Parade Registrations - Schools

COVID-19

The Anzac Day Committee is very pleased to announce that Anzac Day commemorations will take place in Townsville in 2021. While the announcement on 23 Febrarury from the Premier was exciting news, the QLD Chief Health Officer advised that COVID Safe Plans and checklists are still required for all Anzac Day events.

The announcement however did not state that the delivery of this event in it's traditional format is reliant on the approval of a QLD Health COVID Safe Event Plan and any COVID regulations / guidelines at the time of the event.

Part of the Queensland Government guidelines is a request to separate marching groups to ensure they do not interact together. This means we need to ensure 1.5m between all groups on parade, be they school groups, community groups, defence units and the all important veterans groups.

In order to achieve this and still keep the parade length to a manageable size, we are requesting that all schools cap the numbers of their marching contingent to 50 members only.

We strongly encourage you to please consider one of the options below if you have more than 50 students who are children of veterans or other defence personnel, who wish to take part in the parade.

Townsville hosts two parades on Anzac Day – you may wish to split your representation across the two locations with 50 students marching in the Thuringowa Parade while an additional 50 students join the Townsville City Parade. The Thuringowa Parade is slightly shorter in length and is followed by a mid-morning ceremony (a highlight of which is the ceremonial release of doves at the conclusion of the service).
There is also a place set aside in the Order of March for ‘Descendants of Veterans’– where all family members of veterans are welcome to join in and march immediately behind the veterans groups (ahead of the cadet units, community groups and school groups).

The Committee will continue to work towards presenting the full traditional Anzac Day Commemorations here in Townsville on Sunday 25 April 2021.

Registrations close midnight Thursday 1 April 2021

Please complete the following online registration to participate in the

Thuringowa and/or Townsville City 2021 Anzac Day Parades.

Only schools registered on this site will be permitted to march.

Thuringowa Central - Dawn Service, Parade and Mid-Morning Services

5:40am | Dawn Service commences - Thuringowa Cenotaph, Riverway Precinct, Riverway Drive

8:30am | Parade form up at Weir State School carpark

9:00am | Parade steps off

9:30am | Morning Service - Thuringowa Cenotaph, Riverway Precinct, Riverway Drive

*PLEASE NOTE: The Thuringowa Cenotaph was relocated to the Riverway Precinct in 2017. The Thuringowa Parade steps off from the Weir State School, proceeding along Ross River Road for approx. 400m before entering the Riverway Precinct at the Riverway Stadium side gate (opp. Rolfe St).

Townsville City - Dawn Service and Parade

5:20am | Dawn Service commences - Anzac Park, The Strand

8:15am | Parade form up at Strand Park

9:00am | Parade steps off

10:00am | *Wreath Laying opportunity - Anzac Park, The Strand

*Please note: There is no longer a formal Anzac Day Mid-Morning Service immediately following the Townsville City parade. Organisations, schools and other participants, wishing to lay a wreath at the Anzac Park Cenotaph, are invited to do so at the conclusion of the parade.

While all schools are encouraged to march with their own school flag; it is strongly suggested that all schools also carry a corflute clearly showing your school's name. These corflutes have been issued by Townsville City Council in the past and are designed to ensure that your school can be easily identified by the parade marshalls, commentary team and/or the general public.

Please refer to the Corflute section of the registration for further details.

A school representative must attend the school information session on Tuesday 20 April at 9:30am for a 10:00am start. You will receive further information about this information session after registrations close on 1 April.

Townsville City Council, Townsville RSL, Thuringowa RSL and the Australian Defence Force, will have representatives at this meeting to assist in answering your questions. During this meeting you will be given all relevant information regarding your school's participation in this years parade.

It is mandatory to attend this Anzac Day Parade Information Session. *

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School Details

Name of School (as it should appear in all printed publications) *

School phone number *

Postal Address *

Address Line 2

Suburb *

State *

Postal Code *

Name of Contact Person *

Mobile phone number (for above contact person) *

Email Address (please provide the best email address for all relevant Anzac Day information) *

Please confirm email address *

COVID-19 Contact Tracing Requirement

All schools are responsible for the provision of all contact tracing information for every member of their group / school, if such information is requested by QLD Health. The participation information from each school must be stored securely for 56 days.

Parade Participation

Part of these Queensland Government guidelines is a request to separate marching groups to ensure they do not interact together. This means we need to ensure 1.5m between all groups on parade, be they school groups, community groups, defence units and the all important veterans groups.

In order to achieve this and still keep the parade length to a manageable size, we are requesting that all schools cap the numbers of their marching contingent to 50 members only.

We strongly encourage you to please consider one of the options below if you have more than 50 students who are children of veterans or other defence personnel, who wish to take part in the parade.

Townsville hosts two parades on Anzac Day – you may wish to split your representation across the two locations with 50 students marching in the Thuringowa Parade while an additional 50 students join the Townsville City Parade. The Thuringowa Parade is slightly shorter in length and is followed by a mid-morning ceremony (a highlight of which is the ceremonial release of doves at the conclusion of the service).
There is also a place set aside in the Order of March for ‘Descendants of Veterans’– where all family members of veterans are welcome to join in and march immediately behind the veterans groups (ahead of the cadet units, community groups and school groups).

Townsville is privileged to have the support of two local RSL Sub-Branches; the Thuringowa RSL Sub-Branch and the Townsville RSL Sub-Branch. Each of these sub-branches work within their local catchment areas supporting those who have served.

To honour the veterans in your community, we ask that you please support your local RSL Sub-Branch by participating in the parade that is closest to your school and your school community.

Which parade will your school be participating in? If your school will have participants marching in both parades please ensure you select both locations below. *

Thuringowa (Weir State School to Village Green, Riverway Precint)

City (Strand Park to Anzac Park)

If your school is participating in the city parade, please write a short blurb to be used as part of the broadcast commentary. (Applicable to the city parade only) Please include information relevant to Anzac Day, such as any connection your school has to the local defence community or interesting historical facts about your school.
To assist staff in collating all the parade commentary notes, please write your blurb just as you would like it to be read, by our two parade commentators, live on radio. *

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Corflute ( sign board)

Townsville City Council has previously provided corflute (corrugated plastic signboards) to each school marching in the parade. These corflutes are used to clearly identify your school to parade marshals, the general public and in the case of the city parade, the parade commentators.

PLEASE NOTE: Once your school is issued with a corflute it is the responsibility of the school to store this corflute for use at all future parades. It is also the responsibility of each school to provide a bearer to carry the sign at each parade.

In 2019 Townsville City Council reprinted a sign for each school registered to participate in each parade. Please let us know if you did not receive a new placard and require one for this and future Anzac Day Parades. *

Our school has our 2019 issued Corflute

Our school did not recieve a new Corflute in 2019

Please type your full school name below - exactly as it should be printed on your school placard. (If your school has a particularly long title, please let us know if you have a preferred shortening of your school name. For example "Particularly Long School Name SHS".) *

How many parades will your school be participating in? *

1 only (Thuringowa)

1 only (Townsville City)

2 (both Thuringowa and Townsville City)