WANGARATTA'S role in celebrating the Monaro will be honoured this weekend, as a national gathering returns to the city where it was first held 26 years ago.
The inaugural Monaro Nationals event was staged in Wangaratta in 1998, as a celebration of the 30th anniversary of the production of the Monaro HK.
Back then, it attracted 305 cars - the largest ever gathering of Monaros in one place.
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