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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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  • For If We Believe That JesusFor If We Believe That...Transcript: For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
    1 Thess IV.14
    Year of Death: 1877Cemetery: St Saviour Cemetery (Church)
  • UP God Hath Taken Back Our DarlingUP God Hath Taken Back...Transcript: God hath taken back our darling,
    Placed our bud among His flowers
    Taken back the child He lent us;
    To a better home than ours.
    Year of Death: 1912Cemetery: Norton Summit Cemetery
  • How Happy Every Child of GraceHow 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
  • Semper FidelisSemper FidelisTranscript: Semper Fidelis
    (Translates to 'Always Failthful')
    Year of Death: 1962Cemetery: St George's Magill Cemetery
  • Also In MemoryAlso In MemoryTranscript: Also in memory of
    all children who have died unnamed and are now safe in the arms of Jesus
    Year of Birth: 1964Year of Death: 1964Cemetery: Hindmarsh Cemetery
  • UP A Heavenly Paradise Is That PlaceUP A Heavenly Paradise...Transcript: A heavenly paradise is that place wherein all pleasant fruits do flow.
    Thomas Campion (1567 - 1620)
    Year of Death: 1907Cemetery: Norton Summit Cemetery
  • P The Lord Gave And The Lord Hath Taken Away.P The Lord Gave And The...Transcript: The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away.
    Blessed be the name of the Lord.
    Year of Death: 1921Cemetery: Gumeracha Cemetery
  • Around Your GravesAround Your GravesTranscript: Around your graves we silent weep.
    With hearts all crushed and sore
    Yet through the gloom the sweet words steal
    Not lost but gone before
    Year of Death: 1911Cemetery: Lyndoch Cemetery
  • Life Is EarnestLife Is EarnestTranscript: Life is earnest, when tis o'er,
    Thou returnest never more.
    Year of Death: 1906Cemetery: Hindmarsh Cemetery
  • P There Shall Be Night No MoreP There Shall Be Night...Transcript: There shall be night no moreYear of Death: 1912Cemetery: Mt Lofty Cemetery
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