George & Mary's headstone
at Yambuk Cemetery
BY
JANE ROWBOTTOM
IN MEMORY OF
MARY ANN ROBERTS
DIED 30 MARCH 1876 AGED 64 YEARS
and
GEORGE ROBERTS
DIED 17 NOV 1879 AGED 78 YEARS
TWELVE YEARS THE GRASS HAS GROWN
AROUND YOUR GRAVE WITHOUT A STONE,
TWELVE YEARS AND YET TO ME
AS YESTERDAY IT SEEMS TO BE,
MANY A THING OF OLD APPEARS,
COVERED WITH THE DUST OF YEARS."
George & Mary's headstone Yambuk Cemetery before repair.