These grave and headstone images were taken
by members of the Bega Valley Genealogy Society
and
are reproduced here with permission.
Numbered pegs with unknown occupants are
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| The excerpt below is from the Bega Valley
Genealogy Society's introduction to Towamba
Cemetery Inscriptions, Vol. 2 Towamba is a small village in the heart of the Towamba River valley, 30 kilometers from Eden on the Far South Coast and about the same distance from the Pambula-Bombala Road via Burragate. It was on the original road from the coast to the Monaro installed by Ben Boyd in the 1840s. The first cemetery was situated on a property to the east of the village beside a creek. There were 10 graves, but the passage of time and the ravages of floods over the years have left only one tombstone to mark a burial place. The tombstone is reported to be the work of Thomas Blaze, an early settler, who came to Australia with Ben Boyd. He is buried in the present cemetery. The tombstone remaining in this early cemetery is that of Jane Mitchell and her daughter. It was cracked in the 1971 flood, but is still in quite good order (this is now incorrect as the headstone has crumbled, Editor 2006) with the inscription in part as follows: |
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Amelia Mitchell, died 2 July 1864, aged 5
years; also Jane Mitchell, mother of the above, died 13 Sept 1865, aged 36 years. There was a footstone still in place with the initials J.M. on it. (This has now almost disappeared, Editor 2006) It was decided to move the cemetery to higher ground and the present site, west of the village, was dedicated in June 1886. The tombstones were transcribed on 9 March, 1988 and checked in June 1989. (Checked again by editor in 1998) |
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In Memory of Our Father and Grandfather HESSELL VINCENT HAZELGROVE "BUSHY" Died 6.9.1987 Aged 65 Years R.I.P. |
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In Loving Memory of LEO GEORGE HAZELGROVE "SNOWY" Born 24.2.1926 Died 1.11.1991 Aged 65 Years |
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| Unmarked grave Marker 66 * JAMES McCARTHY Died 20th March1909 |
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LOVE In Loving Memory Of JAMES CHARLES LOVE Died 4. Aug. 1958 Aged 45 Years. A Dear Husband And Father. (left side blank) |
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In Loving Memory Of ALLAN JAMES LOVE Died 9. Feb. 1943 Aged 18 Months Always Loved & Remembered & Infant Son 1954 |
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In Loving Memory Of TOM LOVE Died Suddenly 8th Aug. 1918, Aged 53 Years. Honoured And Respected By All Who Knew Him May His Soul Enjoy Eternal Rest. Also Our Infant Son ERNEST LOVE [Died 14th October 1902, Aged 14 Days] |
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In Loving Memory of Our Darling Mother LUCY MARIA LOVE Died 20th July 1947 Aged 74 Years. Loved By All |
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Erected by JAMES And ELLEN LOVE To The Memory Of Their Dearly Beloved Daughter SOPHIA LOVE Died 11th November 1895 Aged 21 Years 6 Months A precious one from us is gone A voice we loved is stilled A place is vacant in our home Which never can be filled. |
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Erected By JAMES A. LOVE In Memory of His Dearly Beloved Wife ELLEN LOVE, Who Died 9th Nov. 1900 Aged 51 Years & 8 Months We miss thee from our home dear mother, We miss thee from thy place A shadow on our life is cast, We miss the sunshine of thy face We miss thy kind and willing hand Thy fond and warmest care. Our home is dark without thee, We miss thee everywhere. |
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[ALICE LOVE] Death Date Unknown |
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In Loving Memory Of ANNE GREER Died 25-12-1958, 77 Yrs. |
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In Loving Memory of A Dear Husband & Father AUGUST ROBERT GRAMBOWER Died 16. Jan. 1948 Aged 40 Years 6 Months At Rest |
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In Loving Memory of My Beloved Husband JAMES V. ROBINSON Died 2nd Oct. 1937 Aged 68 Years "He Rests From His Labours". In Loving Memory of SUSAN Beloved Wife Of J. V. ROBINSON Died 6th July 1939 Aged 76 Years "She Rests From Her Labours." |
