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Ann Hill

25 April 1850 — 1 November 1871

Ann Hill (6‑21‑9)

Ann Hill (1850‑1871) was the second person buried in Toowong Cemetery, after Governor Blackall. Walter Hill, her father, was appointed first Superintendent of the Brisbane Botanic Gardens in 1855. As a tribute to Walter Hill, the Walter Hill fountain was erected in the City Botanic Gardens in 1867.

Headstone

Ann Hill's headstone Ann Hill's headstone inscription

Ann Hill's headstone inscription

Inscription

Forget her not
She has gone to her grave when our
hopes were the Strongest
For the sun of her beauty shed
light o'er the scene
Oh we mourn not the blossoms
that linger the longest
Like thise that decay while their
branches are green



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