[SYDNEY] Mr. & Mrs. J. G. O’Connor present their Compliments to … and request the pleasure of … Company, on Sunday, 6th June, at 10 a.m., on the occasion of the Marriage of their Daughter with Mr. M.

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[Sydney : J. G. O Connor], 1882. Invitation. Glossy white card, 106 x 154 mm, lithograph printed in gold and with a decorative die-cut border and scalloped edges; the bottom edge is a little roughened, the blank verso with paper adhesions from where the invitation was removed from an album mount. An attractive invitation for his daughter Gertrude Mary s wedding celebration, printed by J. G. O Connor himself. Gertrude married Michael Joseph Fitzpatrick (second son of the late Columbus Fitzpatrick of Goulburn and nephew of the late Hon. Michael Fitzpatrick) at St. Mary s Cathedral, and the ceremony was conducted by the Rev. P. Bermingham. 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 ad

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