A site plan was drawn up by Frederick Acheson, a civil engineer in the Public Lands Office, with the layout segregated by religious denomination, a common occurrence at the time.

This influence was reflected in the curving path network following the contours of the site, the creation of defined views and a park like setting.

In the latter half of the twentieth century the cemetery was becoming full and many pathways and grassed verges were used to provide new burial sites.

At the same time, many of the older Victorian monuments began to fall into disrepair due to their age and lack of funding to maintain them.

In 2001 the Peace Haven Mausoleum was built by the Cemetery Trust to cater for growing demand for above-ground burials and interments, and in 2011 garden crypts were opened in a bushland setting near the High Street pedestrian gate.