While some residents find it far-fetched to believe there were tunnels under Forsyth Street, we know for certain there were dunnies.
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The history of the old public toilets was flushed out amid a debate regarding the need for public toilets to be made available on Wagga’s main street after dark.
It comes after business owners and professionals revealed a number of residents were using alleyways and shadowy nooks to relieve themselves.
Recurring incidents of public urination and sometimes defecation stirred debate across the city and resulted in a call for ablution solutions to combat the filthy anti-social habits of some.
According to the archives, the Forsyth Street public toilets were operational as early as 1943, but were demolished in March 1974.
Unlike the rumoured tunnels, supposedly used by Chinese residents during the gold rush, there are Wagga residents, who would remember the odd piece of infrastructure.
The public toilets were half sub-merged, located outside the Union Club Hotel.
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