As some of the older cemeteries were cleared, the remains of those interred there were reburied at Cornelian Bay.

The ceremony had a paupers' section with unmarked graves until its closure in 1935; a memorial plaque for those buried there was placed in 1998.

[5][7][6][2] The cemetery features a number of historic buildings, including the former Jewish Receiving House, cemetery superintendent's house, a shelter dating from 1873 and a blacksmith's shop dating from the former Government Farm.

The cemetery was privatised by the Lennon Labor government in 2008, which leased it to funeral company Millingtons for fifty years.

[12] The Commonwealth War Graves Commission also erected a memorial to 18 Australian service personnel – 16 soldiers, one sailor and one airman – who were cremated at the Crematorium in the latter war,[13] as well as the Tasmania Cremation Memorial, to four service personnel whose ashes were scattered elsewhere in Tasmania.