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Bush Brotherhood

Tuesday May 20

Merry Higgins and Carmel Jensen cutting the anniversary cake at St Alban's Cunnamulla celebration in May 2023

A diamond in the dust: St Alban’s, Cunnamulla celebrates 60th anniversary

Sixtieth birthday celebrations for St Alban’s, Cunnamulla drew community members from across the state and beyond for an important milestone in the life of the church, with a weekend of festivities and reminiscences

Who was ‘The Blessed’ Bishop John Oliver Feetham?

“In 1961, the Diocese of North Queensland decided to commemorate a man who, though he had died 14 years earlier, loomed large in the Anglican community in that region…He came to be known as ‘The Blessed’ John Oliver Feetham…and is commemorated on 15 September each year in A Prayer Book for Australia. His remarkable life and connection to our Diocese are certainly worth commemorating,” says Archives Researcher Adrian Gibb

War-time chaplain The Rev'd Edwards described in his diary only being able to secure a horse for his personal use in September 1916. Before that he had to borrow one when he could (Image courtesy of the Records and Archives Centre – ACSQ)

A Queensland army chaplain’s war-time diary

“Due to a generous donation of records and materials to the Records and Archives Centre, particularly a detailed diary of his time spent at the Front in the First World War, one war-time Chaplain stands out – The Rev’d Canon Cecil Edwards,” says Archives Researcher Adrian Gibb

A man’s best friend

Archives Researcher Adrian Gibb explores the mystery surrounding the tragic death of adventurer and Bush Brother, The Rev’d Felix Albert Fernau

Honours and awards for the Diocese

Four people from the Anglican Church Southern Queensland received Queen’s Birthday Honours recently, while a major property redevelopment with Holy Trinity, Fortitude Valley picked up a major architectural gong