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
Rock Of Ages, Cleft For...Transcript: Rock of ages, cleft for me,
Let me hide myself in Thee
Let the water and the blood
Fron the riven side which flowed.
Be of sin the double cure,
C...Year of Death: 1912Cemetery: West Terrace Cemetery
Farewell my dear wifeTranscript: Farewell my dear wife my life is past
Faithful I loved you till the last
And on my children pray, pity take,
And love them for their father's sake.Year of Death: 1887Cemetery: West Terrace Cemetery
I 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
Their Voices Still Keep...Transcript: Their voices still keep whispering
Be loving brave and true
At the of a lane of Shadows
We'll be waiting there for you.Cemetery: St Saviour Cemetery (Church)
Though Death DividesTranscript: Though death divides, fond memory clingsYear of Death: 1911Cemetery: Hindmarsh Cemetery
For Here Have We No...Transcript: For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come.
Hebrew C XIII. V. XIVYear of Death: 1873Cemetery: St Saviour Cemetery (Church)
And He Was NotTranscript: And he was not:
For God took him.Year of Death: 1906Cemetery: St George's Magill Cemetery
Father In Thy Gracious...Transcript: Father in Thy gracious keeping,
Leave we now, our loved ones sleepingYear of Birth: 1819Year of Death: 1910Cemetery: Lyndoch Cemetery
P Just A Memory Fond...Transcript: Just a memory fond and true
To show dear Mother we still think of you.Year of Death: 1919Cemetery: Houghton Cemetery
A Precious One From Me...Transcript: A precious one from me has gone,
A voice I loved is still
A place is vacant in the home,
That never can be filledYear of Death: 1928Cemetery: West Terrace Cemetery- Read more...