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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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  • Entered Into The Rest That RemainethEntered Into The Rest...Transcript: Entered into the rest that remainethYear of Death: 1916Cemetery: Uley Road Cemetery
  • The Lord Gave,The Lord Gave,Transcript: The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away.
    Blessed be the name of the Lord.
    Job I. 21
    Year of Birth: 1859Year of Death: 1860Cemetery: West Terrace Cemetery
  • Enthusiasm Is The Height Of ManEnthusiasm Is The...Transcript: Enthusiasm is the height of man: It is the passing from the human to the divine.Year of Birth: 1866Year of Death: 1929Cemetery: North East Road Cemetery
  • She Lived UnselfishlyShe Lived UnselfishlyTranscript: She lived unselfishly
    She wrote inspiringly
    She died gloriously
    Cemetery: St Saviour Cemetery (Church)
  • To The WorldTo The WorldTranscript: To the world you have been just somebody but to all of us you were the world.Year of Death: 2003Cemetery: North East Road Cemetery
  • Blessed Are The DeadBlessed Are The DeadTranscript: Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from hencforth.
    Rev. 14:13
    Year of Death: 1933Cemetery: Birdwood Cemetery
  • They Rest From Their LaborsThey Rest From Their...Transcript: They rest from their laborsYear of Death: 1916Cemetery: Lyndoch Cemetery
  • Let No Tear Thine Eye-Lids Dim;Let No Tear Thine...Transcript: Let no tear thine eye-lids dim;
    O'er this pale house of clay.
    But think I rest at peace with him
    Who wipes all tears away
    Year of Birth: 1892Year of Death: 1913Cemetery: West Terrace Cemetery
  • None Knows How Hard It Was To PartNone Knows How Hard It...Transcript: None knows how hard it was to part.
    None knows of the grief in my heard
    Concealed to part with one so good.
    And true, none knows but God.
    Year of Death: 1903Cemetery: West Terrace Cemetery
  • UP Giving Up My All To FollowUP Giving Up My All To...Transcript: Giving up my all to follow
    Just to do my Master's
    Year of Death: 1918Cemetery: Norton Summit Cemetery
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