Background
O'HALLORAN, Joseph Sylvester was born on March 28, 1842 in Adelaide, S.A. Son of late Captain W. L. O’Halloran.
O'HALLORAN, Joseph Sylvester was born on March 28, 1842 in Adelaide, S.A. Son of late Captain W. L. O’Halloran.
Studied at private schools. Clerk, Audit Office, S.A., 1859. Clerk, Executive Council and Court of Appeals, 1869.
Private Secretary to Right Honourable Sir Janies Fergusson, Baronet, Governor S.A., 1870. Assistant Secretary Royal Colonial Institute, London, 1881. Secretary Geographical Section of the British Association, Montreal, 1884.
Aberdeen, 1885. C. M.G. 1895; Secretary Royal Colonial Institute 1884-1909.
Club: National.
Has travelled extensively in the Colonies. For some years a volunteer, S.A.