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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Death Is The MessengerTranscript: Death is the messenger of peace,
and calls the soul to HeavenYear of Death: 1901Cemetery: St Johns Cemetery Kapunda
P I Have Done With Sin,...Transcript: I have done with sin, I have done with sorrow.
I fly to the spotless realms of light,
Where the day that is break now shall have no morrow
And the ...Year of Death: 1888Cemetery: Norton Summit Cemetery
All He Had Hoped ForTranscript: All he had hoped for
All he had, he gaveYear of Death: 1942Cemetery: North East Road Cemetery
Weep Not For MeTranscript: Weep not for me, wife and children dear;
Think on the dust that lieth here;
And when this you see, remember me,
Prepare for death and follow me.Year of Death: 1876Cemetery: West Terrace Cemetery
P Peaceful Be Thy...Transcript: Peaceful be thy silent slumber
Peaceful in thy grave so low
Thou no more wilt join our number
Thou no more our song wilt know.
Yet again we hope...Year of Death: 1921Cemetery: Gumeracha Cemetery
We Mourn The Loss Of...Transcript: We mourn the loss of those we love
And did our best to save
Loved in life, regretted gone
Remembered in the graveYear of Death: 1890Cemetery: Hindmarsh Cemetery
Dearest Mother We Have...Transcript: Dearest Mother we have laid thee
In the peaceful grave's embrace,
But thy memory will be cherished,
Till we see thy heavenly faceYear of Death: 1891Cemetery: West Terrace Cemetery
Pain Nor SicknessTranscript: Pain nor sickness e'er can enter,
Grief nor woe my lot shall share;
But in that celestial centre.
I a crown of life shall wearYear of Death: 1878Cemetery: Lyndoch 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
However Just Her...Transcript: However just her indignation might be, her ideal was not to claim justice but to give tendernessYear of Death: 1910Cemetery: North East Road Cemetery- Read more...