page_title: Anzac Day in Queensland
section_title: First ANZAC Day in Queensland
hierarchical_section_title: Anzac Day in Queensland / First ANZAC Day in Queensland
caption_attribution_description: English: Description: The congregation fills the stalls and a large number of Girl Guides and Boy Scouts are present for the service. Some of the children bear flags as they flank the presider. The structural design and layout of the synagogue is featured. Creator: Unidentified. Queenslander (1866 - 1939) Location: Brisbane, Queensland View contemporary images of Anzac Day on our Anzac Day Today Historypin project: https://www.historypin.org/en/explore/first-world-war-centenary/memories-for-a-new-generation/anzac-day-today Learn more about this image at the State Library of Queensland: http://hdl.handle.net/10462/deriv/144441 Information about State Library of Queensland’s collection: http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/resources/picture-queensland You are free to use this image without permission. Please attribute State Library of Queensland.
context_page_description: Anzac Day is a day of remembrance in Queensland, Australia. It is a public holiday held on 25 April each year. The date is significant as the Australian and New Zealand troops first landed at Gallipoli in World War I on 25 April 1915.
context_section_description: The first observance of Anzac Day in Queensland was on the first anniversary of the Gallipoli landings on 25 April 1916. It consisted on a number of events, including:
  church services in the morning
  a marching parade of veterans and military personnel
  evening gatherings
  one minute's silence at 9 pm, when all Queenslanders were to pray for, or to reflect on, those who had served and those who had died
  It is important to note that although Canon Garland was a deeply committed Anglican, he was well aware that the Australian servicemen and those who would want to mourn or commemorate them would come from a wide range of faiths, which would create difficulties incorporating religious elements into the ceremonies. For example, it was not customary for Protestants to pray for the souls of the dead, Roman Catholics would not attend a religious event led by a non-Catholic, and Jews believed in God but not in the Holy Trinity. Therefore, at any public event (outside of those organised within a place of worship), Garland recommended that instead of prayers spoken from the podium, all present be asked to spend a minute in silent prayer or reflection according to their own beliefs. Garland also proposed that any hymn singing should be limited to those that would be acceptable to all faiths, e.g. those that mentioned God but not of the Holy Trinity, e.g. Our God, our Help in Ages Past. Given these founding principles, public Anzac Day ceremonies in Queensland are generally secular with singing often limited to the national anthem.
caption: Anzac Day ceremony, Brisbane Synagogue, 1930
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