A collection of excerpts from contemporary reportage of the journey of Anzac Day since January 1916, through to the present day.
Canon Garland Memorial (formerly known as the “Canon Garland Memorial Society” or “CGMS”) welcomes you. Canon Garland Memorial – ANZAC Day Origins was officially unveiled, dedicated and handed over by CGMS to the People of the City of Brisbane in a ceremony at Brisbane’s Kangaroo Point Cliffs Park, heralding Centenary of ANZAC Day commemorations Read more…
ANZAC DAY — FOURTEENTH ANNIVERSARY, 1929. St John’s Cathedral, Brisbane, 11am. 1. Cor. XV. 54: “Death is swallowed up in victory.” “Today Australia kneels, and puts aside All lesser cares — all lesser grief and pride; And every heart keeps solemn tryst with thee And with thy tragic graves — Read more…
Funeral of the Late Canon Garland Canon Garland ‘Essentially A Fighter’, says Archbishop Wand “OF his character I would say that essentially he was a fighter. He was not one of those people who found an easy path through life. “To him the whole world was a battle, a great struggle between Read more…
JOIN the campaign to see the Queenslander who gave Anzac Day to the world prominently honoured in Brisbane’s western suburbs in 2019. In the wake of an E-Petition to the Queensland State Parliament, the Transport and Main Roads Department is considering community-led submissions calling for an official rebadging of the Read more…
Canon Garland Memorial Society Incorporated was a charitable organisation registered with the Australian Government’s Charities and Not-for-Profits Commission (the “ACNC”) and, as such, was permitted to display the ACNC tick. Those days are now over and soon our group’s listing on the ACNC list of eligible charities will disappear. Thank you Read more…
Anzac Meeting. Crowded Exhibition Hall. Stirring Deeds Recalled. A Solemn Incident. ANZAC DAY ended, as it had begun, in sober recognition of the heroic deeds performed in Gallipoli at the cost of so many brave lives; deeds which are a lasting inspiration to the men now – or soon to lie Read more…