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[Mrs. AMELIA ELTON Death Date Unknown] |
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In Loving Memory Of Our Dear Parents ALFRED Died 14-6-1934, 64 Yrs. JESSIE ANN Died 25-1-1963 68 Yrs. "At Rest." TASKER is on foot of grave |
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In Loving Memory Of ALFRED Died 19-12-1959, 64 Yrs. Erected By His Loving Wife And Family Plaque - A.C.M.F., R.A.N. & R.A.A.F. insignia Lest We Forget TASKER is on foot of grave |
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Here Rests TREVOR. M. DUGGAN Born 1930. Died 2007 |
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In Loving Memory of A Dear Husband LESLIE GORDON LOVE Died 1-9-1987 Aged 57 Years At Rest But Always Remembered |
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MARY E. "LIZZIE" LOVE Passed Away 7th June 1985 Aged 91 Years Loved Not Forgotten EINIE & LES |
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In Loving Memory Of My Dear Husband & Our Father WILLIAM W. LOVE Died 7. Jan. 1941 Aged 55 Years. Gone, But Not Forgotten |
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In Loving Memory Our Dearly Beloved Mother EILLEEN CHARLOTTE LOVE (EINIE) 1918 - 2003 Always in our Hearts |
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In Loving Memory Of ROY GEORGE LOVE 1917 - 1996 Sadly Missed By A Loving Wife & Children |
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In Loving Memory of MARY JANE The Beloved Wife Of WILLIAM RYAN. Died 29th August 1893 In Her 55th Year. "Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled; Neither Let It Be Afraid." St John XIV 27 Also WILLIAM RYAN Died 5th May 1919 Aged 84 Years Thy Will Be Done. |
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| Unmarked grave Marker 45 * UNKNOWN FALKNER [Death Date Unknown] |
Unmarked grave Marker 49 * UNKNOWN FALKNER [Death Date Unknown] |
Unmarked grave Marker 46 * UNKNOWN FALKNER [Death Date Unknown] |
Unmarked grave - from previous transcriptions White wooden cross LUCY TASKER [Death Date Unknown] |
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In Loving Memory Of LAURENCE JOHN TASKER Died 18th January 1971 Aged 57 R.I.P. |
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Triple grave, three white wooden crosses lying on grave Cross 1 - In Loving Memory EUNICE RUTH TASKER Passed Away 2.9.[19]96 Age 74 Years Cross 2 - In Loving Memory PAUL TASKER Passed Away 26.7.[20]03 Age 57 Years Cross 3 - In Loving Memory KENNETH TASKER Passed Away 14.6.[20]03 Age 48 Years |
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In
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The Beloved Sons Of R. H. & M. A. JOHNSTON FREDRICK THOMAS WESTERN Died 25th Dec. 1897, Aged 10Years TOM PRUSS Died 3rd Dec. 1913 Aged 18 Years SYLVESTER, Died 20th Feb. 1890 Aged 10 Days Rest In Peace |
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In Loving Memory of My Dear Wife & Our Dear Mother MAY PARKER Died 19th Sept 1909 Aged 40 Years |
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In Loving Memory of MARIA MARGARET The Beloved Wife Of B. BEASLEY Died 22nd Sep. 1911 Aged 43 Years |
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In Sad And Loving Memory Of our Darling Little BERTHA Who Died 16th June 1900 Aged 8 Years And 5 Months. Erected By Her Loving Parents B. And M. BEASLEY Dearly Loved We Had A Little Treasure Once She Was Our Joy And Pride We Loved Her Ah! Perhaps Too Well For Soon She Slept And Died |
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Left In Memory Of BENJAMIN Died 9-8-1946 84 Yrs At Rest Centre In Loving Memory Of JAMES EDMOND Died 18-7-1945, 65 Yrs. Right In Loving Memory Of JOHN Died 17-3-1943, 82 Yrs. At Rest |
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In Loving Memory Of Father JOHN BEASLEY Died 29/12/[19]06 Aged 85 Years. Mother ELIZABETH BEASLEY Died 20/5/[19]18 Aged 72 Years Both Born Berkshire England. R-I-P |
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In Loving Memory Of EDWARD JAMES MITCHELL Who Died 21st April 1897 Aged 39 Years Erected By His Beloved Wife Farewell, My Wife Dear, Farewell, Adieu To Thee, Adieu! And You, My Dearly Loved Ones All Farewell, Farewell To You. |
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In Loving Memory of GERALD OWEN MITCHELL Died 16th September 1914, Aged 24 Years. Thy Will Be Done. |
