Reflections on Anzac Day 2026, Marrickville Peace Park.
Over 100 people from a wide range of backgrounds and age groups attended this year’s Reflections on Anzac Day. As in previous years, the event was held in Richardson’s Lookout – Marrickville Peace Park. This was the eighth time that the event has been held in the Peace Park since 2016. Continue reading Anzac Day Reflection – 25th April 2026
Over 120 people attended the Anzac Day Reflection held during the afternoon of Friday 25th April 2025 in Katoomba’s Peace Park. This was the first time that such an event has been held in the Blue Mountains. Continue reading Anzac Day Reflection in Katoomba – 25th April 2025
Over 100 people attended this year’s Anzac Day Reflection held in Richardson’s Lookout – Marrickville Peace Park on Friday 25th April. This was the seventh time that the event has been held in the Peace Park since 2016. Continue reading Anzac Day Reflection in Marrickville – 25th April 2025
The Inner West’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 Reflections have been regularly held at Richardson’s Lookout – Marrickville Peace Park since 2016.
These events, organised by Gallipoli Centenary Peace Campaign and the Marrickville Peace Group, have offered 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, especially in relation to WW1.
This local tradition was broken in April 2020 due to COVID-19 and the restrictions imposed on public events to combat the spread of the virus.
Unfortunately, despite the popularity of the event, no Anzac Day Reflection was held this year due to Marrickville Peace Group’s resources being wholely devoted to organising the highly successful ‘War or Peace?’ forum in the Marrickville Town Hall just a few weeks prior to Anzac Day. Continue reading Anzac Day 2023
This year’s Anzac Day Reflection was held in Richardson’s Lookout – Marrickville Peace Park. This was the fifth time that the event has been held in Marrickville Peace Park since 2016, 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 especially in relation to WW1. Continue reading Anzac Day Reflection – 25th April 2022
This year’s Anzac Day Reflection was held at 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, together with those harmed physically and psychologically and 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 – 25th April 2021
Due to the coronavirus, no public gatherings to commemorate Anzac Day will be held around the country this year. This has also resulted in the cancellation of the alternative Anzac Day Reflection which was scheduled to take place at the Marrickville Peace Park in Sydney.
This circumstance, however, opens up an opportunity for the Australian community to move away from Anzac Day ceremonies that have become so commercialised and politicised in recent decades.
In particular, it offers the opportunity for people, young and old, to critically reflect upon the Anzac legend and the historical distortions that this myth entails. Continue reading Anzac Day 2020 and the Coronavirus
This year’s Anzac Day Reflection was held in Richardson’s Lookout – Marrickville Peace Park, the third time this event has been held in the Peace Park since its launch on 8th November 2015.
Organised by Gallipoli Centenary Peace Campaign (GCPC), the event attracted over 50 people who came together to pay tribute to Australian soldiers killed during WW1 and other wars that Australia has engaged in. This includes all Indigenous Australians who served in these wars, including the 500-600 who fought in WW1 and who have only been officially recognised in recent times. Continue reading Anzac Day Reflection – 25th April 2018
During an Anzac Day address in 2013, the former Governor of Tasmania, the Hon. Peter Underwood AC, emphasised the following: “All our remembrances and honours are meaningless, unless we also vow to become resolute about peace because that is what those whom we remember and honour on this special day thought they were dying for.”1
In keeping with this memorable statement, an Anzac Day Reflection was held in Richardson’s Lookout – Marrickville Peace Park on Tuesday 25 April from 10.30am to 11.30am.
The event was organised by Gallipoli Centenary Peace Campaign (GCPC) and attracted people from a range of groups, ages and backgrounds. Continue reading Anzac Day Reflection – 25 April 2017