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Records from meetings of the Sydney Committee accumulated by the City Treasurer

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Unique IDAS-0355Start dateBetween 13th April 1956 and 31st December 1992Start date qualifiercircaFormatBinderShort descriptionThis series consists of the copies of minutes of meetings, correspondence and financial records of the Sydney Committee, 1956-1992 (with gaps). The Sydney Committee conducted events such as Spring Festivals and Australia Day celebrations.Description They were created by:
- City Treasury Department I (AG-0012) in the period 13/04/1956 to 31/12/1988
-Treasury II (AG-0027) in the period 01/01/1989 to 31/12/1992.

The Sydney Committee was established in 1956 by the Lord Mayor to conduct events such as Spring Festivals and Australia Day celebrations. It included representatives from the State government, the Sydney City Council and the city business communities and was serviced by a small number of paid staff, supplemented by Council officers such as the City Treasurer. Mr G Healy was the first honorary joint treasurer, and succeeded by his successor, in the City Treasurer's job, Mr E Small in 1959. There is a gap in the accumulation between 1959 and 1970, when Mr Bill Wightman became honorary treasurer, succeeding JN O'Dea as City Treasurer.

The earlier records consist of copies of minutes of meetings of the Executive Committee of the Sydney Committee from 13 April 1956-21 September 1960, with occasional notices of meetings, held in a manilla folder. There is also a folder of reports, 1956-1958, on the major activities of the Sydney Committee such as the Waratah Spring Festival, which were presented to the Committee.

The second group of records includes a copy of the Lord Mayor's minute of 19 April 1956 from AS-0034, TC 1777/56 which proposed the establishment of the Sydney Committee. The two folders (red and blue) hold primarily:
- the financial statements prepared by the joint treasurers (the other was JB Griffin) over the six years
-copies of minutes of meetings of the executive committee (rarely of the full committee)
-copies of minutes and reports proposing new directions for the committee
-papers relating to the incorporation of the Sydney Committee.
Some of these papers are duplicated in the Town Clerk's Correspondence Files, TC 1777/56, but the financial papers and executive committee meeting records are not.

Meetings are held fortnightly and there are two copies of the agenda papers for each meeting in the series.

In 1994, more records, created between 1987 and 1992, of the Sydney Committee from the office of the City Treasurer were transferred to the Archives.
Relationship summaryRELATED TO: Sydney Committee Minutes of Meetings AS-0908
RELATED TO: Records of the Sydney Committee AS-0822
RELATED TO: Sydney Festival and Waratah Festival Programs AS-0910 (01/01/1956 to 01/01/1992)

RELATED TO: Sydney Committee Correspondence AS-0907 (01/01/1956 to 01/01/1992)
RELATED TO: Sydney Committee Annual Reports AS-0909 (01/01/1956 to 01/01/1974)
RELATED TO: Waratah Festival Files AS-0911 (01/01/1964 to 01/01/1973)
RELATED TO: Fundraising for charity AY-0023 (13/04/1956 to 31/12/1992)
RELATED TO: Administrative services to external committees AY-0089 (13/04/1956 to 31/12/1992)
RELATED TO: Provision of public entertainment AY-0058 (13/04/1956 to 31/12/1992)
RELATED TO: Ceremonial events and civic occasions AY-0056 (13/04/1956 to 31/12/1992)
LanguageEnglish (eng)

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Waratah Festival Files

Sydney Festival and Waratah Festival Programs

Sydney Committee Annual Reports

Sydney Committee Minutes of Meetings

Sydney Committee Correspondence

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CSA045993

CSA045992

CSA045991

Access

Public access statusOpen to public access

Identification and Arrangement

Source system ID355System of arrangementChronological

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Digitisation statusNot digitised

Data Quality

Authenticity & integrityThese are the original records of the Sydney Committee. The record has been held in the Council’s custody and has a high level of authenticity. Users should be aware that this is an historical record and the language used within the record was the language of the time it was captured, and may not reflect current community values or expectations.

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OrganisationSydney City CouncilRelated seriesWaratah Festival FilesSydney Committee Annual ReportsSydney Committee CorrespondenceSydney Festival and Waratah Festival ProgramsRecords of the Sydney CommitteeSydney Committee Minutes of MeetingsCreating agenciesTreasury IICity Treasury Department IRelated activitiesCeremonial events and civic occasionsProvision of public entertainmentAdministrative services to external committeesFundraising for charity

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Records from meetings of the Sydney Committee accumulated by the City Treasurer