Gravestone at Port Campbell, Victoria, Australia commemorating members of the Carmichael family who died in the wreck of the ‘Loch Ard’ 1878
Location
Cliff top, Port Campbell, Victoria, Australia, Rest of the World
Transcript
'SHALL NOT THE JUDGE OF ALL THE EARTH DO RIGHT / SACRED / TO / THE MEMORY OF / MRS EVORY CARMICHAEL / AND MISS RABY CARMICHAEL / WHOSE BODIES LIE BENEATH / ALSO/IN REMEMBRANCE OF / DR EVORY CARMICHAEL / MISSES MARGARET AND ANNIE / CARMICHAEL / ALL OF WHOM WERE LOST IN THE CALAMITOUS WRECK / OF THE 'LOCH ARD' / SATURDAY, JUNE 1ST, 1878 / THIS STONE WAS ERECTED BY / EVA AND WILLIAM CARMICHAEL / THE FORMER OF WHOM / WAS MOST MIRACULOUSLY PRESERVED / IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF THEIR DECEASED / PARENTS, ROTHERS AND SISTERS'
Details
Type: Gravestone
Materials: Stone
Date Erected: 1879
Vessel: Loch Ard
Materials: Stone
Date Erected: 1879
Vessel: Loch Ard
People
Carmichael, Evory
Age: 40
Date of Death: 1/6/1878
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Passenger
Organisation: Loch Line
Carmichael, Evory
Age: 45
Date of Death: 1/6/1878
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Passenger
Organisation: Loch Line
Carmichael, Rebecca
Age: 20
Date of Death: 1/6/1878
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Passenger
Organisation: Loch Line
Carmichael, Margaret
Age:
Date of Death: 1/6/1878
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Passenger
Organisation: Loch Line
Carmichael, Annie
Age:
Date of Death: 1/6/1878
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Passenger
Organisation: Loch Line
Carmichael, Evory
Age:
Date of Death: 1/6/1878
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Passenger
Organisation: Loch Line
Carmichael, Thomas
Age:
Date of Death: 1/6/1878
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Passenger
Organisation: Loch Line
Age: 40
Date of Death: 1/6/1878
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Passenger
Organisation: Loch Line
Carmichael, Evory
Age: 45
Date of Death: 1/6/1878
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Passenger
Organisation: Loch Line
Carmichael, Rebecca
Age: 20
Date of Death: 1/6/1878
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Passenger
Organisation: Loch Line
Carmichael, Margaret
Age:
Date of Death: 1/6/1878
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Passenger
Organisation: Loch Line
Carmichael, Annie
Age:
Date of Death: 1/6/1878
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Passenger
Organisation: Loch Line
Carmichael, Evory
Age:
Date of Death: 1/6/1878
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Passenger
Organisation: Loch Line
Carmichael, Thomas
Age:
Date of Death: 1/6/1878
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Passenger
Organisation: Loch Line
Extra
Notes: Stone moved and erected by William Carmichael. Dr Evory Carmichael was acting as ship's doctor in return for nominal sum and free accommodation.
Bibliography: D. E. Charlwood 'The wreck of the Loch Ard' (Sydney, 1971) p. 96.
Bibliography: D. E. Charlwood 'The wreck of the Loch Ard' (Sydney, 1971) p. 96.