RAAF Wagga Heritage Centre
Coordinates: 35°08′57″S 147°28′04″E / 35.1492°S 147.4678°E
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| Established | 24 June 1995 |
| Location | Forest Hill, New South Wales |
| Type | Military museum |
RAAF Wagga Heritage Centre (Originally known as the Wagga Wagga RAAF Museum but was officially, RAAF Museum – Wagga Annex[1]) is a heritage centre located at the Wagga Wagga RAAF Base at Forest Hill located approximately 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) east of Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia on the Sturt Highway.[2] The heritage centre has indoor and outdoor displays of aircraft, memorabilia and photographs relating to the RAAF in the Riverina.
[edit] History
Wagga Wagga RAAF Museum was officially opened in June 1995 from items from the RAAF Base Wagga and items which was donated by the community.[3] The museum was closed in 2001 for refurbishment[2] with the memorabilia temporarily relocated to the Point Cook RAAF museum but plans to reopen the museum were quietly scrapped after the RAAF adopted a new policy in 2003, which stated that the RAAF would only fund RAAF museum at Point Cook.[4][5]
AirCare and Wagga Wagga based newspaper The Daily Advertiser ran a campaign during late September and early October 2008 in an attempt to reverse the Australian Defence Force's decision.[6]
On 13 December 2008, it was announced that the museum will be reopening in 2009. The Air Force would spend A$75,000 completing the refurbishment of the museum building, due to be complete in 2009 sometime.[7]
In May 2009, a public consultation meeting was held to discuss plans for the centre, including the A$130,000 set aside by the Royal Australian Air Force for outfitting the building for a future heritage display.[8]
On 12 March 2010, it was reported that the heritage centre was expected to reopen in Spring 2010, but the official opening date was to be announced at a later date.[9]
On 29 July 2010, Air Marshal Mark Binskin announced at the RAAF Base Wagga 70th anniversary that the heritage centre will open on 15 October 2010.[10] The heritage centre was officially opened on the 12 October 2010 and will open three days a week.[11]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Stackpool, Andrew; Curran, LAC Aaron (28 October 2010). "Happy day arrives". Air Force (Canberra: Directorate of Defence Newspapers) 52 (20): 6.
- ^ a b "RAAF Museum". Tourism Wagga Wagga. http://www.wagga.nsw.gov.au/www/html/1430-raaf-museum.asp?intSiteID=1. Retrieved 2008-03-19.
- ^ Holliday, Rebekah (27 September 2008). "Only photos left". Fairfax Media (The Daily Advertiser): pp. 3.
- ^ Holliday, Rebekah (2008-09-18). "Museum in mothballs". The Daily Advertiser. http://dailyadvertiser.yourguide.com.au/news/local/news/general/museum-in-mothballs/1275989.aspx. Retrieved 2008-09-18.
- ^ Holliday, Rebekah (2008-09-22). "ADF lied for years". The Daily Advertiser. http://dailyadvertiser.yourguide.com.au/news/local/news/general/adf-lied-for-years/1277362.aspx. Retrieved 2008-09-22.
- ^ Holliday, Rebekah (2008-09-30). "Mounting support to save museum". The Daily Advertiser. http://www.dailyadvertiser.com.au/news/local/news/general/mounting-support-to-save-museum/1321287.aspx. Retrieved 2008-12-16.
- ^ Holliday, Rebekah (2008-12-15). "RAAF Museum is resurrected". The Daily Advertiser. http://www.dailyadvertiser.com.au/news/local/news/general/raaf-museum-is-resurrected/1386481.aspx. Retrieved 2008-12-16.
- ^ Kelly, The Hon. Dr Mike (2009-05-08). "Public meeting on Air Force Heritage Centre". Australian Government. Department of Defence. http://www.minister.defence.gov.au/kellytpl.cfm?CurrentId=8974. Retrieved 2009-07-31.
- ^ Holliday, Rebekah (12 March 2010). "Volunteers ‘in the dark’ about RAAF Centre plans". The Daily Advertiser. http://www.dailyadvertiser.com.au/news/local/news/general/volunteers-in-the-dark-about-raaf-centre-plans/1774658.aspx. Retrieved 17 March 2010.
- ^ Higgins, Ben (30 July 2010). "Air force museum to reopen". The Daily Advertiser.
- ^ "RAAF to open Heritage Centre". The Daily Advertiser: p. 4. 12 October 2010.
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