A collection of excerpts from contemporary reportage of the journey of Anzac Day since January 1916, through to the present day.
THE REV. D.J. GARLAND INSTALLED CANON. AT St. George’s Cathedral on Monday afternoon [ 5:30pm, 18 June 1900 ] the ceremony of the installation of the Rev. D.J. Garland [ David John Garland ] as a Canon of the Cathedral, to which he was appointed by the Bishop of Perth [ Charles Read more…
ABOVE: Australian troops marching across a bridge on their way to Fremantle to embark for the Boer War in South Africa. This was a scene very familiar to the newly-ordained Canon David John Garland, a military chaplain to the West Australian contingents to the Boer War. This is Australian War Read more…
EASTER CAMP AND EXERCISE. ARTILLERYMEN AT COTTESLOE. FIFTY-NINE MEN UNDER CANVAS. THE decision recently arrived at by the Government that no volunteer camp of exercise should be held this Easter caused considerable disappointment in the ranks of the defence forces, as it was felt to be a departure from a Read more…
Church work in WA: 1897 CHURCH WORK,- The Rev. D. Garland [ David John Garland ], Bishop’s chaplain, visited Albany to conduct the services at St. John’s Church on Sunday. He informed a representative of “The Advertiser” that during the past five years the development of the colony has greatly increased Read more…
THE ANGLICAN SYNOD. FIRST DAY – MONDAY. At the opening of the [ Church of England Diocese of Perth ] Synod, the Bishop [ Henry Hutton Parry ] delivered the following address: “MY BRETHREN OF THE CLERGY AND THE LAITY,– During the past year we have had several changes in Read more…