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
Beyond The River Of...Transcript: Beyond the river of sorrow
There is a promised landYear of Death: 1932Cemetery: St Saviour Cemetery (Church)
Close In Our HeartsTranscript: Close in our hearts he will always stay
Loved and remembered every day.Year of Death: 1963Cemetery: West Terrace Cemetery
Our Litte DarlingTranscript: Our little darling has the secret solved
Why she lived and died God resolved,
Tis hard to part, but why dictate
To Him above who guides our fate?
...Year of Death: 1890Cemetery: West Terrace Cemetery
On That Happy Easter...Transcript: On that happy Easter morning
All the graves their dead restore
Father, Mother, Sister, Brother
Meet once more.Year of Death: 1913Cemetery: West Terrace Cemetery
P Safe WIth The MasterTranscript: Safe with the MasterYear of Death: 1924Cemetery: Norton Summit Cemetery
Had We Been ThereTranscript: Had we been there at the hour of Death
To catch the last sight of your parting breath
Your last faint whisper we might have heard
And whispered in ...Year of Death: 1897Cemetery: West Terrace Cemetery
We Have Loved Them In...Transcript: We have loved them in life let us not forget them in death.Year of Death: 1924Cemetery: St Johns Cemetery Kapunda
P Those Hands That Held...Transcript: Those hands that held books to learn
Now hold it now no more
Her ????? Shall never here returnYear of Death: 1875Cemetery: Mt Lofty Cemetery
And He Was NotTranscript: And he was not:
For God took him.Year of Death: 1906Cemetery: St George's Magill Cemetery
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- Read more...