Deborah Schulz with daughter Amanda, 4, wade across Murray Street after backwash from blocked drains caused minor flooding.
This was making the news 21 years ago.
Even 21 years ago, the Hampden Bridge was causing problems. This is the first paragraph of the day's editorial on March 5, 1993.
Someone hit the jackpot!
Meat prices were a far sight lower than the numbers we see today.
Paul McCartney with wife Linda in Perth.
The school at Widgiewa, near Griffith, was marked for closure.
The first work on the Tarcutta Aged Care Hostel was carried out.
Peter Gissing, Richard Gibbs, councillor Bob Osbourne and architect Noel Wemyss on the site of the Tarcutta aged care hostel
How cheap were cars?!
The modern mobile phones of 1993 weren't cheap.
The lunch room of the Wagga linen service was the site of a staged disaster to test staff response and the Wagga Base Hospital's disaster plan. DA journalist Shaun Wright volunteered for the exercise, and is pictured with mock burns.
The lunch room of the Wagga linen service was the site of a staged disaster to test staff response and the Wagga Base Hospital's disaster plan.
That popular piece of garden furniture, the Weekender setting in a sage green, set buyers back $75.
Wagga ensemble members Helen Mullins, Jan Conoplia, Pat Morgan, Peter Purches, Jan Batt, Jeff Donovan and Jacn Buckridge.
Colin Sanbrook was captain and Melissa Young vice-captain of Mangoplah Public School.
Holy Trinity Primary School prefects (back, from left) Justin Hannaford, Shelley Delaney. Stephen Connors, James Algar-Gard, Ginette Omankoy, (front, from left) Glen Snowden, Jane Hay, Michael Sullivan, Alison Beute and Matthew Blyton stand with Father Mick Burgess.
Trinity's Year 12 student council, standing with Principal Brother Carl Sherrin, are (back, from left) Damien Pleming, Matthew Bolton, Chris Williams, Julian Donnan, Michael Rhodes, (front, from left) Kate Sykes, Virginia Pattison, Rosemary Jacobs, Belinda Cunnington and Susan Charleson.
Turvey Park Public School vice captains Craig McCorkindale and Elizabeth Anscome and captains Meaghan Bradford and Adam Ross show kindergarteners Daniel Cornwell and Sophie Finemore their badges.
Sturt Public School council consists of (back, from left) Ben Wilkins, Angela McDonald, Graeme Dunn, Rachael Plumridge, John Wigg, Trent Cutler, (middle, from left) Larissa Croft, Tim Air, Karla Hillam, Debbie Morton, Brett Tokley, Samantha Cox, (front, from left) Greg Pearce, Rebecca Dunn, Sean Byron, Rhiannon Whiting, Yallana Burgess, Andrew Tolhurst, Anthony Kitson and Belinda Cook.
The front page of the March 6, 1993 Advertiser.
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Richard Johnstone was the new deputy vice chancellor and principal of the Wagga campus of Charles Sturt university.
A new airline was starting up in Wagga.
Bargains!
Fancy a phone?
Dancers Karla Hillam, Clinton Butt, Marney Twitt, Michael Butt, Shelby Kable and Michael Gornall came home from the Southern Highlands Dance Festival with top honours.
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The Last of the Mohicans was in cinemas.
So were The Bodyguard and The Distinguished Gentleman.
You could buy a three-bedroom house in Kooringal for just over $100,000.
Housing prices were vastly different to what we see today.
Jockey Brian Johns aboard Well Satisfied was snapped earlier in the racing season.
Sprinter Sonia Willis won the 100 and 200 metres finals at the NSW under 16 titles.
The Wagga PCYC junior athletes - Shannon Guiton, Emily Nolan, Vicky Plum, Regan Berry, Carrie Spokes, Kim Buchan, Trent Bullokc, Gavin Byrne, Derek Byrne and Matthew Hartley - returned from the state titles with medals.
Junee PSSA distict swimming champions Alex Nichols, Simone Reynolds, Gabrielle Merrigan, Justin Field, Megan Butt and Ryan Walker.
Kooringal Colts' Dougald McWilliams, Geoff McNamara and Col McCallum.
The front page of the Daily Advertiser on March 6, 1993.
Tara Buik, 8 poses with her white standard poodle Beth and toy poodle pip Cassie at the Kyeamba Kennel Club dog show.
A poll in The Daily Advertiser.
Albert Boschetti from Shepparton at the Coolamon Vintage Tractor Pull.
Owners and canines braved the wild weather at the Kyeamba Kennel Club dog show.
Bookies at the harness races wait for the rain to stop.
