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Imperials caught in premiership furore

In 1934 the Narandera (spelt that way then) Imperials (now the Narrandera Eagles) won the South West District Football League (now Riverina Football League) Grand Final 11-12 (78) to Matong’s 7-9 (51). This was the club’s third successive...

Narrandera Argus

07 Jul 2020

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Looking back at tennis glory

One of the Narrandera Shire’s most famous Aboriginal residents and sportspeople was no doubt Evonne Fay Cawley (nee Goolagong) so it is timely with Wimbledon 2018 now over to reflect on her remarkable career. Evonne was born on July 31 1951 at...

Narrandera Argus

23 Jul 2018

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Boxing troupes part of our history

Tent boxing was once an exciting part of rural agricultural shows, including Narrandera, and the name of Jimmy Sharman is synonymous with the sport. Born as James Sharman in Narellan, NSW, the fifth of 13 children to James and Caroline Sharman...

Narrandera Argus

02 May 2018

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Victim of the Great War

Percy Talbot Griggs, son of Hugh Gardiner Griggs of Narrandera was one of the first from this district to enlist for service in the Great War and one of the original ANZACs. After the evacuation of Gallipoli he saw service with the Australian Forces...

Narrandera Argus

16 Jul 2018

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Newspaper pioneers: Lapthorne and Jarman

One of Narrandera’s earliest newspapermen and outstanding citizens was Edward T Lapthorne, a former proprietor of the Narrandera Argus, who was born at Huntley (Victoria) on January 28 1869 and was 73 years of age when he died. At the age of 16 he...

Narrandera Argus

09 Jul 2018

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The Adams Family made their mark on Narrandera

The Adams family was one of the earliest pioneer families of Narrandera. Henry Daniel Adams came to Riverina with his father in the year 1850 and spent his early days on the land in the Little Billabong district, where his father was one of the...

Narrandera Argus

06 Jun 2018

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1950s: Industrial development was the aim

The Narrandera Argus files revealed that as far back as 1953 the then Narrandera Chamber of Commerce was trying to attract industries to Narrandera. Some of the proposals discussed by the Chamber at the time were eventually realised years later...

Narrandera Argus

18 Jun 2018

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Gobstoppers, clinkers and bonfires

An Argus reader has recalled the days when she and her parents operated a corner store near the Narrandera District Hospital. That store was Odewahns (now Cafe on Adams) and the reader was Val Oxley (nee Odewahn), who together with her parents Mr...

Narrandera Argus

16 Jun 2020

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“Mother ANZAC” was a local

A woman known as Mother ANZAC was a well known resident of Narrandera. Mrs Isabelle Mitchell was the widow of the late Dr James Mitchell, a well respected medical practitioner in the town. She died at Lethbridge House in the early hours of Tuesday...

Narrandera Argus

21 Mar 2018

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Local resident recalls horror crash

Photographs of an historic rail derailment in a recent edition of the Narrandera Argus stirred up memories for Narrandera woman Beverley Preston, who as a seven year old child was a passenger on the train with her mother Nancy Gwendoline George (nee...

Narrandera Argus

05 Mar 2018

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History lives in weir and river

Berembed Weir, located 34 kilometres east of Narrandera, and the Murrumbidgee River itself, are the source of some interesting historical facts. The weir is where water moves into the Bundidgerry storage and the Bundidgerry regulator is the start...

Narrandera Argus

14 Feb 2018

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Lola’s Aussie folk treasure trove

The little town of Morundah has become famous over the years not only for its opera and ballet productions in the Paradise Palladium Theatre, but as home to some living legends. One of them is Lola Wright, a former Illawarra primary school teacher...

Narrandera Argus

31 Jan 2018

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Historic Tubbo

Tubbo Station still stands as one of the richest and largest grazing and sheep properties in the Riverina. It was first established during the mid-1800’s by a Scottish squatter John Peter, who managed successfully almost 20 runs, or over 740,000...

Narrandera Argus

24 Jan 2018

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Barellan lights up in 1950s

A redletter day for Barellan was reported on in the Narrandera Argus issue of December 3 1951. It was the switching of electric current supplied by the Narrandera Municipal Council under franchise from the Northern Riverina County Council. Power was...

Narrandera Argus

06 Oct 2017

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WYRUNA – negotiating the future

Part Five Molly’s next and by far one of her biggest tasks will be to set up an agreement with her sharefarmer as he will be entrusted with the full operation. Now approaching midnight and on reflection it has been a long, busy but emotionally...

Narrandera Argus

05 Oct 2017

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WYRUNA – a new dawn

Part Four It is now time to move on. Put the past to aside and welcome a new start. Dawn is just breaking as Molly emerges from the homestead and makes her way towards the stables, where she finds and greets Tex with a cheerful good morning. As...

Narrandera Argus

24 Aug 2017

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WYRUNA – decision time looms

Part Three Life’s decisions are sometimes very difficult and exhausting to make, but once done must be made to work and expanded if true happiness is to be found. Wyruna is not an easy property to manage as it is designed to support two very...

Narrandera Argus

16 Aug 2017

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WYRUNA – the story continues

Part Two The property Wyruna is a substantial holding in a highly regarded area – a family property over three generations but there is now a doubt that the fourth generation can continue to own and manage it. Wyruna has been owned by Molly’s...

Narrandera Argus

09 Aug 2017

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WYRUNA – a story from Narrandera’s rural past

Part One The following story had its beginning during the last few years of the sixth decade of the last century and it traces the trials and experiences of a most unlikely person as the story unfolds. The Riverina and the diverse pastoral and...

Narrandera Argus

02 Aug 2017