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Australian Epitaphs

This page has been developed to record various epitaphs throughout Australia, with research into the origins of the epitaphs.

I welcome photos of any epitaphs of interest that you find, email through the contact page, with any details you can add (cemetery, location).

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  • He is Gone And I Miss His Kindly VoiceHe is Gone And I Miss...Transcript: He is gone and I miss his kindly voice
    His warm heart beats no more;
    Let us in this bright hope rejoice
    Not lost but gone before.
    Year of Death: 1885Cemetery: Ballarat Cemetery
  • Until We Meet Again Before His ThroneUntil We Meet Again...Transcript: Until we meet again before His throne,
    Clothed in the spotless robe He gives His own.
    Until we know even as we are known
    Good Night
    Year of Death: 1887Cemetery: West Terrace Cemetery
  • For If We Believe That JesusFor If We Believe That...Transcript: For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
    1 Thess IV.14
    Year of Death: 1877Cemetery: St Saviour Cemetery (Church)
  • Immaculate Heart Of MaryImmaculate Heart Of MaryTranscript: Immaculate Heart of Mary
    Your prayers for her extol,
    Sacred Heart of Jesus
    Have mercy on her soul.
    Year of Death: 1932Cemetery: St Johns Cemetery Kapunda
  • Gone In Life's Fair MorningGone In Life's Fair...Transcript: Gone in life's fair morning
    Gone in the bloom of youth
    Year of Death: 1898Cemetery: Lyndoch Cemetery
  • P We Speak Of The Realm Of The Bless,P We Speak Of The Realm...Transcript: We speak of the realm of the bless,
    That country so bright and so fair,
    And oft are its glories confest,
    But what must it be to be there.
    Year of Death: 1870Cemetery: Mt Lofty Cemetery
  • There Is Sweet Rest In HeavenThere Is Sweet Rest In...Transcript: There Is Sweet Rest In HeavenYear of Death: 1898Cemetery: Hindmarsh Cemetery
  • Two Things Stand Like StoneTwo Things Stand Like...Transcript: Two things stand like stone
    Kindness in another's trouble
    courage in your own.
    Year of Death: 1938Cemetery: North East Road Cemetery
  • Just As I AmJust As I AmTranscript: Just as I am, without one plea
    But that thy blood was shed for me,
    And that Thou bid'st me come to Thee,
    O Lamb of God, I come!
    Year of Death: 1887Cemetery: West Terrace Cemetery
  • I Am Not DeadI Am Not DeadTranscript: I am not dead, but sleeping here,
    Weep not for me my children dear,
    Short was my stay, but long is my rest,
    To take me from you, God thought best.
    Year of Death: 1910Cemetery: St Johns Cemetery Kapunda
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