St John's Cathedral, Brisbane and the Anzac Legend

St John’s Cathedral, Brisbane and the Anzac Legend

PREFACE to the online edition

A number of very minor amendments have been made to the files of the printed editions of this book, to enable and enhance the functionality of this online, interactive edition and to accommodate the hundreds of links – both internal cross-references and external materials – which have been incorporated. Internal navigation is facilitated from start – direct links from the Contents, Memorials list and Cathedral floorplan locations (pages 1–3) to the relevant memorabilia – to finish, with direct links from the Index entries (pages 90–93) to subjects and topics on particular pages. Externally, a rich selection of links – including videos, documents, images and additional materials – has been carefully curated and compiled to bring the stories behind the Cathedral’s Anzac memorials even more vividly to life. Each has been individually viewed, read and appraised for its relevance, suitability and value, and exhaustive efforts have been made to provide a diversity of viewing and reading options in the selections made. Of course, this has been a subjective assessment process: much was considered but omitted, the goal being to ‘whet the reader’s appetite’ and prompt further investigations by this book’s audience into the many facets of the Anzac Legend within and beyond the walls of St John’s Cathedral, Brisbane. In support of this, some external links may be to ‘top-level’ website domains, to mitigate the (inevitable) risk of more detailed links breaking over time – and to encourage readers to make and extend their own exploration. Both the internal (navigation) and external (materials) hyperlinks will be highlighted onscreen; hovering over the highlighted link should, in most cases, display the destination link – either page number or external address. YouTube videos (most likely indicating only ‘YouTube’) should be identified by a faint ‘Play arrowhead button’ and should display within your screen window; on some devices they may open in a new tab or browser window. In PDF form (either pages downloaded from the onscreen FlippingBook tm or sections uploaded to the St John’s Cathedral website) embedded or placed links should remain active but will each open in a new tab or window. Please note that all external links and materials are provided in good faith and for educational information and that neither St John’s Cathedral nor the Queensland Government can be in any way responsible or liable for the veracity or otherwise of such links and their content, and that their selection for this online edition does not in any way reflect endorsement by nor the views of St John’s Cathedral and the Queensland Government. Moreover, the various disclaimers set out on the Impressum page (iv) of the print editions apply in similar measure to this online edition. If readers find a link is broken or are concerned that it may have been compromised, please email the Cathedral to advise any issues. (Please, first, check the link/s using a different browser or device, as not all links may perform the same way across all platforms.) As always, the online reader is advised to exercise safe internet browsing and strong cyber-security practices. All external links were functioning, correct and appropriate as of 19th December 2018.