Chris Sturt and Jenny Coombes wade across Gurwood Street.
SRCC teams worked to restore power after a storm ripped through the city.
Brian Blenkinsop came all the way from Newcastle to participate in the Kyeamba Kennel Club dog show.
Tumut's Scott Shelley fends off a Gundagai opponent at the Group Nine knockout.
Robert Reed was cannoned by a cricket ball while batting for Lake Albert against Mount Austin.
The Riverina rugby smashed the South West team in a rugby rep trial at Kapooka.
Bill Heffernan in election mode.
Jenny Garlick, Brendan Chitts and Glenn Garlick take part in Clean Up Australia Day.
34 Platoon D Company took a break from cleaning up the Olympic Highway roadside on Clean Up Australia Day.
Lisa Antill won the girls under 10 years 800 metres event at the NSW Multi Event Athletics Championships at Jubilee.
Narrandera's Linda Harris celebrated her 103rd birthday.
Angry North Wagga residents - including John Durnan and Fred McGregor - have to face repair work on Hamdpen Bridge, effectively isolating the community.
St Michael's High School commerce students John Dewar, Vincent King, Grant Clarke, Corey Piffero, David Reynolds, Stuart Martin, Jacob Crack, Daniel Egan, Tony Bowden, Joe Sutton, Nigel Downing, Jarrod McAlister, David Balding and Ben Pitstock.
Helpers tip a van upright after it tipped in an accident at the Fernleigh Road-Glenfield Road intersection.
Results from a poll conducted by St Michael's High School commerce students.
Results from a poll conducted by St Michael's High School commerce students.
Results from a poll conducted by St Michael's High School commerce students.
Results from a poll conducted by St Michael's High School commerce students.
Results from a poll conducted by St Michael's High School commerce students.
Results from a poll conducted by St Michael's High School commerce students.
Beer was cheap...
...and so were spirits.
A Twelfth Man tape came under fire from Wagga mum Kerrie Paul.
A Twelfth Man tape came under fire from Wagga mum Kerrie Paul.
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Kapooka celebrated the Army's 92nd birthday.
Kapooka celebrated the Army's 92nd birthday.
Advance Bank - premiers of the 13-14 years division two boys touch competition - are Jay Little, Victor Simpson, Richard Faulkner, Graham Hughes, Ross Miller, Brad Aitken, Nathan McCallum, Jamie Wild and Matthew Hunt. They are pictured with coach Tony McCallum.
Coca-Cola - premiers of the 13-14 years division two boys touch competition - are Riley Crowe, Martin Lancaster, Shane Ridley, Jarrod Maher, Paul Cunningham, Angus Sherlock, Damian Pembleton, Christian Gorham and Dan Edwards.
Diet Coke - premiers of the 11-12 years girls touch competition - are Kylie Gwyther, Belinda O'Rourke, Yvonne McKeown, Sara Gorham, Leigh Tippler, Ginette Omankoy, Jacqui Walmsley, Amy Upfield, Allison Landen and Kelly Grist.
Bruce Street Legends, premiers of the 13-14 years girls touch competition, are Linda Boswell, Leanne Heffernan, Amy Walker, Melanie Watson, Kylie Edmonds, Sonya Bradley, Courtney Earsman and Natasha Painter. Their coach was Max Earsman.
Sam Slattery swings and misses as wicketkeeper Chris Yeo keeps an eye on the ball.
Tolland wicketkeeper Chris Yeo keeps an eye on the ball.
The Young Swimming Club team - Steven Collier, Peta Donnelly, Marley-Jo Collier, Tammie Milne, Amy Collier, Nicole Goodman and Robert Carloff - at the South West carnival in Wagga.
Ryan Maloney, 15, in the backstroke at the South West carnival in Wagga.
Shannone Feige at the South West carnival in Wagga.
Christina Byrne waits for the pitch as she bats for Mount Austin.
South Wagga Public School swimming champions John Buchan, Catherine Bookallil, Amanda Parker, Joshua Henri, Kim Buchan and Zachary O'Tooke.
Turvey Park Public School swimming champions Michael Campbell, Emma Dear, Adam Ross, Natalie Perceval, Andrew Pratley, Jesica Cafe and sportsmaster Ken Bee.
Kooringal High School swimming champions Danny Millman, Kelly Walker, Simon Millman, Daniel Morton, Damon Dickenson, Belinda Cross, Amanda Priest, David Ireland, Adam Cross, Kate Earnshaw, Alexi Naulty, Ashley Tucker, Louise Ferguson, Shannon Feige, Jane Davies and Sam Chambers.
Kangaroos made it to the finals of the Group Nine knockout.