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
To Meet In HeavenTranscript: To meet in Heaven!
How sweet the thought,
When life's short years are past
No more to weep, no more to partYear of Death: 1926Cemetery: St Johns Cemetery Kapunda
Music In Its Highest...Transcript: Music in its highest form
seems a pensieve memoryYear of Birth: 1834Year of Death: 1924Cemetery: North East Road Cemetery
And As The Daylight...Transcript: And as the daylight dieth
In eventide once more,
A star steals through the sunset
That never rose beforeYear of Death: 1930Cemetery: North East Road Cemetery
I Expect To PassTranscript: I expect to pass through this world but once;
And good therefor that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any fellow creature. Let me do it n...Cemetery: St George's Magill Cemetery
O For A Closer Walk...Transcript: O for a closer walk with God,
A calm and Heavenly frame:
A light to shine upon the road.
That leads me to the lamb,
What peaceful hours I once enj...Year of Death: 1909Cemetery: North East Road Cemetery
Life Is EarnestTranscript: Life is earnest, when tis o'er,
Thou returnest never more.Year of Death: 1906Cemetery: Hindmarsh Cemetery
One Family We Dwell In...Transcript: One family we dwell in him.
One church, above, beneath,
Though now divided by the stream
The narrow stream of deathYear of Death: 1858Cemetery: St George's Magill 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)
Ye Also Ready For In...Transcript: Ye also ready for in such an hour
Ye think not the Son of Man comethYear of Birth: 1873Year of Death: 1894Cemetery: West Terrace Cemetery
Then Cheer Ye Fond WidowTranscript: Then cheer ye fond widow who sadly weep,
For happy are they who in Jesus sleep.Year of Death: 1913Cemetery: West Terrace Cemetery- Read more...