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Cemetery symbols
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Cemetery Symbols
Symbols: Objects that carry a secondary meaning– Abstract concepts
• Sorrow• Mortality
– Ideologies• Religious faith• Hope in resurrection
Individualised messages– Information about the life of the deceased
• Hobbies• Profession
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Symbols and their meanings
• Acroterion (Acroteria) = decoration• Anchor = faith, sailor• Angel = God’s messenger• Book = book of Life (recording a name destined
for eternity)• Bugle = soldier• Candelabra = ancient symbol of Judaism (Jews)• Calvary = Trinity (Father, Son & Holy Spirit)
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Symbols and their meanings
• Column = commemoration of a life (Broken column = a life cut short)
• Cross = symbolic of Christ’s sacrifice on the cross
• Dove = peace• Drape = mourning• Finial = Gothic decoration• Grapevine = Christ and His church• Hands = devotion, parting, reuniting at death• Heart = person, devotion
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Symbols and their meanings
• IHS = “Iesous,” (Greek word for Jesus) • I.N.R.I.= “Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudaeorum”
(Jesus, King of the Jews)• Ivy = tenacious (persistent) faith• Koen = Jewish priestly blessing• Lily = resurrection• Magen David = Jewish identity• Pebbles = “I have visited your resting place”• Urn = mourning
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Symbols and their meanings
• Obelisk = Rays of the Sun
• Rose = shortness of life (bud = child, flower = adult)
• Scroll = life, time
• Square & compass = Freemasonry
• Star = Christ
• Washing = descendant of Levi
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Acroteria
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Acroteria (Shells)
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Anchor
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Anchor
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Anchor
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Anchor
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Angel
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Angel and Rustic Cross
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Angel and Rustic Cross
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Canopied Angel and Flaming Urns
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Mourning Angels
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Book
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Book
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Book
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Bugle
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Calvary and Latin Cross
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Calvary and Latin Cross
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Calvary and Latin Cross
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Calvary and Latin Cross
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Calvary Cross
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Inhabited Cross and Calvary
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Seven-Branched Candelabra
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Rustic Column
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Shrouded Column
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Shrouded column
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Shrouded column
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Shrouded column
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Broken Column
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Shrouded, wreathed, broken column
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Bottonee Cross
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Fleury Cross
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Fleury Cross
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Fleury Cross
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Celtic Crosses
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Celtic Crosses
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Celtic Cross
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Celtic Cross
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Celtic Cross and “IHS”
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Celtic Cross and “IHS”
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Celtic Cross
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Celtic Cross
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Celtic Cross
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Eastern Orthodox (Russian) Cross
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Russian Cross
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Russian Cross
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Russian Cross
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Russian Cross
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Rustic Russian Cross
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Russian Cross and Roses
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“Inhabited” Russian Cross
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“Canopied” Russian Cross
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Slate Inscription
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Shrouded Die and Cross
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Celtic Cross
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Celtic Cross
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Rustic Cross
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Rustic Cross
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Rustic Cross
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Canopied Cross
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Dove
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Dove
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Dove
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Dove
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Finial
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Grapevine
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Clasped hands
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Clasped Hands
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IHS
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Heart
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Ivy
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Ivy
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Koen
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Lily
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Lily
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Lion
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Magen David – the “Star of David”
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Koen
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7-branched candelabra
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AIF plaque - Christian
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AIF plaque - Jewish
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AIF soldier headstone - Jewish
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Magen David and Koen
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Scroll
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Canopied Angel and Broken Column
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Broken Column
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Mourner
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Mourner
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Sport
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Sport
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Richard Ramo’s Mausoleum
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Richard Ramo’s Mausoleum
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Richard Ramo’s Mausoleum
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Richard Ramo’s Mausoleum
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Richard Ramo’s Mausoleum
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Richard Ramo’s Mausoleum
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Richard Ramo’s Mausoleum
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Richard Ramo’s Mausoleum
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Richard Ramo’s Mausoleum
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Sailor’s hat
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Cross
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Canopied Chest Tomb
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Canopied Chest Tomb
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Canopied Chest Tomb
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“Sursum Corda”
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“Lift Up Your Hearts”
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Life’s Journey: From Greece to Brisbane
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Flaming, Shrouded Urn
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Sentinel Obelisks and Mourner
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Monogram
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Monogram
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Crossed Rifles and Scroll
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Governor Blackall’s Gothic Spire
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Military Glory
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Monogram
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Obelisk
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Obelisk
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Obeliski
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Columns and Obeliski
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Obelisk
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Pebbles
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Pebbles
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Pebbles
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Portrait
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Star
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Rustic Scroll
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Chest Tomb
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Square & compasses
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Torah (Jewish Holy Text)
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Rose
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Draped Urn
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Jewish ritual washing
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