RAAF Wagga Heritage Centre, Military museum at RAAF Base Wagga, Forest Hill, Australia.
The RAAF Wagga Heritage Centre is a military museum located at an air base near Wagga Wagga that displays aircraft, photographs, and personal items from aviation history. The collection covers different aircraft types and the work of pilots and ground staff across several decades.
The RAAF Wagga Heritage Centre opened in June 1995 with items from RAAF Base Wagga and objects donated by the community. It closed in 2001 for refurbishment, its memorabilia moved temporarily to the RAAF Museum at Point Cook, and plans to reopen were dropped in 2003 when the RAAF decided to fund only Point Cook. After a campaign by AirCare and The Daily Advertiser in 2008, the RAAF set aside $75,000 for the building, and the centre was officially opened on 12 October 2010.
This center preserves memories of the region's aviation past and shows how military service shaped the local community. Visitors can see how the base connected to everyday life in Wagga Wagga.
The centre sits at the entrance to RAAF Base Wagga on the Sturt Highway at Forest Hill, about 10 km east of Wagga Wagga. Displays are both indoors and outdoors, so allow time to walk the aircraft outside as well as the memorabilia and photographs inside. The site is reached by road from Wagga Wagga.
The centre opened in June 1995 with items from RAAF Base Wagga and objects donated by the local community. When it closed for refurbishment in 2001, the memorabilia was moved temporarily to the RAAF Museum at Point Cook. A campaign by AirCare and The Daily Advertiser in late 2008 helped bring about its reopening.
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