[1] The most prominent of the known individuals buried in the cemetery is Arthur Sidney Lyon, who died in Cleveland on 22 October 1861 (QRG 1861).

Note that he is incorrectly recorded on memorial stone and interpretation signage at the cemetery as Sydney Arthur Lyons.

Lyon apparently resigned as editor in December of the following year following arguments with his partner,[8] however he is still listed as the publisher for the newspaper until its purchase by Theophilus Pugh in May 1861.

[9] Lyon went on to establish and run the Moreton Bay Free Press from 1849 to 1855, the North Australian in Ipswich from 1855 to 1858, followed by the Darling Downs Gazette from 1858, presumably until his death in 1861.

[1][13][14] A memorial with the names of ten persons interred in the cemetery was erected at the site by teacher Merv Beitz from Cleveland State School as a practical history exercise for his class.

It is delineated by concrete edging and filled with sandy loam to approximately 10 centimetres (3.9 in) depth below the current ground surface.

The cemetery is important historically as the burial site of Arthur Sidney Lyon (1861) who was known as "The Father of the Queensland Press".

[1] The Cleveland Pioneer Cemetery has the potential to provide new and important information that will contribute to our understanding of the early history and demography of settlement in the Redlands region.

Archaeological investigations at the site have potential to reveal subsurface evidence of the actual location and number of burials in the cemetery.

Such investigation may answer important research questions about the organisation and layout of the cemetery and how this differed from the original plans.

[1] Additional archaeological investigations have potential to contribute to the comparative analysis of burial practices across Queensland and through time.

Important research questions can be formulated about the actual burial practices in early satellite settlements and regional communities.