The Wagga Wagga Tidy Towns Committee

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The Wagga Wagga Tidy Towns Committee

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        Dates of existence

        1984-2023

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        John and Margaret Rumens members of the Tidy Towns Committee of the Wagga Wagga City Council.
        The Committee was responsible for organising things like the Keep Australia Beautiful Day, and Keep Wagga Wagga Beautiful, handing out gloves ect to volunteers picking up rubbish around the town.
        The awards were given in population sizes; towns under 2000, to those over 20,000, then an overall winner.
        Judges visited the towns and were taken around to see various projects- waste management, bins in streets and parks, water issues, industries that had made a contribution to better the city.
        The committee closed due to the age of members and inability to recruit new, younger members. At the time of closure, the President was John Rumens, Secretary Graham Jackaman, Treasurer Bob Knezledorf, members - Elsie Kimball, Margaret Rumens, Judy Jackaman, Marcia?, Ian?.
        Written by Margaret Rumens.

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        Wagga Wagga, NSW.

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        Description created 24 September 2025.L Carroll.

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