On This Day in Wangaratta – 22nd June 1857
Bushranging has long been a part of Australia’s history and folklore. We have all heard about the big stories, but we probably don’t realise that bushranging occurred regularly in poorly policed areas and that Wangaratta was one such place, until at least...
On This Day in Wangaratta – 15th June 1930
On this day in Wangaratta the famous female aviator Amy Johnson landed at Bowser on Buckler’s private airstrip. The landing was quite a coup for the town as Wangaratta was the only stopover on Johnson’s route from Canberra to Melbourne. Newspaper reports...
On This Day in Wangaratta – 9th June 1896
On this day in 1896 Dr William Joseph Carroll passed away after battling pleurisy for six weeks. He was only 41. Dr Carroll was born in Dublin to wealthy former Lord Mayor Sir William Carroll (also a doctor) and Margaret Elizabeth Pearson. Sir William was quite well...
Trove Tuesday – Wangaratta 1863 – Part 5
Following on from the last Trove Tuesday we continue reading an account of Wangaratta published in the Ovens & Murray Advertiser (O&MA) in January 1863. The progress of the town, although gradual, is very marked, and those buildings in course of erection are...
1856 politics Wangaratta style
The political and social alignments of the early residents of Wangaratta have long fascinated me. Who socialised or was in business with whom, was an indicator of town and sometimes family dynamics. While there were clearly divisions in Wangaratta, they were often not...
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