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Year 6 students from Junee Public School recently named their counsellors and captain (back, from left) vice captains Simon Campbell and Michelle Clements, captains Amanda Chitts and Nathan Smith and (front, from left) Bill Tom Howard, Simon Scremmer, Clinton Reynolds, Shawanna Ryan and Amy Abercrombie. Emma Seiler was absent.
The front page of The Daily Advertiser on March 30, 1993.
Police divers recover a small axe from the Greenough River as part of an investigation of the deaths of Karen ManKenzie, 31, and her 16-year-old son Danny and daughters Amara, 7, and Katrina, 5, on February 22, 1993 in Geraldton.
Russian president Boris Yeltsin raises a clenched fist in acknowledgement of the cheers of thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators who gathered in Moscow's Red Square in support of Yeltsin and his economic reforms.
Ross Hurst with some of the items that formed his display at the Wagga Heritage Week exhibition at the Wagga Art Gallery.
One of the historic photos given to The Daily Advertiser by Wagga Bridge to Bridge to celebrate Heritage Week.
Air Commodore Don Tidd inspects the graduates of No. 46 Apprentice Intake and No. 10 Technologies Course on March 29, 1993.
Three generations of RAAF are represented with the graduation of WO App. Mark Medwell with his grandfather Norm Dean of Moama and his father Flight Lietenant Bob Medwell.
Newlyweds Leanne (nee Goldspink) and Leslie Freeman made their home in Tumbarumba.
Newlyweds Helen (nee Price) and Mark Rossack were married in Wagga.
Graeme White provided an insight into racing in Wagga.
Yenda halfback Jason Fuller is driven into the ground by West Wyalong's Wayne Cameron and Nathan Downes during a Group 20 knockout at Yenda.
Newly appointed assistant coach Anthony Trewella (second from right) meets Collingullie-Ashmont Australian Football Club captain-coach Geoff Geoff Smith after arriving drom Darwin. Also pictured were sponsor Noel Tracey and Collingullie-Ashmont president Ken Morrow.
Lockhart recruited three players from the army in Phillip Daveport from South Australia, Dino Romeo from South Australia and Glen Cremmiel from Queensland.
Champion horse Danzig Corridor enjoys a swim in the exercise pool.
Discussing a new proposal at a Magpies training session was (from left) Andrew Crouch, Jack Murphy, Craig Fisher, Xavier George, Daniel Crane and Kevin Kirby.
A player from Dozers Soilworkers moves the ball along the line against Hunters in Wagga Touch Association at Jubilee Park.
A 23-year-old Michael Slater considered himself an outside chance for the Ashes tour in 1993.
Andrew Strong of Deniliquin is crash tackled by an army opponent in the Leeton 10s Rugby Union carnival of Saturday.
NSW speedster Wayne Holdsworth celebrates the wicket of Queensland captain Dirk Wellham in the Sheffield Shield final at the SCG.
The front page of The Daily Advertiser on March 31, 1993.
The body of helicopter pilot Mark Barlow (pictured) was found on March 21, 1993 with a gunshot wound to the head.
Police were seeking assitance to located missing girls Pettina Williamson and Marie Croft, who were last seen two days before this was published in 1993 at the Wagga railway station.
These bears were receiving intense tender loving care at the Turvey Park Primary School in preparation for Bandaged Bear Day.
This is the drawing od a Tonkin snub-nosed langur, one of Asia's rarest monkeys, which was found to have survived in the Vietnamese forest.
Clint Eastwood wins Oscars for Best Director and Best Picture for Unforgiven.
The Duchess of York helps her daughters Beatrice and Eugenie get ready for the slopes in Klosters, Switzerland.
The March 31, 1993 Heritage Week photo from Wagga Bridge to Bridge was of a steamer on the Murrumbidgee River at Wagga in 1905.
Attending a Riverina Regional Hopsital Auxiliaries zone day at Ganmain was (front, from left) state secretary Nancy Malloy, state president Jan Maskill, state vice president and regional representative Joyce Reid and (back, from left) Ganmain branch secretary Heather Kember, director of medical services at Wagga Base Hospital Dr Curtis and Ganmain branch president Joyce Firman.
Selling tickets in the old Jewels car park for a competition to raise funds for the Tarcutta Aged Care Hostel were Marilyn Wild and Sally Shilling.
Admiring a knitted jumper of display at a handicraft and cookery day held at the Riverina group of the Country Women's Association at Mangoplah were Jacob McCausland, 7, and Catherine McMaster, 6, of Mangoplah Public School and Riveirna group handicraft office Enid Lang.
