From 1804 to 1872 burials for the settlement of Hobart Town were held at what is now called St David’s Park.  In 1872, when the new cemetery at Cornelian Bay was opened, St David’s Burial Ground and other small cemeteries within Hobart were closed.  

In 1927 St David’s Burial Ground was turned into a park.  In the 1970’s the Hobart City Council removed any legible headstones and placed them along a walk beside the Supreme Court and St David’s Park. 

“There is a memorial in the Park to mark Collins' burial place, but it's thought it's not actually over the grave and has been said to be 30 metres from the actual site.” http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2010/03/09/2841001.htm

I knew that the headstone for the grave of my 4th great grandmother, Mary ‘Ann’ Peters (nee Hews), had not survived. However I wanted to visit the place where she had been buried near 200 years ago, to take a few moments to gratefully honour her bravery.

"There are so many ways to be brave in this world.

Sometimes bravery involves laying down your life for something bigger than yourself, or for someone else. 

Sometimes it involves giving up everything you have ever known, or everyone you have ever loved, for the sake of something greater.

But sometimes it doesn't.

Sometimes it is nothing more than gritting your teeth through pain, and the work of every day, the slow walk toward a better life." 

~ Veronica Roth.