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The Museum of the Riverina is a local history museum in
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is the region in south-western New South Wales in which Wagga Wagga is located. The museum was established by Wagga Wagga and District Historical Society in 1967 (Morris, p. 241) in premises near the
Wagga Wagga Botanic Gardens Wagga Wagga Botanic Gardens, Australia are located in the Wagga Wagga suburb of Turvey Park on a site on the south western slopes of Willans Hill Reserve. Access to the gardens is via Macleay Street near the corner of Lord Baden Powell Drive. ...
on Lord Baden Powell Drive. In the late 1990s,
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took over the operation of the museum. In 1999 the Historic Council Chambers, on the corner of Baylis and Morrow Streets, were converted into a second site for the museum following the opening of the new Wagga Wagga Civic Centre. The Historic Council Chambers site hosts travelling exhibitions while the Botanic Gardens site is home to the Sporting Hall of Fame and the museum's permanent collection, including a set of figurines from the
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. The museum provides a regional outreach service to 38 Riverina museums.


Sporting Hall of Fame

Museum of the Riverina Botanic Gardens site. The following sportspeople have been inducted into the museum's Sporting Hall of Fame: *Bain, Phillip - target shooting *Bajer, Roger - soccer *Baverstock (née Frauenfelder), Brooke - softball *Bradley, Melanie - athletics *Bragg, Thomas - indoor bias bowls * Breasley, Scobie - jockey * Brentnall, Greg - rugby league *Brwn, Cameron Wallace - athletics *Byrne, Rod - touch football * Carey, Wayne - Australian rules football *Carruthers, Simon - squash *Carter, Megan - hockey *Chisholm Lachlan - athletics *Chisholm (née Taylor), Megan - karate *Collingwood, Josh - cycling * Commens, Adam - hockey *Condron, Kevin - motorcycling *Cooke, Ken - rifle shooting *Crowe, Graham - shooting * Daniher, Terry - Australian rules football *Dawson, Tom - cycling *Doyle, Tim - kayaking *Drummond, Cheryl - carriage driving * Dwyer, Patrick - athletics *Eisenhauer, Peter - touch football, rugby league * Elkington, Steve - golf *Ellwood, Beresford - rugby union *Finch, Andrew - shooting *Fletcher, Anthony - rugby league refereeing *Foster (née Catton), Brenda - tennis *Gooden (née Wheeler), Amanda - softball *Haberl (née Campbell), Andrea - table tennis *Hadkins, Wayne - aero-modelling * Hann, Quinten - snooker * Hawick, Greg - rugby league *Henderson, Kate - diving *Henderson, Nick - rugby union *Hetherington, Morris - golf *Horne (née Robinson), Kim - softball *Housden, Robert - kayaking *House, Alyisha - athletics - Junior Sporting Hall of Fame *Hubbard, Greg - basketball *Humbert, Ashley - cycling *Jenkyn, Diane - dressage *Jones, Allison - orienteering * Kahlefeldt, Brad - triathlon * Kelly, Paul - Australian rules football * Kingston, Geoff - Australian rules football * Langford, John - rugby union * Lawson, Geoff - cricket *Lenehan, James - rugby union *Longmore, Anna & Rooke, Matthew - dancesport *Macken, Georgina - orienteering * Martin, Steve - rugby league *McDonald, Terry - motorcycling *McKee, Joyce - lawn bowls *McKinnon, Bruce - volleyball *McLay, Peter - cricket *McLennan, Graeme - hockey and indoor hockey *McMahon, Terry - touch football *McMullen, Ken - rugby union *Miller, Warren - swimming, aquathon and modern pentathlon *Moffat, Richard - cycling * Mohr, Wilbur (Bill) - Australian rules football * Mooney, Cameron - Australian rules football * Mortimer, Chris - rugby league * Mortimer, Steve - rugby league *Murphy, Jacqueline - netball *Nix, Bernard - touch football *O'Neill, Andrew - athletics *Parker, Holly - equestrian *Paul, Ann - hockey *Pieper, Gerald - Australian rules football *Pike, Stephen - referee touch football *Puckett (née Bennett), Robyn - golf *Richards, Lloyd - motorcycling *Richardson, Norma - lawn bowls *Robertson, Bill - cycling *Robertson, Bob - cycling * Roche, Tony - tennis *Rooke, Barney - shooting *Rooke, Matthew & Longmore, Anna - dancesport *Schuster (née Rooke), Maree - clay target shooting *Scott, Nola - c * Shipard, Sally - soccer, cricket * Slater, Michael - cricket *SMITH, Rex Daniel - touch football * Sterling, Peter - rugby league *Stormonth, Michael - dirt track/speedway * Summons, Arthur - rugby union, rugby league *Sunderland, Bob - motorcycle racing *Sutherland, Ben - gymnastics *Taylor, Col - aero-modelling * Taylor, Mark - cricket *Tennant, Raeleigh - triathlon *Thomas, Gilbert 'Tig' - sailing * Tonkin, Arthur - rugby union *Tutty, Bruce - shooting - pistol * Twitt, Melanie - hockey * Weissel, Eric - rugby league *Williams, Garry - sailing *Williams, Gregory - sailing *Young, Jason Carl - cricket


See also

* Mobile Cook's Galley


References

* Morris, S (1999). Wagga Wagga, a history. Bobby Graham Publishers, Wagga Wagga.


External links


Museum of the Riverina
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