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).
Recent Entries
P Released From Sorrow,...Transcript: Released from sorrow, sin and pain,
And freed from every care;
By Angel's hands to Heaven conveyed
To rest for ever there.Year of Death: 1911Cemetery: Euchunga Cemetery
Oh Good Physician HealTranscript: Oh good physician heal
Take away our blindness
Our blosed eyes unsel
In thy loving kindnessYear of Death: 1883Cemetery: St George's Magill Cemetery
Wearied of This Lifes...Transcript: Wearied of this lifes journey
Of battles with pain and strife
Gone from this world of sorrow
To a home of eternal lifeYear of Birth: 1870Year of Death: 1893Cemetery: Lyndoch Cemetery
There The Wicked Cease...Transcript: There the wicked cease from troubling and there the weary be at rest.
Job III Chap 17 VerseYear of Death: 1878Cemetery: St Saviour Cemetery (Church)
A Few More Years Shall...Transcript: A few more years shall roll
A few more seasons come
And we shall be with those that rest
Asleep within the tombYear of Death: 1885Cemetery: North East Road Cemetery
P Our Wasting Lives...Transcript: Our wasting lives grow shorter still,
As days and months increase,
And every beating pulse we tell
Leaves but the number less.
Asleep in Jesus b...Year of Death: 1897Cemetery: Mt Lofty Cemetery
The Lord Is My ShepherdTranscript: The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures
He leadesth me beside the still waters
Psalm 23Year of Death: 1880Cemetery: Hindmarsh Cemetery
All You That Do My...Transcript: All you that do my grave pass by,
As you are now, so once was I;
As I am now, so you will be;
Remember man, and pray for me.Year of Death: 1865Cemetery: West Terrace Cemetery
Sleep On In Thy BeautyTranscript: Sleep on in thy beauty
Thou sweet angel childYear of Death: 1919Cemetery: West Terrace Cemetery
And He Was NotTranscript: And he was not:
For God took him.Year of Death: 1906Cemetery: St George's Magill Cemetery- Read more...