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Working Papers - Noel Dwyer, Illuminations and Decorations Committee 1954 Royal Visit

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Unique IDAS-1169Start dateBetween 1st January 1938 and 31st December 1954Start date qualifiercircaFormatVarious - See Descriptive NoteDescriptionThese papers are the working documents and ephemera type material collected by Noel (Kenneth Noel) Dwyer. Dwyer was appointed by the Premier's Department as the Liaison Officer between the 'Citizens Illuminations and Decorations Committee' and the 12 City Block Committees which oversaw the provision of decorations and illumination of buildings in the City of Sydney for the aborted 1952 Royal Visit and the 1954 Royal Visit.

The collection of papers include: tender documentation; correspondence; memos; minutes of meetings; plans; newspapers; and reports. It also contains newspaper clippings related to the Royal Visit of 1954 and other significant Royal events such as the Queen's Coronation and events from the 1930s. There is also a selection of published books that commemorate the 1954 Royal visit.

The papers of Noel (Kenneth Noel) Dwyer, were donated to the City of Sydney Archives by his sons Michael and Terry Dwyer in 2014.

This collection has been checked by State Records NSW who concluded only working documents are contained in the collection and that they are not Official State Records.
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Start Date: 01/01/1938
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End Date: 31/12/1954

Working documents, ephemera, newspaper clippings of Noel Kenneth Dwyer, Liaison Officer Illuminations and Decorations Committee 1954 Royal VisitRelationship summaryRELATED TO: Decorations in streets and public spaces AY-117 RELATED TO: Community Ephemera Collection AS-1142 LanguageEnglish (eng)

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Noel Dwyer funeral tribute by John Whitehouse 2/08/2013; SMH Tribute to Noel Dwyer

City of Sydney Engineers Department Flag and Post Plans 1,2,3,4,5,7 - Designs including colour,

1954 Route of Royal Progress Extension to street decoration plan No2

Royal Visit 1954 - Route of Royal Progress and City Blocks

Newspaper Clippings collected by KN Dwyer - National Eucharistic Congress

The Catholic Story - National Eucharistic Story - 1951

The Sun Herald Souvenir of the Royal Visit 1954

Sunday Telegraph - Royal Tour Supplement

The Australian Women's Weekly - 1954

The Municipal Council of Sydney Engineer's Department - Annual Report Copy 1938

Correspondence from Sydney Chamber of Commerce To KN Dwyer, The liaison Officer, Premier's

The Times Pictorial Record of The Royal Tour 1953-1954 London

The Sydney Morning Herald - Royal Souvenir Supplement 22 November 1934

Daily Telegraph - Welcome to Our Queen

The Telegraph - Rotogravure Pictorial Supplement

People Magazine - Decorations for the Queen

The Australian Magazine The Queen and the Duke in Sydney

1953 Australian National Eucharistic Congress Official Souvenir

The Sydney Morning Herald - Coronation Supplement 1953

The Northern Territory News - Report on Sydney Decorating for the Royal Tour

The Australian Women's Weekly - Coronation Special Edition 1937

Premier's Department - Press Clippings 1954 Royal Visit

Newspaper clippings 1954 - Royal Visit

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Working Papers - Noel Dwyer, Illuminations and Decorations Committee 1954 Royal Visit