[SYDNEY] The Mayor of Sydney (Alderman John Harris) requests the pleasure of Mr. J. G. O’Connor’s company at the Town Hall at 12 noon on Wednesday the 27th November [1888] on the occasion of the Openi

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[Sydney : s.n., 1888]. Invitation card, 115 x 152 mm, lithograph printed in blue on buff card, O Connor s name entered in manuscript; toned, lightly foxed, top edge roughened, verso with some residual glue and paper adhesions from where the menu was removed from an album mount. The Centennial Hall in Sydney s Town Hall was officially opened on 27 November 1889. It was built in honour of the centenary of Australia s founding and was opened by the Lord Mayor, John Harris, alongside the Governor, Lord Carrington. The day was even declared a public holiday to celebrate the milestone. Provenance: Removed from a dilapidated album of mounted printed ephemera compiled by J. G. O Connor (1839-1913), Irish-born Sydney journalist, printer, and politician. From the ADB: Joseph Graham O Connor (1839-1913), journalist and politician, was born at Dareen House, King s County, Ireland, son of Stephen O Connor, tanner and currier, and his wife Ann, née Graham. At 2 he went with his parents to New South Wales. Educated by the Christian Brothers and at the Sydney College, he was apprenticed to a wood engraver and printer. In the late 1850s O Connor began business as an engraver and printer and in 1860 produced the short-lived Sunbeam for the Catholic Young Men s Society. In 1864 he joined W. B. Dalley, W. J. Macleay and J. J. Harpur in bringing out the unsuccessful Sydney Times, devoted to the promotion of Australian literature and the advocacy and encouragement of native industry . In 1867 he b

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