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THE JOURNEY

A collection of 120 issues

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

ANZAC Day No.9

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

Anzac Day No. 10

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, full of

Beautiful Cross unveiled

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 William Forster ], as

Cross and Stone unveiled

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 were

Anzac Day editorial, 1924

“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

ANZAC Day No. 9

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

Remembrance editorial

REMEMBRANCE. THE most massive stone ever hewn from a Queensland quarry is being dedicated today [ 25 April 1924 ] to the memory of those who fell or died of wounds or sickness as our soldiers in the Great War. There is an ancestral touch about this memorial, a reminiscence of those

Cross of Sacrifice unveiling plans

ANZAC DAY THE CROSS OF SACRIFICE. ADDRESSES IN SCHOOLS. THE joint honorary secretaries of the ANZAC Day Commemoration Committee (Canon David J. Garland and Captain E.R.B. Pike) [ David John Garland and Eustace Royston Baum Pike ] have been advised that the Governor-General (Lord Forster)[ Sir Henry William Forster ] has

ANZAC Day catalyst

ORIGINATOR OF ANZAC DAY. THE death of Mr. T.A. Ryan [ Thomas Augustine Ryan ], one of the most prominent figures in Brisbane commercial circles, and the city’s oldest auctioneer, occurred on Thursday week [ 27 December 1923 ] at his residence, Wienholt-street, Auchenflower. To Mr. Ryan is given the credit for