On the airwaves
– from page 5, “The Daily Mercury” (Mackay), 28 March 1929
Topic
THE JOURNEY
A collection of 119 issues
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
ANZAC Day at Bulimba
THE memorial service for the faithful departed held annually on Anzac Day at Bulimba Cemetery took place yesterday afternoon [ Sunday, 25 April 1926 ], and was conducted by Canon D.J. Garland [ David John Garland ], assisted by the Rev. J.H. Steer [ John Howard Steer ], rector of St. John’s Anglican