The children and teachers marched behind their respective banners. They wore their distinguishing rosettes. They sang hymns as they marched. The South Brisbane Presbyterian School Fife and Drum Band performed some lively Sunday school melodies. Many of the children also banged on tin pannikins.
Eighty-five of the inmates from the orphanage marched behind their banner, “Diamantina Orphanage; defend the poor and fatherless”.