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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Semper FidelisTranscript: Semper Fidelis
(Translates to 'Always Failthful')Year of Death: 1962Cemetery: St George's Magill Cemetery
Requiem æternam dona...Transcript: Requiem æternam dona eis, DomineCemetery: North East Road Cemetery
God So Loved The WorldTranscript: God so loved the world that He gave his only begotten Son that whosoever believeth on him should not perish but have everlasting life.
In death on Ch...Year of Death: 1897Cemetery: Hindmarsh Cemetery
How Happy Every Child...Transcript: How happy every child of grace
Who knows his sins forgiven!
This earth, he cries, is not my place,
I seek my place in Heaven,Cemetery: West Terrace Cemetery
P Other Refuge I Have...Transcript: Other refuge I have none
Hangs my helpless soul on Thee.Year of Birth: 1857Year of Death: 1887Cemetery: North East Road Cemetery
Not Dead To UsTranscript: Not dead to us we loved her dear
Not lost but gone before.
She lives with us in memory still
And will for evermoreYear of Death: 1911Cemetery: West Terrace Cemetery
Have Pity On MeTranscript: " Have Pity on me my friends, at least you my friends have pity on me." Job 19.21Year of Death: 1890Cemetery: West Terrace Cemetery
In Love She LivedTranscript: In love she lived, In peace she died,
Her life was craved for,
But God deniedYear of Death: 1922Cemetery: West Terrace Cemetery
Beyond The River Of...Transcript: Beyond the river of sorrow
There is a promised landYear of Death: 1932Cemetery: St Saviour Cemetery (Church)
P We Loved Him, Oh! No...Transcript: We loved him, Oh! No tongue can tell
How much we loved him and how well
God loved him too, and thought it best,
To take him to his heavenly rest.Year of Death: 1925Cemetery: Mt Lofty Cemetery- Read more...