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ANZAC Day Reflection – Friday 25th April at 10.30am

Anzac Day, Promoting Peace


The Marrickville Peace Group will be hosting an ANZAC Day Reflection on 25th April in the Peace Park next to Holts Crescent in Marrickville, starting at 10.30am.

The event will remember the nation’s service men and women who lost their lives during the nation’s many foreign wars.

It will also provide an opportunity to ask some hard questions about past military tragedies so we can minimise the chance of them occurring in the future.

Program

  • Introduction
  • Welcome to Country by First Nations speaker
  • ‘Songs from Next Door’ choir
  • Poetry reading
  • MPG speakers – Nick Deane and Peter Griffin
  • Additional speakers – TBA
  • A minute’s silence around the Peace Tree
  • Raffle
  • Refreshments.

A report on last year’s ANZAC Day Reflection can be accessed here.

All welcome.

Anzac Day Reflection – 25th April 2024

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Local choir at Anzac Day Reflection 2024 in Marrickville

This year’s Anzac Day Reflection was held at the traditional site of Richardson’s Lookout – Marrickville Peace Park on Thursday 25th April. Organised by the Marrickville Peace Group (MPG), it attracted over 100 people.  In addition, a combined choir, assembled from three local choirs and comprising around 40 singers, sang a number of peace songs during the event.  Continue reading Anzac Day Reflection – 25th April 2024 →

Anzac Day Reflection 2022

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Clr Justine Langford. Click to enlarge.

This year’s Anzac Day Reflection was held in Richardson’s Lookout – Marrickville Peace Park. This was the eighth time that the event has been held in Marrickville Peace Park since 2014, with no event occurring in 2020 due to COVID-19 restrictions.

Organised by the Marrickville Peace Group, the event attracted around 50 people. In the spirit of genuine remembrance, these events offer participants the opportunity to ask some hard questions, such as how our nation became involved in wars abroad, what purposes were actually being served, and what mistakes were made in prolonging hostilities. Continue reading Anzac Day Reflection 2022 →

Anzac Day Reflection 2021

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Jennifer Newman – click to enlarge

This year’s Anzac Day Reflection was held in Richardson’s Lookout – Marrickville Peace Park.

The occasion offered participants an opportunity to remember the loss of Australian servicemen and women in WW1 and subsequent wars, along with the physical harm and psychological trauma suffered by others that served, as well as the grief endured by their families.

As the name suggests, however, Anzac Day Reflections aim to do more than recognise Australian casualties resulting from military service in foreign lands. In the spirit of genuine remembrance, they offer participants the opportunity to ask some hard questions, such as how our nation became involved in these wars, what purposes were actually being served, and what mistakes were made in prolonging hostilities. Continue reading Anzac Day Reflection 2021 →