Christ Church (Anglican) memorial reserve, Milton, Brisbane

In 1914, some unclaimed headstones were placed in the Memorial Reserve situated between Lang Park and Christ Church. There is a plaque to that effect in the memorial reserve.

Although very worn and almost unreadable, one of these unclaimed headstones appears to be that of the infamous Patrick Mayne and his infant daughter Evelina Selina. We believe that Patrick & Evelina were originally buried in Paddington Cemetery, but were re-interred at Toowong Cemetery in 1889, after the death and burial of his wife and her mother Mary in Toowong Cemetery. As Patrick and Evelina are included on the headstone in Toowong Cemetery, their headstone in Paddington Cemetery was probably left behind and forgotten about. As the Maynes were a staunch Catholic family, it is ironic that this headstone should have found its way into the grounds of an Anglican church!

When Paddington Cemetery was closed there were 4000 people interred. Only 120 families took up the offer for re-internment at Toowong. 500 headstones were saved. Of these, by 1932, only 21 remained. 20 of these were re-erected at Christ Church. Some of these are interesting, including Patrick Mayne of recent fame.

Visit the church's WWW site for more information on the church and cemetery.