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In Loving Memory of JOHN THOMAS MITCHELL Died 17th September 1921, Aged 58 Years, 11 Months. Nearer My God To Thee |
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In Loving Memory Of Our Dear Mother FANNY Died 13-8-[19]52, 89 Yrs Forever With The Lord. (MITCHELL is on foot of grave) |
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THOMAS BLAZE Born Bilston, England, Died 3rd Aug. 1890, Aged 76. Erected by JESSIE PARKER. |
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In Remembrance of Our Dear Father SAMUEL PARKER, Who Died 15th May 1917 Aged 87 Years. |
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| Marker 136 JACK BEASLEY |
Marker 142 MOLLY BEASLEY |
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In Loving Memory Of Our Dear Mother FLORENCE SARAH BEASLEY Died 16.4.[19]74 Aged 97 Yrs |
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In Loving Memory of Our Dearly Beloved Son & Brother LESLIE OLIVER BEASLEY, Who Was Killed 10th March 1922, Aged 15 Years & 3 Months. "Ye Know Not What Hour Your Lord Doth Come." |
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In Loving Memory Of Our Dear Parents GEORGE Died 20-1-1917, 50 Yrs CAROLINE Died 5-8-1958, 82 Yrs At Rest (BEASLEY is on foot of grave) |
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In Memory Of A Loving Husband & Father GORDON BENJAMIN Died 18-5-[19]59, 54 Yrs. ( Legacy insignia BEASLEY is on foot of grave) |
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In Loving Memory Of ALFRED JAMES BEASLEY Born 25th Dec. 1893 Died 4th Oct. 1985 At Rest |
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Gone Home In Loving Memory of Father JOSEPH W. BEASLEY Died 29th Aug. 1927 Aged 69 Years Mother SARAH A. BEASLEY Died 2nd Jan. 1927 Aged 64 Years. Sister SARAH M. BEASLEY Died 25th Oct. 1913 Aged 9 Years |
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In Loving Memory Of Our Brother HERBERT BEASLEY Born 30.10.1899 Died 16.5.1949 At Rest |
Wooden post on unmarked grave M. TARGET [Death Date Unknown] |
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In Loving Memory Of [left side] My Darling Daughter JOY And Mother Of BILL And JOHN MARTIN. Joined Her Father 11 April 1951 Aged 38 Years. [right side] My Dear Husband ALF. E. ALEXANDER. Died 6 Mar. 1950 Aged 68 Years. |
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In Loving Memory Of Our Dear Son & Brother ANTHONY BRIAN TONY FARRELL Passed Away 9.11.[19]73 Aged 30 Yrs Erected by Parents, Family And Close Friends Of Lae N.G At Rest |
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In Loving Memory Of GEORGE ESMOND FARRELL Who Passed Away 2 June 1950 Aged 57 Years. Also His Wife EILEEN Passed Away 18 Sept. 1993 Aged 90 Years At Rest. |
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Rock and broken wooden cross - from previous transcriptions SAM PHILLIPS [Death Date Unknown] |
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In Loving Memory of CLARA PHILLIPS Died 13. Jan. 1931 Aged 65 Years. SAMUEL PHILLIPS Died 14. July 1951 Aged 85 Years "Lord Abide With Me" |
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Headstone 1 In Loving Remembrance of ELIZABETH MARTIN Who Died 2nd May, 1910 Aged 91 Years. GEORGE MARTIN Beloved Husband Of Above Died 23rd Sep. 1925 Aged 105 Years. Call Not Back The Dear Departed, Anchored Safe Where Storms Are O'er; On The Border Land We Left Them, Soon To Meet, To Part No More. Headstone 2 In Loving Memory of SAMUEL MARTIN Dearly Beloved Son Of G. & E. MARTIN Died 22nd Aug. 1900 Aged 45 Years & 5 Months. "The Lord Gave & The Lord Hath Taken Away. Blessed Be The Name Of The Lord." Erected By His Dear Father & Mother. |
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Small grave within concrete surround, broken wooden cross - from previous transcriptions BEVERLEY DENISE BUTCHER Aged 4 Years 2 Months [Death Date Unknown] |
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Headstone - Etched A.I.F. insignia and cross 4542 Private MALCOLM J. McLEOD 2nd Battalion 4th June 1934 His Duty Nobly Done Plaque - CLARINDA AMELIA McLEOD Born 1.1.1899 ~ Died 20.10.1999 Reunited with MALCOLM JOHN Loving Mother, Grandmother To All Her Family [Cremated and buried with her Husband] |
