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THE JOURNEY

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Anzac Day at Toowong, 1930

AT THE SHRINE OF REMEMBRANCE Impressive Tribute to Fallen Heroes ADDRESS BY CANON GARLAND THAT the spirit of remembrance for Australia’s Fallen still is strong in the land for which they gave their lives was shown by the great gathering which assembled at The Cross of Sacrifice and The

On the airwaves

– from page 5, “The Daily Mercury” (Mackay), 28 March 1929

ANZAC Day debated

ANZAC Day as ‘sacred’ holiday – the 1928 debate Mr. KERR [ James Stevingstone Kerr, Member for Enoggera, National United Country-National, Government Whip ]: “I desire to bring before the Committee a matter that comes under the jurisdiction of the Premier – that is, the question of ANZAC Day.” OPPOSITION MEMBERS:“Hear, hear!”Mr.

Papal Legate at The Stone

A TRIBUTE By Papal Legate To the Fallen in the War At Toowong Cemetery BRISBANE, Monday.—The Legate (Cardinal Cerretti) [ Bonaventura Cerretti ], accompanied by the Archbishop of Sydney (Dr. Kelly) [ Michael Kelly ], the Archbishop of Brisbane (Dr. Duhig) [ James Vincent Duhig ], and Monsignor Curran [ John Vincent Curran ], paid a visit

Enoggera boys' home

THE BOYS’ HOME, ENOGGERA. THE annual meeting of the Boys’ Home, Enoggera, took place in the large dining room of the building on Thursday afternoon, September 29th [ 1927 ]. His Excellency the Governor (Sir John Goodwin) [ Thomas Herbert John Goodwin ] presided, and was attended by the official secretary (Mr. F. Ryder)

Brisbane's national memorial

THE MEMORIAL. Representative of the State. STATEMENT BY THE COMMITTEE. Mr. H.J. Diddams, C.M.G. [ Henry John Charles Diddams ], chairman of the executive of the Queensland National ANZAC Memorial Committee, has forwarded the following statement to “The Telegraph”:– The erection of a national, memorial in Brisbane, the metropolis

On the airwaves

ABOVE: Queenslanders lucky enough to own a radiogram could tune into Brisbane's Radio 4QG on Anzac Day 1927 from 7:55pm for The Citizens’ Anzac Day Committee’s [sic] “live” broadcast from the Royal National Association Exhibition Hall on Gregory Terrace, Bowen Hills. The entree to the 65-minute-long

ANZAC Memorial design

ANZAC MEMORIAL. FAMOUS SCULPTOR’S DESIGN.“IDEAL SITE CHOSEN.” QUEENSLAND’S WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY. SIR Bertram Mackennal [ sic, Edgar Bertram Mackennal ] was present at a special meeting of the ANZAC Memorial Committee at the Town Hall yesterday afternoon [ 24 January 1927 ].He submitted a rough design of a memorial, which was

On the airwaves

ABOVE: Canon David Garland was “on the air” as early as Monday, 9 August 1926, as this excerpt from “The Northern Star” (Lismore, New South Wales) of 7 August 1926 (page 9), reveals. Fr Garland had two hard acts to follow – Australia’s Governor-General, The Lord Stonehaven [ Sir John Lawrence

Sacred Spirit of Sacrifice

“THE SACRED SPIRIT OF SACRIFICE” BRISBANE’S TRIBUTE TO ANZACS COMMEMORATION AT THE EXHIBITION SPEECHES BY REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS THE large and reverent audience at the Exhibition Hall last evening [ 26 April 1926 ], when the customary civic commemoration of Anzac Day took place, was proof that spirit of the day loses