THEY were quietly placed but made a bold statement. On Wednesday locals remembered the victims of Sydney’s siege by laying bouquets of flowers beside the Goulburn Courthouse’s rose garden. ‘In memory of Tori Johnson,’ ‘In memory of Katrina Dawson,’ they stated.
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On a busy court day, the five bouquets caught the eye of solicitors and passersby who paused to reflect on beautiful lives lost amid violence.
St Saviour’s Cathedral will also give vent to public sentiment with a memorial service this Monday at 10.30am Dean of St Saviour’s, The Very Reverend Phillip Saunders and Canon Mark Cooper will officiate.
"The people who were killed died with extraordinary courage."
- Pru Goward
“It will be a very simple and quiet remembrance service with the lighting of candles,” Canon Cooper said.
Meantime, a condolence book for the victims of Sydney’s siege is available at Goulburn MP Pru Goward’s office.
In an address to a Council meeting on Tuesday, Ms Goward said the siege and its aftermath had touched many people.
“The people who were killed died with extraordinary courage,” she said.
Only after attending a memorial service at St Mary’s Cathedral that day did she realise Katrina Dawson, a Sydney barrister, had placed herself in front of a pregnant woman.
Lindt Café manager Tori Johnson was also killed after trying to tackle gunman Man Haron Monis.
Ms Goward and state politicians were given a full police briefing on Tuesday.
She said police did an extraordinary job under the circumstances.
They were unable to storm the building due to reports he had a bomb in his backpack. In addition, the thick glass on the former bank building meant they could not shoot through.
The MP said the siege would undoubtedly spark significant change in processes and procedures but the coronial process could take months, if not years.