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Double grave, single headstone In Loving Memory Of Our Dear Parents JAMES T. DICKIE Born Birkenhead Eng. 7.5.1868 Died 24-5-1964 HANNAH DICKIE Born Towamba 24-9-1878 Died 11-7-1964. At Rest. |
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To The Memory Of Our Dear Father JOHN W. DICKIE Died 14. July 1951 Aged 78 Years At Rest |
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To the Memory of MARY ELLEN SOLOMON Born Liverpool, England Died 2nd June 1912, Aged 75 Years After Life's Fitful Fever, She Sleepeth Well |
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In Loving Memory of EMMA E. SLATTERY Died 15-4-1944 Aged 79 Years |
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In Loving Memory of Our Dear Mother ANN RICHARDS Died 27th March 1904 Age 75 Years Though Lost To Sight To Memory Dear |
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In Loving Memory of ROBERT H. RICHARDS, Died 17th Dec. 1936 Aged 80 Years. At Rest. |
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| Marker 64 UNKNOWN PARKER (Child) [Death Date Unknown] |
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Single grave within weathered wooden picket fence, wooden stake Marker 130 R. HIGGINS [Possibly ROBERT HIGGINS who died 25th May 1907 - from Eden Court House Records] |
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In Loving Memory of My Dear Son ROBERT ANTHONY FALKNER Died 3rd March 1922, Aged 17 Years & 5 Months. God Takes The Loved Ones From Our Homes But Never From Our Hearts. |
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In Loving Memory of ISABELLA ANN LAING Died 12 May 1965 Aged 86 Years. At Rest |
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In Memory Of DONALD LAING Passed Away 29 June 1973. R-I-P |
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In Loving Memory Of ARTHUR LAING "CHARLIE" Born 30 April 1916 Died 30 October 1981 Rest In Peace |
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| Marker 72 UNKNOWN WISEMAN (Mrs.) [Possibly ABIGAIL WISSMAN, who died 20th April 1913 - from Eden Court House Records] |
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Marker 74 Cross - [left side] CATHLEEN ROSE B. 18-10-1950 D. 18-10-1950 [right side] PATRICIA JEAN B. 18-10-1950 D. 18-10-1950 McDONALD |
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In Loving Memory Of McDONALD MABEL JESSIE EUGENE Born 5.12.1919 Died 6.10.1997 Aged 77 Years Dearly Loved Mother & Grandmother Forever In Our Hearts |
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JOHN W. A. MACEY (JACK) Born 1st September 1914 Caringbah Died 29th June 2000. No sorrow will your heart betide Without a comfort by it's side The sun may sleep in his sea-bed But you have star light overhead. |
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In Loving Memory Of EILEEN FARRELL Died 21st Dec. 1978 Aged 79 Years At Rest |
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Headstone - In Loving Memory Of Our Dear Son LESLIE FARRELL Passed Away April 9. 1965 Aged 40 Years. At Rest Plaque - Etched open book Remembrance |
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Headstone - In Loving Memory Of A Dear Husband & Father DAVID JOHN FARRELL Died 11 Feb. 1969 Aged 78 Years At Rest Plaque - A.I.F. insignia and cross In Memory Of 4752 Private DAVID JOHN FARRELL 18th Battalion A.I.F. Died 11.2.1969 Aged 78 Years At Rest |
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In Loving Memory Of BERTHA J HARTNEADY Passed Away 2nd Feb. 1939, Aged 69 Years. Neath Thy Care. |
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In Loving Memory of JOHN HARTNEADY Passed Away 11th Jan 1941 Aged 76 Years. Neath Thy Care. |
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NX25339 Private J. A. DONNELLY 2/4 Infantry Battalion 19th September 1987 Age 66 A Loving Husband & Father Who Will Always Live In Our Hearts & Thoughts |
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Left headstone - In Loving Memory Of A Dear Husband & Father HENRY JENNER SOUTH Died 10 April 1967 Aged 77 Years At Rest Right headstone - In Loving Memory of Our Dearly Beloved Mother ELSIE THERESA SOUTH 3.5.1894 * 29.3.1992 Aged 97 Years May We Always Remember Her |
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In Loving Memory Of ROWLAND SAMUEL WALTER SOUTH 19-2-1919 - 6-11-2009 A Loving Husband & Father "ROLLO" You will always be in our hearts |
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