by Karen Wenke | Nov 11, 2023 | Research
An old custom in England was to send a Christmas and New year’s letter. A letter or card could be sent anywhere in the UK for a penny, when the ‘Penny Post’ was introduced. This was a problem for Sir Henry Cole who had a lot of friends in 1843...
by Karen Wenke | Nov 11, 2023 | General
21st and 22nd October, 2023 A member of our committee attended the RAHS conference hosted by the Wagga Wagga Historical Society. The guest speakers were very informative and the tour of the recently re-opened ‘Museum of the Riverina’ was very interesting. ...
by Karen Wenke | Oct 15, 2023 | Historical Buildings
On Thursday the 5th of October Zion Lutheran Church at Walla Walla hosted delegates from the Organs Across the Border 43rd Annual Conference. Zion organist and our President Craig Wenke gave a speech on the history of the pipe organ and played a number of Hymns for...
by Karen Wenke | Oct 15, 2023 | Tours
On September 10th we welcomed Insight Tours for a guided bus tour of the district. To date this is the largest tour group we have hosted. Tanja and I met the group in Culcairn and gave a commentary of the history and heritage of the area. Our first stop was...
by Karen Wenke | Oct 15, 2023 | General
On the 29th of August we held a ‘Significance Workshop’ presented by Dr. Roslyn Russell. Attendees travelled from Albury, Corowa, Gundagai, Henty, Jindera, Lockhart, Wodonga, Wagga Wagga to join our local Walla Walla representatives. This group represented...
