A collection of excerpts from contemporary reportage of the journey of Anzac Day since January 1916, through to the present day.
THE CEMETERIES. WREATHS PLACED ON GRAVES. IMPRESSIVE CEREMONY AT TOOWONG. AT 9 am on Saturday [ 25 April 1925 ] a large crowd assembled at The Stone of Remembrance, Toowong Cemetery, where the Rev. Canon D.J. Garland [ David John Garland ] conducted a memorial service. The people mustered at the cemetery gates Read more…
How Brisbane honoured Anzac. ALL Australia mourned her illustrious dead yesterday [ 25 April 1925 ]. In Brisbane the tenth anniversary of Anzac Day brought forth sorrowful tributes from the whole of the populace. Every church held a memorial service; there was the march of the Anzacs, an inspiring spectacle, Read more…
ANZAC DAY IN BRISBANE Services in the Churches Speech by the Governor-General ANZAC DAY was reverently observed in Brisbane [ on 25 April 1924 ]. Many solemn functions were held, commencing with the unveiling of the beautiful Cross of Sacrifice, in Toowong Cemetery, by the Governor-General (Lord Forster) [ Henry Read more…
TOOWONG MEMORIAL. GOVERNOR-GENERAL’S EULOGY UNVEILING CEREMONY THE spirit animating the large concourse of people in the Toowong Cemetery yesterday morning [ 25 April 1924 ] on the occasion of the unveiling of The Cross of Sacrifice and The Stone of Remembrance was a pathetic blending of sorrow and pride. There Read more…
“LEST WE FORGET.” KIPLING’S magic sentence fitly expresses the Australian feeling behind the continued observance of Anzac Day. The public memory is said to be short, and short it is on most matters, but not where the heart is touched so deeply as it is by the story of Gallipoli Read more…
FOR LIFE AND LIBERTY. “ALL THAT THEY HAD THEY GAVE.” GLORIOUS MEMORIES OF ANZAC. NINE years have flown since a comparatively small body of the soldier sons of Australia and New Zealand stirred the world and fired the imagination of friend and foe alike by a deed of heroism unparalleled Read more…