WAGGA WAGGA
What a city. For a provincial city
this place has got it right and it is a fair assessment the citizens
think likewise. Wagga is a very nice place.
Wagga Wagga is one of those Australian
towns that have become a city in the backblocks of Australia that has
managed its growth in a manner that has enhanced the well being of the
people at large. Modern, exceptional essential services and a high
respect past history has made Wagga a very desirable place to live.
Wagga Wagga is the largest inland city
in NSW and is an important agricultural, military,
and transport hub of Australia.

Way back in 1829, Charles Sturt was the first European
explorer to visit the future site of the city. Squatters arrived soon
after and are a Squatter community.
The town, positioned on the site of the Murrumbidgee,
was surveyed and gazetted as a village in 1849 and the town grew
quickly after.
With its increasing prosperity and population, Wagga
Wagga and the surrounding district became a place of interest to
several infamous bushrangers.
Wagga Wagga becomes the centre of a secession movement
for the region. Wagga Wagga was a garrison town during World War II
with the establishment of a military base at Kapooka and the air force
at Forest Hill and Uranquinty.
The Wagga cemetery and war memorial give accord to the
cities relationship with Wagga 
The Wagga museums give a good insight to the early
era.  
The Wagga churches are of a cathedral construction and
give substance to a wealthy past.      
There is the Union hotel
in
Wagga that have historic significance plus other hotels looking after
the punter.   
Wagga a thoroughly nice place that deserves a
prolonged visit.
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