St David's Lutheran Churchyard Cemetery - Freshwater Creek, Victoria
Posted by: bucketeer
S 38° 16.621 E 144° 16.227
55H E 261235 N 5759924
This little old bluestone Lutheran Church is located just south of Freshwater Creek
Waymark Code: WM7ZQ1
Location: Victoria, Australia
Date Posted: 12/30/2009
Views: 26
St David's was built in 1866, and has a small number of marked graves in the church yard. From what I've been able to research there were 156 bodies intered to Nov 2003 and about 70 headstones remain. When I visited the yard, one grave appeared to be very recent, suggesting the cemetery ids still in use.
A full list of the headstone markings is available here (
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Some information of the history of the church yard is available on the Heritage Victoria Website (
visit link)
A transcription of a headstone with english translation in brackets;
Hier ruhetin Gott
Johann Gottfried
Robert LEBHARD
Geb. den.14 Juni 1846
Gest. Den 16 Juli 1867
In allen von
21 Jahren 2 montaten 2 tagen
Warum betrübt ihr euch denn nun
(Here rests in God
Johann Gottfried
Robert LEBHART
Born the 14 June 1846
Died the 16 July 1867
In all 21 years 2 months 2 days)
Ihr herzgeliebten meinen?
Ihr gönnet mir doch diese ruh
Und höret auf zu weinen
Es ist ja nicht mehr lange zeit
Da wir in diese ewigkeit
Zusammen werden ommen
Why are you grieving now
My dearly loves ones?
You don’t begrudge me this rest
And stop those tears
It won’t be a long time now
Until in this eternity
We come together again)