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THE JOURNEY

A collection of 120 issues

Anzac Day: 7

HEROISM AND SACRIFICE. LOVE AND ENDURANCE. THE ANZAC IDEALS. TYPIFIED IN THE UNION JACK. “If the ideals for which these men fought and died so nobly are to be perpetuated,” said Canon Garland in the course of a stirring address in the Exhibition Hall last night [25 April 1923], “they

ANZAC Day No.7

At the Churches ST. JOHN’S CATHEDRAL Thirteen hundred or more persons crowded into St. John’s Cathedral in the morning [ 25 April 1923 ] for the celebration of the Holy Eucharist in commemoration of those who fell in the Great War. Not only was every available seat in the sacred

ANZAC Day No.8

ANZAC DAY. COMMEMORATION MEETING. ADDRESS BY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL. THE preparations for the Anzac Commemoration Meeting, to be held at the Exhibition Concert Hall on Friday night [ 25 April 1924 ], are approaching completion. The Mayor of Brisbane (Alderman M.J. Barry) [ Maurice Joseph Barry ] will preside. His Excellency the Governor-General (Lord

ANZAC Day No.8

Arrangements for marking ANZAC Day in Brisbane, 1923 AT a meeting of the ANZAC Day Commemoration Committee this week Canon Garland [ David John Garland ] reported that the joint hon. secretaries had arranged for the publication of extracts from “The King’s Pilgrimage” in book form, and mentioned the assistance which

ANZAC Day No.7

South Brisbane Meeting. THE South Brisbane City Hall was crowded on Tuesday [ 25 April 1922 ] and an impressive and stirring meeting was held. The Mayor of South Brisbane, (Ald. A. Faulkner) [ Alfred Faulkner ] presided. On each side of the stage was hung a large wreath, and much bunting was draped

ANZAC Day address

THE REV. CANON GARLAND, V.D. Hon. Secretary. Anzac Day Commemoration. “Their name liveth for evermore.” (Ecclesiasticus, chapter 44, verse 14). IN each of the battlefield cemeteries in which lie at rest the bodies of those Soldiers of the Empire who laid down their lives for us there is erected

ANZAC Day Bill

ANZAC DAY BILL. LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL-IN-COMMITTEE 18 October 1921. (The Hon. L. McDonald [ Lewis McDonald ], Acting Chairman, in the chair.) Clause 1 – “Short title” – put and passed. On clause 2 – “Anzac Day to be a national holiday”. Hon. A.G.C. HAWTHORN [ Arthur George Clarence Hawthorn ] : “There was some suggestion when

ANZAC Day Bill

ANZAC DAY BILL, 1921. Second Reading QUEENSLAND LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. The SECRETARY FOR MINES [ Alfred James Jones ] : “This is a Bill to constitute Anzac Day a national holiday. The Bill is really so self-explanatory that it does not need me to make a second reading speech on it. “Clause 2 reads

Violet Day in Adelaide

IMPRESSIVE VIOLET DAY OBSERVANCE. ALTHOUGH Sunday [ 13 July 1920 ] broke with a glory of brilliant sunshine, the city in the afternoon was overcast with dull, grey clouds which fitted in appropriately with annual Violet Day celebration in memory of those gallant men who laid down their lives in the war.

The Birdwood Visit

ABOVE: This photo was taken of members of the Brisbane official reception party for General Birdwood (including the Mayor of Brisbane, Alderman James Francis Maxwell, at the centre of shot, in mayoral robes). From the State Library of Queensland Collection. Negative number: 142549.Parliamentary Banquet. Talk About Neutrality. Fine Tribute