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Sydney Trade Fair Committee Minutes

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Unique IDAS-0913Start dateBetween 1st January 1959 and 1st January 1965Start date qualifiercircaFormatVolume - HardcoverDescriptionThe Sydney Trade Fair was first held at the Royal Agricultural Showgrounds in 1961, having initially been discussed at an informal meeting at the Showground in 1959, where the idea was proposed by the Industrial Public Relations Service (N.S.W.). This was followed by a second meeting, also in that year, held at Town Hall, and opened by the Lord Mayor. It was at this meeting that a motion was carried that a Committee be constituted to manage the Trade Fair, the Chairman of which was to be the Lord Mayor. The other office bearers included the Governor of NSW as Patron and the Premier as President, as well as including representatives from the Sydney Chamber of Commerce, the Retail Traders Association and the Industrial Public Relations Service (N.S.W.).

The objectives of the Sydney Trade Fair were to encourage trade, gain publicity for the industries of Sydney and Australia throughout the world, and promote tourism. It was envisaged that it would function in the style of international trade fairs such as those at Hanover, Munich or Tokyo. It was proposed that all the factories in NSW would have the opportunity to participate, as would representatives of industries from other countries trading with Australia.

This series consists of the minutes of the Sydney Trade Fair Committee duplicated and interleaved in a bound volume. Items under discussion in the minutes range from additional attractions or entertainment at the Fair, trade days, catering and lavatory facilities at the Showground or admission charges.

CRS 48, City Engineers Photographs 1953-1964, contains photographs of the Sydney Trade Fair held in 1961 (48/1765, 48/1766). CRS 34 - TC 3076/59 and TC 615/61 contain correspondence, programmes, directories and other material relating to the Sydney Trade Fairs of 1961 and 1963.

The last meeting recorded in the Minutes was on 14 July, 1965. It is likely that this was not the last meeting held, but no records of any further meetings are held by Council.
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End Date: 01/01/1965Relationship summaryCREATED BY: Sydney Trade Fair Committee AG-0173 (01/01/1959 to 01/01/1965) RELATED TO: Membership of external committees AY-90 (01/01/1959 to 01/01/1965) LanguageEnglish (eng)

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