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Meeting minutes, match reports, news clippings, and photographs.
Wagga Wagga Volleyball Association Inc.Glass Lantern Slides used by Hawkesbury Agricultural College and other educational institutions to demonstrate agricultural practices, including cropping, orcharding, and animal husbandry. Some images depict identified Experiment Farms and Agricultural Colleges.
NSW Department of AgricultureNewsletters, financial records, attendance books, photograph albums, loose photographs, CD-ROMs.
Harley Owners Group, Wagga Wagga ChapterFramed photographs of police and PCYC sporting teams. T-shirt imprinted with "Time 4 Kids: I Did The Time To Stop Youth Crime".
Police Citizens Youth Club, Wagga Wagga (PCYC)Framed photographs, trophies, photographs and badges.
South Wagga Ladies Bowling Club1) Vinyl record, musical score and programme for the Wagga Wagga Teachers' College Sacred Choral Concert in St Michael's Cathedral, 28 September 1966.
2) Aerial photographs of Wagga Wagga taken by NSW Department of Lands, 25 September 1966 [x2 copies].
Newspaper clippings, programmes, entrant handbooks, and photographs.
'Discover Wagga' (1982-2012) and miscellaneous theatre programmes from the Riverina Theatre Company, the Wagga Wagga School of Arts, the University Theatre Ensemble, etc.
Tony Trench7 bound volumes of The Riverina Express.
The Riverina ExpressThe personal records of Don Brech, relating to: 1) Education, 2) Marriage and divorce, 3) Emigration, 4) Financial and legal, 5) Houses, 6) Diaries, 7) Personal and family correspondence, etc., 8) General correspondence, 9) Subject files, 10) Employment, 11) Health, 12) Family history, 13) Consultancy services, 14) Associations, societies and professional bodies, 15) Conference and seminar papers and proceedings, 16) Research projects, 17) Campaign for Archives Legislation in Hong Kong, 18) Press Cuttings, 19) Collected publications and documents, 20) Photographic, film and video records, 21) Greeting cards, 22) Invitations, 23) Artefacts.
Don Brech, archivistMinute books, travel books, visitors book, photograph album, Probus Club Handbook, President's collar, badges, rubber stamp, and notebook of history, celebrations, awards, etc. Folder containing papers relating the disbanding of the club, including papers of historical interest. Public Officer's final submissions to Department of Fair Trading.
Probus South Pacific Ltd.Scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, correspondence, photographs, theatre programmes, Charles Sturt University 20 Years Service Medal. Papers include Rivcoll Drama, Golden Gown, and Kapooka Band.
Associate Professor Colin AndersonFour scrapbooks
Wagga Wagga Tennis AssociationWeekly Bulletins (1979-2012), Changeover programmes (1979-2020), Finacial Ledger (1978-1979), Board minutes (Oct1981 - Jun1982), Papers relating to membership and finance (1978-2023).
Rotary Australia, Rotary District 9700Photo album containing photographs taken by Percy Price during his time as a solider in the Middle East; a Lumiere Anastigmat Fidor 6.8 camera (in Kodak case); a folding draughts board with bag of draughts (9 black and 11 brown), a wooden spinning top and a pack of cards.
Percy Price of 'Dhulura'
Subject and correspondence files, cash books, purchase journals, ledgers, wage books and plans.
Hunter Bros. Newsagency
Name and location map of Wagga Wagga hotels (1847 - 1978).
N. W. Grinton
Ledgers, minute book, record of brewing materials book, agreements, Articles of Association and cash book.
Hogan & Mahon Pty. Ltd.
Accounts and receipts, notebooks, wages book, rainfall charts, correspondence, parish maps, plans and diagrams.
Leitch Family, Bulgary Pastoral Company
Correspondence, diary of Australian Agricultural Mission tour, newspaper cuttings, papers re Royal Visit of Queen Elizabeth II, Programmes re official openings and festivals, photographs, 16mm film entitled "Breeding for Efficiency".
Eddie Graham, politician
Correspondence, subject files, brochures, photographs, membership, newsletters, minutes, and programmes.
Riverina Concert Band
Photographs of Yanco Agricultural College, Commercial Hotel and Union Club Hotel, Wagga Wagga, Harry Davies (blacksmith, Lockhart) in Masonic Lodge regalia and print of Van Dyk's drawing of King Edward VIII.
Lewis Family
Subject files containing programmes, catalogues, newsletters, booklets, press clippings, letters, photographs, and other ephemera. Includes material relating to the Wagga Agricultural College, Wagga Art Society, Wagga Film Society, 'Back to Wagga' Week, Wagga Eisteddfod, the Anglican Church, Wagga Wagga City Council, Wagga Teachers' College, Wagga and District Historical Society, Wagga Wagga City Library, Wagga High School, Wagga Mardi Gras, elections, floods, etc.
