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Waratah Festival Files

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Unique IDAS-0911Start dateBetween 1st January 1964 and 1st January 1973Start date qualifiercircaFormatManila FolderDescriptionThese are files containing correspondence, programs, blank invitations and other material related to the annual Waratah Spring Festivals.

The files were kept by David Taylor, the Lord Mayor's Secretary, who was also the Assistant Honorary Secretary of the Sydney Committee, which organised the Waratah Spring Festivals. 18 Waratah Festivals were held between 1956 and 1973, featuring the Mirror Waratah Art Competition, the Children's Playground in Hyde Park, The Waratah Pageant including the crowning of the Waratah Princess, the Floral Festival, and displays by the Armed Services.

The name "Waratah" was selected by the Committee because "this native flower has been accepted generally ... as the emblem of the State of NSW. In addition it is peculiarly indigenous to Sydney and its environs, and was one of the flowers most admired by our earliest explorers and settlers."
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Start Date: 01/01/1964
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End Date: 01/01/1973Relationship summaryCREATED BY: Sydney Committee AG-0171 (01/01/1964 to 01/01/1973) RELATED TO: Records from meetings of the Sydney Committee accumulated by the City Treasurer AS-0355 RELATED TO: Architectural and Engineering Drawings Relating to the Hyde Park Project AS-0784 RELATED TO: Sydney Festival and Waratah Festival Programs AS-0910 (01/01/1964 to 01/01/1973) RELATED TO: Sydney Committee Correspondence AS-0907 (01/01/1964 to 01/01/1973) RELATED TO: Sydney Committee Annual Reports AS-0909 (01/01/1956 to 01/01/1973) RELATED TO: Administrative services to external committees AY-89 (01/01/1964 to 01/01/1973) RELATED TO: Provision of public entertainment AY-58 (01/01/1964 to 01/01/1973) LanguageEnglish (eng)

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Sydney Festival and Waratah Festival Programs

Sydney Committee Annual Reports

Sydney Committee Minutes of Meetings

Sydney Committee Correspondence

Architectural and Engineering Drawings Relating to the Hyde Park Project

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

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