The White Hat Guide to Mr Eternity

 

 

For 40 years, Arthur Stace cryptically chalked the word 'Eternity' in perfect copperplate on the footpaths of Sydney and elsewhere.

A silent reminder of this inscription can be found in Sydney Park - appropriately enough with no plaque or other explanation. The chalked inscription mysteriously appeared on the bell in the Sydney GPO tower in 1963. It has remained there ever since.

At the culmination of the millennium New Year's Eve celebrations in Sydney, a giant reproduction of Stace's 'Eternity' was illuminated by fireworks on the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

Arthur Stace's tombstone reads as follows:

 

At the foot of the grave a single word is engraved in copperplate script -