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Wagga Wagga Free Punt
RW 0110 · Collection · 1871

Copy of a photograph of the free punt in Wagga Wagga.

RW 59 · Collection · 1906-1909

Photographs of the Wagga Experiment Farm (c.1908) and letters to and from Mother.

Florance Family of Cootamundra
RW 0111 · Collection · 1900-1911

Selected prints from glass plate negatives created by the Government Printing Office, Sydney. Images include Walla Walla Station, Goombargoona Station, Round Hill Station, Kinross Station, Walbundry Station, Wagga Experiment Farm, Wagga Show, and "Allonby" at Forest Hill.

Government Printing Office
Wagga Wagga Railway Station
RW 1131 · Collection · 1913

Photograph of Wagga Wagga Railway staff in 1913.

Wagga Wagga Railway Station
RW 1753 · Collection · 1888-1916

Concert programmes, scrapbook, invitations to James Gormly relating to the opening of the Centennial International Exhibition at Melbourne (1888) and the State Banquet Federation Celebration (1901).

Gormly Family of Wagga Wagga
Wagga Wagga Choral Society
RW 178 · Collection · 1929

Souvenir programme of a performance of "Florodora" by the Wagga Wagga Choral Society.

Wagga Wagga Choral Society
RW 1143 · Collection · 1923-1932

Scrapbook containing material relating to Dixieland, the Wagga Brass Band, the Oxford Theatre, the Wonderland Theatre, the Dixieland Rollerskating Palais at Wonderland, and miscellaneous non-Riverina entertainment establishments.

Dixieland Dance Hall, Wagga Wagga
John Gelme Ltd.
RW 88 · Collection · 1908-1932

Copies of photographs of building, staff and coaches.

John Gelme Ltd.
RW 776 · Collection · 1901-1933

Architectural drawings, plans and specifications for shops, residences and businesses in Wagga Wagga.

Hardy’s Ltd. (1924 - c.1992)
RW 1512 · Collection · 1923-1933

Xerox photographs of delegates of Riverina New State League Conference at Wagga Wagga on 10 October 1923 and of the opening of additions to new wool stores of Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Company at Albury on 19 October 1933.

Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Company
John Gelme Ltd.
RW 70 · Collection · 1910-1935

Photocopies of notes belonging to W. H. Ellis, coachbuilder.

John Gelme Ltd.
Hore & Macintosh Co. Ltd.
RW 34 · Collection · 1930-1936

A diary containing names of callers and details of visits in 1930 which has then been reused as a repository for press cuttings relating to property sales and auctions between 1932 and 1936.

Hore & Macintosh Co. Ltd.
RW 1980 · Collection · 1914-1937

Correspondence, reports, research papers, source files, subject files, draft manuscripts and notes, manuscripts, and published works ("Murrumbidgee Memories and Riverina Reminiscences" published 1985 and "An Australian Girl in Germany" re-published 1987).

Hilda Mary Hodge Freeman, researcher and writer
RW 3168 · Collection · 1916-1937

Photograph albums of Brunskill family properties "Allonby," "Old Borambola," "Pinnacle," North Berembed" and "Monavale"; also includes Kendall Family (The Rock), Milne Family, Lyons Family, Bennett Family, McIntosh Family, Strong Family and Beddome Family, and includes trips to Leeton, Tasmania, Kosciusko, Yarrangobilly, Bega, Mt Buffalo, Singapore, England, Wagga Wagga and World War One. Other properties included: "Sackville," Edenville," Braehour," Deletroy," and "Dunlop."

Harriett Milne
Cath Barnes of Wagga Wagga
RW 0123 · Collection · 1910-1940

Copies of photographs of Wagga Wagga and district.

Cath Barnes
Hardy's Ltd.
RW 0119 · Collection · 1882-1941

Ledgers, photograph album, share certificate issue register, photographs, stock inventory.

Charles Hardy and Company
RW 1687 · Collection · 1916-1942

Registers of patients (1929-1942); midwifery certificate of Nurse Mabel Dickens (1916).

Rossmoyne Private Hospital, Wagga Wagga
RW 1572 · Collection · 1940 - 1946

Autograph book, photographs, publications, correspondence, newsletter cuttings re Service Women's Hostel.

