Headstone Damage Gallery - Friends of South Brisbane Cemetery

Headstone Damage Gallery

Monuments in the cemetery are regularly damaged by trees, at a rate that would result in up to a hundred headstones being affected each decade. Better tree management is essential to securing the long term future of this heritage place.

This tree is dangerously close to pushing over this headstone. South Brisbane Cemetery, March 2014. (FOSBC)

This headstone was pushed over by a tree growing in the grave. South Brisbane Cemetery, March 2019. (FOSBC)

This tree fell in a storm and damaged several headstones. South Brisbane Cemetery, November 2014. (FOSBC)

This obelisk was knocked off the rest of the monument by a medium-sized falling bough. South Brisbane Cemetery, January 2019. (FOSBC)

This large tree fell after heavy rainfall and damaged several headstones. South Brisbane Cemetery, March 2019. (FOSBC)

Headstone broken by the falling tree, South Brisbane Cemetery, March 2019. (FOSBC)

This tree fell during moderate winds and damaged several graves. South Brisbane Cemetery, September 2020.

Damage by tree that fell during moderate winds, South Brisbane Cemetery, September 2020. (FOSBC)

This fallen tree damaged graves. South Brisbane Cemetery, circa 2015.

trees and heritage — This tree pushed graves apart as it grew between them. South Brisbane Cemetery, 2007. (FOSBC)

A large bough of a diseased tree snapped and damaged a few headstones, South Brisbane Cemetery, June 2017. (FOSBC)

This base and roots of this tree damages the neighbouring grave. South Brisbane Cemetery, 2007. (FOSBC)

A grave that was lifted 45 degrees by a tree. neighbouring grave. South Brisbane Cemetery, 2007. (FOSBC)

This is tree is overwhelming the grave it grows in. neighbouring grave. South Brisbane Cemetery, 2007. (FOSBC)

This tree fell during heavy rain and lifted the neighbouring grave. neighbouring grave. South Brisbane Cemetery, December 2019. (FOSBC)

This tree is embedded and spreading within a stone monument, pushing it apart from the inside. South Brisbane Cemetery, 2011.

A monument begins to lean as a tree grows beneath the side of the grave. South Brisbane Cemetery, 2019. (FOSBC)

The roots of this tree are destroying the grave. South Brisbane Cemetery, 2019. (FOSBC)

This tree fell during heavy rain. South Brisbane Cemetery, December 2019. (FOSBC)