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As Remembrance Day and NAIDOC Week coincide this year, it is fitting to honour our First Nations servicepeople, with an image of a joint wedding at St Luke’s Mission Hall on Charlotte Street in 1917 serving as a reminder of the vital role that First Nations soldiers have played in the history of our country
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Diocesan Archivist Michael Rogers tells us about energetic philanthropist Eliza Tritton OBE who contributed much to our Diocese and to the wider Brisbane community
Find out what the Records and Archives Centre team has been up to recently, including developing historical online tours, stumbling across interesting stories while indexing former Diocesan print publications and researching St Luke’s Anglican Church, a former mission church on Brisbane’s Charlotte Street
Archives Researcher Adrian Gibb honours devout Roma Anglican and former St Margaret’s student Sister Ella Clow McLean, who served as a nurse in India and Egypt during World War I
The renaming of a Brisbane commuter overpass to honour Canon David Garland was the culmination of a long and concerted community campaign
The Rev’d Canon David Garland has long been regarded as ‘the architect’ of Anzac Day, and is a revered figure in the history of the Anglican Diocese of Brisbane. In this video, the Anglican Church Southern Queensland honours Canon Garland and explains why he is identified with the national day of remembrance that is Anzac Day. Lest we forget.
An extraordinary stained glass window, with historical Brisbane links, has been installed at St Barnabas Church, Red Hill to honour the Anzacs and people from multi-cultural backgrounds who served in World War I
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