Securing unity of purpose locally, interstate and beyond: 1920-1939.
At the Churches ST. JOHN’S CATHEDRAL Thirteen hundred or more persons crowded into St. John’s Cathedral in the morning [ 25 April 1923 ] for the celebration of the Holy Eucharist in commemoration of those who fell in the Great War. Not only was every available seat in the sacred Read more…
ANZAC DAY. COMMEMORATION MEETING. ADDRESS BY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL. THE preparations for the Anzac Commemoration Meeting, to be held at the Exhibition Concert Hall on Friday night [ 25 April 1924 ], are approaching completion. The Mayor of Brisbane (Alderman M.J. Barry) [ Maurice Joseph Barry ] will preside. His Excellency the Governor-General (Lord Read more…
Arrangements for marking ANZAC Day in Brisbane, 1923 AT a meeting of the ANZAC Day Commemoration Committee this week Canon Garland [ David John Garland ] reported that the joint hon. secretaries had arranged for the publication of extracts from “The King’s Pilgrimage” in book form, and mentioned the assistance which had been given by the Read more…
South Brisbane Meeting. THE South Brisbane City Hall was crowded on Tuesday [ 25 April 1922 ] and an impressive and stirring meeting was held. The Mayor of South Brisbane, (Ald. A. Faulkner) [ Alfred Faulkner ] presided. On each side of the stage was hung a large wreath, and much bunting Read more…
THE REV. CANON GARLAND, V.D. Hon. Secretary. Anzac Day Commemoration. “Their name liveth for evermore.” (Ecclesiasticus, chapter 44, verse 14). IN each of the battlefield cemeteries in which lie at rest the bodies of those Soldiers of the Empire who laid down their lives for us there is erected as the sole monument Read more…
ANZAC DAY BILL, 1921. Second Reading QUEENSLAND LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. The SECRETARY FOR MINES [ Alfred James Jones ] : “This is a Bill to constitute Anzac Day a national holiday. The Bill is really so self-explanatory that it does not need me to make a second reading speech on it. Read more…