Suckled on the Murrumbidgee
Steve Elkington, Steve Mortimer, Slats, Sterlo, Wayne Carey, Paul Kelly, Geoff Lawson….Wagga Wagga has whelped a welter of sporting champs. Maybe the most that any other Oz town can boast, per sport, per capita. Well, cmmmon, can you name a more fertile candidate?
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Narromine springs to mind, with Glenn McGrath and Melinda Gainsford emerging from the same tiny spot in NSW’s midwest….
Where else?
And let’s face it, Wagga fudges her credentials a bit. Some of the so-called homegrown stars – such as Tarcutta’s Tony Roche or Leeton’s Mark Taylor – didn’t exactly hail from the 2650 postcode. But that hasn’t stopped the Riverina Museum from a major egotrip.
On the corner of Baylis and Morrow is a permanent expo of the town’s talented babies, from the Daniher clan (of Ungaire!) to the bloke who rode home Santa Claus in the English Derby of 1964. (You’ll have to visit the museum now to ID the all-star jockey.)
Or sneak a peek at http://www.wagga.nsw.gov.au/museum/index.aspx?item=shof&sub=default to settle your next Wagga Wagga wager wager.