Wagga Wagga City Library
Accounts and receipts, letters to and from Head Office (Sydney), budgets, correspondence, financial records, memorandums, agreements, rainfall charts, tracings of parish maps for County Bourke, employee's statement book, notebooks, ledgers, etc. Records relate to Bull's Run Station, Ganmain Station, Deepwater Station and Murrulebale Station, Ganmain, Old Junee and Wagga Wagga.
Scottish Australian Investment Company Ltd.This collection is an accumulation of items donated to the Wagga Wagga and District Historical Society by various families, businesses, community groups and individuals. It includes personal letters, family photographs, rainfall records, postcards, diaries, farm records, business ledgers, scrapbooks, cards, certificates, and other ephemera.
Wagga Wagga and District Historical SocietyCopy of wedding photograph depicting Richard Hermann Koth and Minna Fredericka Kohlhagen of Uranquinty.
Henningham's Studio
Business and personal papers: correspondence and bank repayment books
Arthur Leslie AdamsPhotograph of the 10th Army Troop Company, Royal Australian Engineers, marching in Fitzmaurice Street in Wagga Wagga.
Royal Australian Engineers' Unit
16mm news films and scripts.
Riverina and North East Victoria Television Ltd.
Photographs of the Wagga Experiment Farm (c.1908) and letters to and from Mother.
Florance Family of Cootamundra
16mm news films and scripts.
Riverina and North East Victoria Television Ltd.Carte-de-visite of unidentified young man (possibly from the Meurant or Pike families).
James Fiddes
Papers collected by Dr WA Merrylees relating to his work with the Riverine University League.
Riverine University League
Minutes, correspondence, concert records, set pieces and speech selections, adjudicators list, petty cash books, ephemera, banner and medallions, syllabuses and official programmes. Volume recording Prize Money (on HV shelf).
Wagga Wagga Eisteddfod Society
16 mm news films and scripts.
Riverina and North East Victoria Television Ltd.Photograph of Prince of Wales Hotel on the corner of Fitzmaurice and Kincaid Streets, Wagga Wagga.
Two photographs of Hogan & Mahon's Federal Brewery and of Sheekey's (Wagga Wagga) Pty. Ltd.
Sheekey's (Wagga Wagga) Pty. Ltd.
Photocopies of notes belonging to W. H. Ellis, coachbuilder.
John Gelme Ltd.
Certificates, minute books and papers, journal and papers, recipe books, Memorandum of Association, balance sheet and accounts, notes on proposed purchase of Crystal Cordial Company, sample bottle labels and photographs.
Sheekey's (Wagga Wagga) Pty. Ltd.
Architectural drawings, plans and specifications for shops, residences and businesses in Wagga Wagga.
Hardy’s Ltd. (1924 - c.1992)
Photographs of Riverina buildings and landmarks (1931-1950), including Wagga Wagga (mostly floods), Burrumbuttock, Finley, Leeton, Adelong Creek, Jerilderie, Hay, Deniliquin, irrigation areas, Tocumwal, Gundagai, Moira, Ivanhoe, Mossgiel, Pooncarie, Dareton, Mannus, Kyeamba, Humula, Wolseley Park, and Rosewood.
Electoral office subject and correspondence files.
Noel Hicks, politician
Journals, cash contra and account books, sales book, cash payments books, wages summary books, ledger sheets and ABS mining establishment and enterprise returns.
Walter R. Willis and Sons Pty. Ltd.
Junee Convention minutes, annual reports, correspondence books, correspondence, Board minutes, visitors' book and photographs.
Association of Apex Clubs of Australia
Minutes of meetings (including the inaugural meeting at Young on 17 Nov 1935 and the Constitution).
South Western District Amateur Swimming Association
Copies of photographs of building, staff and coaches.
John Gelme Ltd.
Correspondence, photographs, memorandum and term reports.
The Riverina Trio
Photographs, ephemera and letters.
Shephard Family of Wagga Wagga
Minutes, membership, rules, correspondence, newsletters, submissions, reports; papers relating to the amalgamation of Goulburn College of Advanced Education with Riverina College of Advanced Education.
Federation of College Academics
Dr Bottoms' Correspondence; Interstate and Regional Files; Aged Care: Proposals, Plans, Reports; Subject Files; Annual Reports; Client Information Books; Daily Report Books and Diaries; Financial Papers.
Riverina Regional Geriatrics and Rehabilitation Services