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Canon Garland Memorial Society

Thursday April 25

New honour for the ‘architect of Anzac Day’, Canon Garland

The renaming of a Brisbane commuter overpass to honour Canon David Garland was the culmination of a long and concerted community campaign

Canon Garland: ‘the architect’ of Anzac Day

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.

Secretary of the Canon Garland Memorial Society Peter Collins at the Records and Archives Centre, with the pectoral cross of Canon Garland and the Church Chronicle article and photograph (November 1924 edition)

Canon Garland’s historical pectoral cross visits Brisbane

The pectoral cross of Canon Garland, believed to hold splinters of the True Cross, recently visited Brisbane from the Anglican Diocese of Chichester, UK