Escott Grave

Affectionate remembrance of 

ELIZABETH ESCOTT

Who died 15th June 1856

Aged 53 years

Also FANNY her daughter

Who died 6th Dec 1855

Aged 15 years

A tender mother and a loving wife.

Here sleeps in humble hope of better life.

By side of daughter, loved and cherished well.

We leave the judgment day the rest to tell.

After the death of her husband, Elizabeth Escott and seven of her eleven children emigrated to the goldfields from England in 1853. Within two years, two of her daughters had died, and Elizabeth herself died a year later.

Escott Grave is included in the "Gold Rush to Mount Alexander - The Diggings" historic audio tour, a fantastic self guided journey through the region. You can listen to the audio for this particular stop along the tour here. 

The grave is located among the trees right beside the track, to the left if you're travelling up along Evenmore Track from the Vaughan-Chewton Road.

• Lone graves of the Victorian Goldfields
• Fascinating cemeteries of the Victorian Goldfields
• Dark side of the Victorian Goldfields