‘THIS HOLY SPOT’ Cross of Sacrifice THEY came from all suburbs to The Cross of Sacrifice in the Toowong Cemetery. There were men with medals and ribbons, wives and mothers, and other women in black, and the little ones who know naught of war except what it had graved in the characters of their elders. They brought marguerites, while Read more…
Work for Unemployed Placing Men on the Land “Although I hope that unemployment will not increase in Queensland, I fear that it will. Various schemes have been suggested to relieve the position in this State, but as yet none seem to have been successful. We must do something to help the young Read more…
Chapel Dedicated. KITCHENER MEMORIAL. Parish Church at Maleny. SUNDAY, 6 September [ 1931 ], marked a new era in the life of the Church of England community in Maleny. A new church has been built and on Sunday was dedicated under the name of “St. George” although the building will more usually be known as the “Kitchener Memorial Read more…
AT TOOWONG Ceremony at Cross of Sacrifice. PAYING eleven tributes of flowers, the newly-cleaned Cross of Sacrifice and Stone of Remembrance in the Toowong Cemetery had an outer frame of reverent men, women and children who had come to honour The Fallen at a memorial service conducted by Canon D.J. Read more…
SHOULD HELP. SPIRIT OF ANZAC, OVERCOMING DIFFICULTIES. IN the shadow of the trees by The Stone of Remembrance many hundreds gathered at Toowong cemetery on Saturday morning [ 25 April 1931 ] for the impressive service, conducted by Canon D.J. Garland [ David John Garland ], assisted by Rev. N. Bertram Read more…
ABOVE: Woolloongabba’s Holy Trinity Church as it looked in October 1930. The church sign (since removed) seen in the mid-left foreground of this photograph is on the approximate spot where the proposed Canon Garland Anzac Origins memorial will be erected in 2016. New Church opened. Dedication of Holy Trinity. Impressive Service. “I declare this Read more…