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Alderman Ernest Charles O'Dea's Papers, 1932-1960

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Unique IDAS-0817DateBetween 1st January 1932 and 1st January 1960Date qualifiercircaFormatLoose PapersShort descriptionThis series consists of papers of Alderman Ernest Charles O'Dea accumulated during his term as alderman and Lord Mayor of Sydney, though covers only the period from 1932 to 1960.DescriptionThis series consists of papers accumulated by Alderman Ernest Charles O'Dea during his term as alderman and Lord Mayor of Sydney. Although O'Dea served on the Sydney City Council from 1924 to 1927, and from 1931 until his retirement in 1965, it only covers the period from 1932 to 1960. Many of the items in this series relate to O'Dea's foreign visits to Canada, China, Fiji, England, The Netherlands, and Northern Ireland.

Since it was not a practice among City Aldermen to deposit their papers with the Archives at the completion of their tenure of office, the O'Dea papers do not represent the entire records created during his three decades of service to the Council. Some items were donated to the Mitchell Library and include: a scrapbook from 1946 to 1953, the diary of Lord Mayor's engagements for 1952, newscuttings, and loose items.

The items in this series form part of the donation made by Jo-Anne Relich, a granddaughter of Alderman O'Dea who wanted them to be in the care of the City of Sydney Council. A few items from the donation were accessioned into the Town Hall Civic Collection under the care of the City Curator. These items include: a fur coat, oil portrait, and ball gown with matching shoes and handbag that belonged to Mrs Joanna O'Dea. Also in the Civic Collection are the life size oil portrait and the official gown of Lord Mayor Ernest Charles O'Dea, and a replica of the plaque installed on the TES Sydney, on the occasion of the maiden voyage of the ship (see photograph of event A-00025219).

The items in this series have been arranged and assigned a consecutive number. Some unidentified photographs have been included in the series in case they can be identified from the volumes of newscuttings that recorded the activities of Lord Mayor Ernest Charles O'Dea and Mrs Joanna O'Dea during their terms.

Relationship summaryRELATED TO: Minutes of Meetings of the Sydney Harbour Bridge Celebrations Committees AS-0945 (01/01/1932 to 01/01/1932)
RELATED TO: Party or factional political interests AY-78 (01/01/1932 to 01/01/1960)
RELATED TO: Meetings of Council and Committees AY-60 (01/01/1932 to 01/01/1960)
RELATED TO: Ceremonial events and civic occasions AY-56 (01/01/1932 to 01/01/1960)
RELATED TO: Administration of municipal elections AY-52 (01/01/1932 to 01/01/1960) LanguageEnglish (eng)

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Lady Mayoress' Appointment Books, 1973-1979

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Alderman Ernest Charles O'Dea's Papers, 1932-1960