe's enquiries on the seats at Bomen Railway Station.
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