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Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc

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Wodonga & District Historical Society Inc

A local group doing their best to gather and preserve the history of Wodonga and district. Local historical society run by volunteers.
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07/09/2026

Sheep Sales Wodonga. A photo by Bonsema. Photo courtesy Christine Hay, thank you.
Large numbers of sheep and lambs regularly crossed from New South Wales and Queensland into the Wodonga area for local sale and transit from the 1890s onward.
From June 1930 to June 1935 an average per annum of 500,000 sheep and lambs arrived at Wodonga from New South Wales. During the peak of 1931 the number increased by 200,000.
Sheep and lamb sales at the historic Wodonga saleyards lasted for several decades from the late 19th century until they were discontinued in 1947 in favor of markets in Albury.
Regular auction sales for sheep and lambs at Wodonga formally stopped in 1947, shifting regional focus to nearby Albury, though livestock transit and trucking continued through the local yards for decades after.

06/09/2026

Cattle Sales Wodonga. A photo by Bonsema. Photo courtesy Christine Hay, thank you.
Thomas Peter John Bonsema (1876–1944) was a prominent early-20th-century local photographer born in Wodonga, Victoria. He is widely recognized for capturing regional landscapes, community events, and early agricultural scenes as postcards and framed prints.

05/09/2026

1942. High Street, corner of South Street, Post Office and Commercial Banking Company of Sydney.

04/09/2026

Wodonga High School 1971 Staff
Back Row: Mr Widdop; Mr Brazil; Mr Dwyer; Mr Bastian; Mr Rodgers; Mr McKimmie; Mr Ferguson; Mr Hamilton; Mr Stevens; Mr Davies; Mr Boudry; Mr Gee; Mr Copeland; Mr Woodruff; Mr Moylan; Mr Meikle; Mr Weisheit; Mr Langmead
Centre Rows Ladies: Miss Rathjen; Miss Jenkins; Miss Beggs; Miss Davidson; Mrs Ferguson; Miss Hughes; Mrs Bell; Mrs Polkinghorn; Miss I’Anson; Mrs Nicholson; Mrs Nacholinski; Miss Bognar
Front Row (Standing): Miss McIntyre; Mrs Finn; Mrs Haycroft; Mrs Speirs; Miss Bowman; Mrs Morgan; Mrs Thomas; Mrs Bastian; Mrs McQuilton
Front Row (Seated): Mrs Coghill; Mr Boyd; Mr Cracknell; Miss Bray; Mr Schier

03/09/2026

1957 Wodonga High School. New manual arts rooms. These new rooms were completed and ready to occupy at the beginning of the third term. They are used for woodwork and sewing, and also provide storage for woodwork and craft materials.

02/09/2026

1963 Wodonga High School Headmaster and Prefects.
I. Saunder; D. Lewis; H. Crapp; T. Mellington; P. Cole; G. Stevens; T. Green
B. Delacorn; B. Angfang; U. Baran; B. Peard; Mr Williamson; S. Barker; J. Cole; J. McLaughlin;
L. Reuss

31/08/2026

1984 Wodonga Primary School Staff and Grade 6N – courtesy of the Nicholson family. Click on each photo to see all including names.

30/08/2026

1965 High Street at the bottom, South Street on the left. Hovell Street near the top. From our Mann albums.

29/08/2026

Produced by the Kiewa dairy cooperative in the Wodonga and Kiewa Valley district before it amalgamated into the North Eastern Dairy Company in 1959.
Created during the 1950s when surplus milk at the Kiewa factory was processed into spray-dried milk powders.

28/08/2026

Hovell Street looking north. Top right, current Wodonga Council under construction, opened 1976.
On the right Civic Centre opened 1971, demolished 2011 and replaced by The Cube.

Address

Bonegilla Migrant Experience, Hut 97, 132 Bonegilla Road
Bonegilla, VIC
3691

Opening Hours

Wednesday	10am - 3pm
Saturday	10am - 3pm
Sunday	10am - 3pm

Website

http://www.historywodonga.org.au/

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