Elise Cedelland of Turvey Park swings as the ball comes through at the right height at Wagga Softball Association at French Fields.
Joyce McKee and Norma Richardson wear their gold medals for winning the pairs at the national teams round robin series in Perth.
Paul Kelly caught a big break in early 1993 when he captained the Sydney Swans for the first time against Hawthorn.
Kooringal High's Jarrod Lyons appears to have the advantage over Tumut's Raymond Piper in the RIverina boys volleyball knockout final at Bolton Park.
NSW cricketers are bathed in smiles and drink spray as they celebrate with the Sheffield Shield after polishing off Queensland at the SCG.
The front page of The Daily Advertiser on April 1, 1993.
Supporting Wagga Wagga as the official name of the city at the airport this week was sport and tourism public relations consultant Leigh Maloney.
Miss Wagga entrant Belind Foulds from Youth Insearch, Wagga, gives a lift to this huge Insearch Bandage Bear at the Victory Memorial Gardens.
Employees of the Matignon Hotel in Paris sweep the red carpet before the arrival of the new Prime Minister Eduard Balladur for the handing over of power from Pierre Baragovy.
Soldiers from 1RTB Kapooka, including Captain Michelle McInnes (pictured), practised their abseiling down Wagga Base Hospital.
A student comforts a distressed friend after a three-hour siege at Banksia Park High School in Adelaide.
(From left) Noel Hicks, Pat Brassil and Bill Heffernan were Liberal candidates in 1993.
Diana, Princess of Wales and her sons Prince William and Prince Harry in a horse-drawn sleigh in Lech, Austria during a holiday.
The Riverina Hotel on the corner of Fitzmaurice and Crampton streets circa 1920.
Roller skaters (back, from left) Tim Paton, Jade Hounsell, Beth O'Callaghan and (front, from left) Mark Murray and Raegan Stewart.
Pitcher Kaye Jensen of Kooringal displays a smooth follow through during the Wagga Primary Schools Softball Association's A grade competition.
Lutheran's senior A team (back, from left) Peter Kohlhagen, Stuart Smith, Lachlan Graham, Charles Hope, (middle, from left) Matthew Bostock, Michael Cameron, David Bradley, Andrew Klimpsch and (front, from left) Scott Geaghan, Stephen Hibbard, David Hamill and Tim O'Regan.
Sam Charter went through the Malayan campaign during World War II and experienced the horrors of being a prisoner of war working on the Burma Railway.
Junior cricket premiers Moore Ford (back, from left) Scott Lucas, captain Nathan Bell, Greg Whiles and (front, from left) Junior Cricketer of the Year Doug O'Rafferty, William Hatch, Brad Wallis and Dane Vivian. Tim Lewis and Corey Sullivan were absent.
Monstars' Kelly Hartley (right) and Little Bullets' Jasmin Bale (centre) battle each other for possession during the Wagga Junior Basketball under 12 grand final. Little Bullets' Joanne Sharkey also gets amongst the action.
PCYC Little Bullets won the Wagga Junior Basketball girls' grand final. The team (back, from left) Renai Smith, Kirsty, Goold, Krystal Leese, Jasmin Bale and (front, from left) Joanne Sharkey, Holly O'Keefe and Kylie Wilson.
Re-Car's Rob Manuel powers his way through Rivcol defence during a WRA mens one match at Bolton Park.
Wagga Leagues Club groundsman Maurie Scully retires after 32 years of maintaining the Riverina's leading Rugby League oval.
Jane Torvill and Christopher Dean skated their way to Olympic gold medals in 1984 and in 1993 announced they were returning to amateur status to try for a second gold at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Norway.
South Wagga cricketer Andrew Uhr celebrated his birthday and being recalled to South's team for Wagga and District Cricket Association's grand final.
The front page of The Daily Advertiser on April 2, 1993.
Nicholas Dawn, 2, and Tracey Schafer, 3, were photographed playing in the water at Possums Playground.
Max Hazleton of Hazleton Airlines announced that flights will increase to Wagga if there is enough support for the services.
Firefighters cool down the Boeing 747 engine that fell on an Anchorage car park.
Googie Withers and John McCallum appeared in High Spirits at the Civic Theatre in Wagga.
Tolland Public School held a special assembly as part of Senior Citizens Week where pupils invited their grandparents to the school. Sam Cowell, 6, with his grandparents Gordon and Glad Jerrick.
Nakita Thompson, 2, of Forest Hill wears two tiny Bandage Bears as earrings. Nakita was in the burns unit at Camperdown Children's Hospital for 20 days.
