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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It Is A Holy And...Transcript: It is a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead, that they may be loosed from their sins.
2 Maccab 12.46Year of Death: 1876Cemetery: West Terrace Cemetery
So Soon To Part WIth HImTranscript: So soon to part with him,
But God knows best
Why he has taken out
Darling to rest
He saw a place for him
In his fair bower
So fondly tenderly
...Year of Birth: 1865Year of Death: 1867Cemetery: Lyndoch Cemetery
His Memory LivesTranscript: His memory lives within the hearts.
Of those who knew his worthYear of Death: 1933Cemetery: St George's Magill Cemetery
P One Less At Home.Transcript: One less at home.
The charmed circle broken - a dear face
Missed day by day from its accustomed place
But cleansed and saved and perfected by grace...Year of Death: 1902Cemetery: Houghton Cemetery
A Precious One From Us...Transcript: A precious one from us is gone,
A voice we loced is stilled,
A place is vacant in our home,
That never can be filled.
God in his wisdom has reca...Year of Death: 1903Cemetery: West Terrace Cemetery
Why Do We MournTranscript: Why do we mourn departing friends
Or shake at Death's alarms
Tis but the voice that Jesus Sends
To call them to his arms
The graves of all His s...Year of Death: 1859Cemetery: Uley Road Cemetery
What Is There Here To...Transcript: What is there here to court my stay
Or hold me back from home,
While Angels beckon me away
And Jesus bids me come.Year of Death: 1936Cemetery: St Saviour Cemetery (Church)
Weep Not For Me, My...Transcript: Weep not for me, my friends so dear
I am not dead but sleeping here.Year of Death: 1884Cemetery: Houghton Cemetery
You Made The Sacrifice...Transcript: You made the sacrifice supreme
Let no man say you died
Who cherished honour more than life
In deathless fame enshrined.Year of Death: 1917Cemetery: West Terrace Cemetery
He Is Gone Like A FlowerTranscript: He is gone like a flower cut down in full bloom.
From the sunshine of life to the shade of the tomb;
But death cannot sever the chain of our love
N...Cemetery: Hindmarsh Cemetery- Read more...