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    1. Cemetery symbols
    2. 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
    3. 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)
    4. 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
    5. Symbols and their meanings
      • IHS = “ I esous,” (Greek word for Jesus)
      • I.N.R.I. = “ I esus Nazarenus Rex I udaeorum” (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
    6. 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
    7. Acroteria
    8. Acroteria (Shells)
    9. Anchor
    10. Anchor
    11. Anchor
    12. Anchor
    13. Angel
    14. Angel and Rustic Cross
    15. Angel and Rustic Cross
    16. Canopied Angel and Flaming Urns
    17. Mourning Angels
    18. Book
    19. Book
    20. Book
    21. Bugle
    22. Calvary and Latin Cross
    23. Calvary and Latin Cross
    24. Calvary and Latin Cross
    25. Calvary and Latin Cross
    26. Calvary Cross
    27. Inhabited Cross and Calvary
    28. Seven-Branched Candelabra
    29. Rustic Column
    30. Shrouded Column
    31. Shrouded column
    32. Shrouded column
    33. Shrouded column
    34. Broken Column
    35. Shrouded, wreathed, broken column
    36. Bottonee Cross
    37. Fleury Cross
    38. Fleury Cross
    39. Fleury Cross
    40. Celtic Crosses
    41. Celtic Crosses
    42. Celtic Cross
    43. Celtic Cross
    44. Celtic Cross and “IHS”
    45. Celtic Cross and “IHS”
    46. Celtic Cross
    47. Celtic Cross
    48. Celtic Cross
    49. Eastern Orthodox (Russian) Cross
    50. Russian Cross
    51. Russian Cross
    52. Russian Cross
    53. Russian Cross
    54. Rustic Russian Cross
    55. Russian Cross and Roses
    56. “ Inhabited” Russian Cross
    57. “ Canopied” Russian Cross
    58. Slate Inscription
    59. Shrouded Die and Cross
    60. Celtic Cross
    61. Celtic Cross
    62. Rustic Cross
    63. Rustic Cross
    64. Rustic Cross
    65. Canopied Cross
    66. Dove
    67. Dove
    68. Dove
    69. Dove
    70. Finial
    71. Grapevine
    72. Clasped hands
    73. Clasped Hands
    74. IHS
    75. Heart
    76. Ivy
    77. Ivy
    78. Koen
    79. Lily
    80. Lily
    81. Lion
    82. Magen David – the “Star of David”
    83. Koen
    84. 7-branched candelabra
    85. AIF plaque - Christian
    86. AIF plaque - Jewish
    87. AIF soldier headstone - Jewish
    88. Magen David and Koen
    89. Scroll
    90. Canopied Angel and Broken Column
    91. Broken Column
    92. Mourner
    93. Mourner
    94. Sport
    95. Sport
    96. Richard Ramo’s Mausoleum
    97. Richard Ramo’s Mausoleum
    98. Richard Ramo’s Mausoleum
    99. Richard Ramo’s Mausoleum
    100. Richard Ramo’s Mausoleum
    101. Richard Ramo’s Mausoleum
    102. Richard Ramo’s Mausoleum
    103. Richard Ramo’s Mausoleum
    104. Richard Ramo’s Mausoleum
    105. Sailor’s hat
    106. Cross
    107. Canopied Chest Tomb
    108. Canopied Chest Tomb
    109. Canopied Chest Tomb
    110. “ Sursum Corda”
    111. “ Lift Up Your Hearts”
    112. Life’s Journey: From Greece to Brisbane
    113. Flaming, Shrouded Urn
    114. Sentinel Obelisks and Mourner
    115. Monogram
    116. Monogram
    117. Crossed Rifles and Scroll
    118. Governor Blackall’s Gothic Spire
    119. Military Glory
    120. Monogram
    121. Obelisk
    122. Obelisk
    123. Obeliski
    124. Columns and Obeliski
    125. Obelisk
    126. Pebbles
    127. Pebbles
    128. Pebbles
    129. Portrait
    130. Star
    131. Rustic Scroll
    132. Chest Tomb
    133. Square & compasses
    134. Torah (Jewish Holy Text)
    135. Rose
    136. Draped Urn
    137. Jewish ritual washing

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