 In her final years Meredith suffered from chronic sciatica and became blind in one eye.She died in Collingwood, Victoria (a suburb of Melbourne) on 21 October 1895, was buried at Melbourne General Cemetery in Carlton North, Victoria and was survived by sons Owen and George.Meredith was the author of two novels, "Phoebe's Mother" (1869), which had appeared in the Melbourne weekly "The Australasian" in 1866 under the title of "Ebba", and "Nellie, or Seeking Goodly Pearls" (1882).