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(Diane Watson)
(Diane Watson)

Photographs supplied by Diane Watson / Russell Byers

The memorial commemorates the children of the Zion Mission who lie in unknown graves.

Location

Address:Hedley Avenue, Nundah Cemetery, Nundah, 4012
State:QLD
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -27.407778
Long: 153.067222
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Monument
Monument Theme:Culture
Sub-Theme:Community
Actual Event Start Date:12-February-1846
Actual Event End Date:05-November-1848

Dedication

Approx. Monument Dedication Date:1991
Front Inscription

In remembrance of the small children of the Missionaries who were the first recorded deaths at rhe Zions Hill Mission  Station and who rest in unknown graves.

Mary Sophie Herrmann
Died 12-2-1848 Aged 11 months

Samuel John Gerler
Died 18-3-1846 Aged 8 days

Caroline Elizabeth Gericke
Died 5-11-1848 Aged 18 months

Elizabeth Haussmann
Died 20-11-1847
Aged 14 months
                        

NHPCA 1991

Suffer the little children to come unto Me.  Matt. 19.14

Source: MA
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