Headstone, Feak Fune 1851 (1859)
Date Published
: cemeteries / graves / headstones
: Sydney
: Sydney
: 1859
Likely Amoy man
Information provided by Newtown Erskineville Anglican Church regarding headstone of Feak Fune: Feak Fune was a common interment, but it appears that the plot was later purchased (as marked on the burial record - this may be why he was allowed to have a headstone). His burial number is recorded in Section 22 (next to Lennox Street; section plan attached), but his headstone is currently in the grounds of the cemetery lodge, at the front of the cemetery
Headstone, Chin Fun Jaap (Feak Fune), Camperdown Cemetery, Sydney.
Headstone of a Chinese man 陳 (Chan / Tan) 寬集 (Kuan-chip) / Feak Fune at Camperdown Cemetery, Sydney.
The inscription on the gravestone reads:
**(Right column)**
崩崗中九村
(Bēng gāng zhōng jiǔ cūn)
— “Benggang Zhongjiu Village” (a village name, possibly in Fujian or Guangdong).
**(Centre column)**
咸豐元年
辛酉九月立
( Xiánfēng yuán nián, xīn yǒu jiǔ yuè lì )
— “Erected in the first year of the Xianfeng reign (1851), in the ninth month of the year of the Rooster.”
However, since the stone is marked “1859,” it might have been re-inscribed later or restored.
**(Left column)**
寬集陳公塋墓
(Kuān jí chén gōng yíng mù)
— “The grave of Mr. Chen from Kuanji.”
**Translation (overall meaning):**
> The grave of Mr. Chen from Kuanji Village, Benggang Zhongjiu, erected in the first year of the Xianfeng reign (around 1851, possibly re-inscribed 1859).
**Notes:**
* “公” (gong) is an honorific meaning “Mr.” or “respected elder.”
* “塋墓” (yíng mù) literally means “burial ground” or “tomb.”
* The Western inscription “ANDREWS & SON” refers to a Sydney stonemason active mid-19th century, confirming the headstone’s colonial Australian origin.
This gravestone is therefore of a Chinese man (surname **Chen 陳**) from **Benggang Zhongjiu Village**, who likely came from Fujian or eastern Guangdong, buried in New South Wales in 1859.
Headstone of Feak Fune, St Stephen's
Chin Fun Jaap??
Burial records, Fune Feak
