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Sydney Eisteddfod Minutes and Correspondence, 1931-1991

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Unique IDAS-1148DateBetween 1st January 1931 and 31st December 1991Date qualifiercircaFormatRegistered FileDescriptionThis series contains the original drafts and signed minutes, agendas, correspondence, letters and business papers of the Citizen’s of Sydney Organising Committee and the Sydney Eisteddfod, as well as their subordinate committees.

In July 1932, the Works Committee of the Council recommended that the members of the Sydney Carnival Week Executive be reinstated as a group in order to organise an annual gala week immediately prior to the opening of the Royal Show, amongst other activities. The group was incorporated as the Citizens of Sydney Organising Committee under the Companies Act 1899, a not-for-profit company with responsibility to conduct celebrations and festivals. It functioned as a co-ordinating factor between the Commonwealth Government, State Governments and Sydney Council in the conduct of celebrations and festivals of a public nature.

One of the first and largest events organised by the Citizen’s of Sydney Organising Committee was the Sydney Eisteddfod Festival Week of 1933, which grew into an annual event. The Sydney Eisteddfod outlived the Committee and continues to be held today under the auspices of the Sydney Eisteddfod.

Whilst the earlier documents in this series detail a wide range of activities organised by the Committee, all documents dating from 1950 onwards relate to the Sydney Eisteddfod only.

The series contains 3 black and white photographic portraits which have been catalogued in ArchivePix:

- Lord Mayor Emmet McDermott, 1969 - 1972
- Lord Mayor Nicholas Shehadie, 1973 - 1975
- Lord Mayor Leo Port, 1975 - 1978

Items in this series have been separated from other records of the Citizen’s of Sydney Organising Committee and the Sydney Eisteddfod, with a rough chronological order imposed by Archivists. Each item consists of a file containing all documents for each year. Due to the lack of original order when transferred to Archives, documents within each file do not appear in chronological order, and some documents are not complete or pages may be distributed throughout its annual file.
Relationship summaryCREATED BY: Sydney Eisteddfod AG-0245
CREATED BY: Citizens of Sydney Organising Committee AG-0244
RELATED TO: Provision of public entertainment AY-58
RELATED TO: Ceremonial events and civic occasions AY-56
RELATED TO: Sydney Eisteddfod AY-128
RELATED TO: Sydney Eisteddfod Syllabuses, Programs and Trophies AS-1147
RELATED TO: Citizens of Sydney Organising Committee Ephemera and news clippings AS-1146 LanguageEnglish (eng)

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Sydney Eisteddfod Minutes and Correspondence, 1931-1991