Oldest known headstones in Australia

March 24, 2015July 8, 2023 Cathy Dunn

Sydney: GRAVES, George 1788 #
La Perouse: Le RECEVEUR, Peré 1788 ^
Sydney: FERGUSON, James 1790 ^
Parramatta: DODD, Henry Edward 1791 #
Parramatta: Burial record: Thomas Daphney: Headstone Thos DAVENY Decbr (sic) 1791. #
Parramatta: PEAT, Phebe 1792 ^
Parramatta: PEAT, William 1792 ^
Sydney: JONES, Jones 1792 ^
Parramatta: BOCKERAH, Ann 1793 #
Sydney: KABLE, Enoch 1793 ^
Sydney: REARDON, Dennis 1793 ^
Sydney: MEREDITH, William 1793 ^
Sydney: NATION, James 1793 ^
Parramatta: McGEE Eleanor 1793 #
Parramatta: McGEE Mary 1793 #
Parramatta: BLOSSUP, Sarah 1795 #
Parramatta: COLONY, John 1795 #
Sydney: COOK, William 1795 ^
Sydney: JONES, William 1795 ^
Sydney: STEEL Elizabeth 1795 #
Sydney: WEBB Thomas 1795 ^
Sydney: JONES, David 1795 ^
Sydney: JONES, William 1795 ^
Sydney: BOHANNON, James 1795 ^
Sydney: WEST, John 1795 ^
Sydney: WEBSTER, Margaret 1795 ^
Sydney: WATSON, Mary 1795 ^
Sydney: IRVING, John 1795 ^
Sydney: ROE, William 1795 ^
Norfolk Island: HOOK, Mary 1795 # Father: Daniel Humm
Sydney: GERRALD, Joseph 1796 ^
Sydney: BURROW, John 1796 ^
Sydney: BREWER: Henry 1796 ^
Sydney: HUDSON, Richard 1796 ^
Sydney: SMITH, John 1796 ^
Sydney: WILLIAMS, John 1796 ^
Norfolk Island: BRABYN, Mary 1796 #
Norfolk Island: SPRINGHAM, Mary 1796 # Adult
Norfolk Island: SPRINGHAM, Mary 1796 # Child
Sydney: BROCK, John Lanigan 1797 ^
Parramatta: GRAHAM, Eupham Elizabeth 1797 #
Parramatta: KILPACK, David 1797 #
Norfolk Island: NASH, Sarah 1797 #
Norfolk Island: NASH, Rob 1798/9 #
Norfolk Island: TRIMBY, Elizabeth 1798/9 #
Norfolk Island: TRIMBY, William 1798/9 #
Sydney: HAMILTON, Gavin 1798 #
Norfolk Island: HEADINGTON, Thomas 1798#(Photo: Cathy Dunn)
Sydney: CLODE, Samuel 1799 ^
Parramatta: ALLEN: Thomas 1799 #

# Surviving ^ Documented in primary writings.

Includes extracts from Cathy Dunn, Shadows of the Past 1st Settlement Headstones Norfolk Island

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