Elizabeth Duncanson
RW 0122 · Collection · 24 Aug 1948

Letter from C. A. Watts (proprietor) to Lt. Cdr. Hall regarding the supply of additional photographs.

Ernest Tooley Studios
RW 78 · Collection · 1931-1950

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.

Betty Ives' 16mm films
RW 984 · Collection · c.1932

16mm movie films showing the Wagga Experiment Farm, the opening ceremony of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, and a scout jamboree.

Mrs Elizabeth Edith "Betty" Ives
John Shaw, academic
RW 1767 · Collection · 1951

Photographs and negatives depicting buildings and places in and around Wagga Wagga in about 1951.

John Shaw
RW 42 · Collection · 1905-1953

Accounts and receipts, notebooks, wages book, rainfall charts, correspondence, parish maps, plans and diagrams.

Leitch Family, Bulgary Pastoral Company
Rava Family of Wagga Wagga
RW 1404 · Collection · 1954

16mm film of the Queen's visit to Wagga Wagga in 1954.

Rava Family of Wagga Wagga
RW 22 · Collection · 1944-1954

File containing letters of congratulation relating to holding the portfolio of Minister of Agriculture for ten years, report, newspaper cuttings books and typescript entitled "The Honourable Edgar Hugh Graham, Minister for Agriculture and Food Production".

Eddie Graham, politician
RW 0115 · Collection · 1942-1957

Passport, ephemera, papers and speech notes relating to the official opening of Gunnedah Municipal Abattoir and Killing Works, itinerary and speech notes for Tarcutta meeting for the ALP and correspondence with The Rock P & A Society re opening of show.

Eddie Graham, politician
RW 33 · Collection · 1947-1957

Account sales, cash book, correspondence, monthly balance sheets, permit to travel stock books and yard books for sheep and pig sales.

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency, Wagga Wagga
RW 1617 · Collection · 1949-1957

Attendance book, membership roll and minute book of the Wagga Wagga Branch of the Australia Country Party.

National Party of Australia - NSW
Wagga Wagga Cricket Club
RW 1657 · Collection · 1953-1958

Cash book, cash receipt books, balance sheets, correspondence, accounts and receipts.

Wagga Wagga Cricket Club
RW 2027 · Collection · 1912-1959

Private journal, ledgers, wages book, sales account ledgers and cash books.

WG Huthwaite & Co. Pty. Ltd., department store in Wagga Wagga
Lewis Family
RW 46 · Collection · 1900-1960

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
RJE Gormly and Gormly Family
RW 98 · Collection · 1882-1960

Family papers, including subject files, scrap books, photographs and glass plate negatives.

Gormly Family of Wagga Wagga
RW 2973 · Collection · 1958-1961

Bound volumes of "The Riverina Express" newspaper (1958-1961).

The Riverina Express
RW 2880 · Collection · 1832-1963

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 War Service and Closer Settlement Maps, Randolph Caldecott Chromolithograph of 4 Watercolour Sketches, the Grand National Cricket Match 14-16th Jan 1857, and a Sketch on the Improvement of Sydney Cove 28 Dec 1832.

Wagga Wagga and District Historical Society
RW 0109 · Collection · 1958-1964

Letter from Department of Civil Aviation relating to formation of NSW Aerial Agricultural Operators' Association, aircraft log book and job record books.

Agricultural Aviation Co. Ltd.
RW 303 · Collection · 1913-1965

Miscellaneous parish photographs, including photographs of the foundation stone ceremony for St John's War Memorial Parish Hall, renovations and restoration of St John's Church and dedication ceremony, newspaper clippings, map and renovation plan.

Anglican Parish of Wagga Wagga
Wagga Wagga City Library
RW 47 · Collection · 1936-1965

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
Dunn Family of Oura
RW 256 · Collection · 1877-1967

Correspondence, wills, certificates (copies), business papers, newspaper clippings, plan of John Hatton's land, photographs and cheque books.

Dunn Family of Oura
Riverine University League
RW 624 · Collection · 1952-1969

Papers collected by Dr WA Merrylees relating to his work with the Riverine University League.

Riverine University League
RW 77 · Collection · 1874 - 1969

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.