Daylan Smith, 16 months, and his father Royston from Stanely, Victoria visited Wagga's Wollundry Lagoon.
Fr John McGee of Barellan with two of the Indian Order of Sisters of the Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, Sr Rita Maria and Sr Alice.
The full-size Mercedes-Benz 22OE family saloon was priced at $81,000.
Enjoying a day in the sun at the Botanic Gardens was Ryan Davison, 9, of Canberra and Megan O'Rourke, 16 months, of Redpa, Tasmania.
Cadets from the 219 Regional Army Cadets put their skills on display at a weekend bivouac.
The front page of The Rural on April 2, 1993.
The Wagga Store Market saw another large yarding with 1800 head with 85 per ccent clearance achieved, as reported in The Rural on April 2, 1993.
Dr David Jones in the entomology lab at Yanco Agricultural Institute for a new mite discovery.
Singer Peter Andre came to Coco's nightclub to perform in April, 1993. Were you at the concert?
Happy birthday Trevor!
The Home Hobos team, that competed in a netball B2 competition (back, from left) Lyn Strachan, Bernadette Fellows, Sonya Carroll and (front, from left) Shay Hills, Jody Vandernaut and Cindy Hall.
Winning driver Kevin Roben in action in round one of the Prime TV Rallysprint.
Turvey Park centre half forward Tony Melican played for the Bulldogs.
Barry Stokes made a successful return to competitive skiing after a break of more than 10 years.
Mt Austin was known as the 'wombats' in Wagga and District Cricket Association so first grade captain Paul Galloway tracked down the team's mascot, Wally the Wombat.
The front page of The Daily Advertiser on April 3, 1993.
Former editor of The Daily Advertiser and current member for Riverina, Michael McCormack.
Making their oaths as they were sworn in at Junee Jail were 143 new correctional officers.
A fire control officer at fires at Willans Hill, which were believed to be deliberately lit.
NSW artist Garry Shead won the Archibald prize for his portrait of Sydney publisher and friend Tom Thompson.
Regional manager Royal Blind Society Errol Ingram, rehabilitation counsellor Royal Blind Society Barbara Hastie and Ald. Colin Rush at the Royal Blind Society Wagga Expo.
Bruce Lee's son, Brandon Lee, was shot in the stomach during filming of The Crow.
Mel Gibson was starring in Forever Young, which was playing at the cinema in April, 1993.
A classic BC comic providing laughs in April, 1993.
Geoff Allen, 11, of Lakes Raiders and Brett Tokley, 11, of Magpies faced each other in the Junior Rugby League kick off.
Mt Austin cricketer Brett Page, with pet dog Sophie, before the two-day grand final against South Wagga.
The front page of The Daily Advertiser on April 5, 1993.
Sarah Moran, 4, with the help of her pony, Rambo, and grandfather Alec moran, managed to snare two first placings, two seonds and one third during the Bidgee Pony Club gymkhana.
Russian presidents Boris Yeltsin reviews a group of Royal Canadian police cadets after arriving in Vancouver for a summit with President Clinton.
Jenny Newbound works on a tonal sketch at the Wagga Art Society's pastel drawing and colour workshop.
Kooringal High School mock trial team (from left) Paul Charlton, Anna Cregan, Zoe Pope, Megan Huggett, Jenni Archer and Amanda Newland.
Constable Belinda Nash-Dennis and Constable First Class Genevieve Graham work to promote harmony between the citizens of Wagga and the police force.
Judith Dunham with The Seekers, pictured when they topped the charts in the 1960s, reformed in 1993 for an anniversary tour.
Rotary Club representatives (from left) Frank Metz from Kooringal, Mike Murray from Wagga, John Egan from Wollundry, Rodney Parsons from Sunrise and John Wright from South Wagga present a $1000 cheque to Angela Samuels for Youth Access Wagga.
Gundagai owned and trained galloper All In Fun (Allan Abrahams) produced a brilliant finish to account for Money Road (Greg Fliedner) in the Gundagai Cup.
Matthew Ridge on the burst during the Rugby League match between Manly and Newcastle at Brookvale Oval.
Playing in the Wagga and District Bowling Association No. 3 pennant competition were (back, from left) Karl Toole, Milton Nimmo, Mauricec O'Brien, Bill Wilson and (front, from left) Brian Ohlin, John Hawke, Jim Carroll and Ian Nelder.
South Wagga captain Anthony Baker hold the Geoff Dunn Shield for winning the Wagga and District Cricket Association grand final team and the Maples Cup for finishing the competition at minor premier. He was joined by WDCA president Bob Ballantyne and Wagga City Council representative Dennis Blackett.