Cheltenham Cemetery, Cemetery in the city of Charles Sturt, Australia

Cheltenham Cemetery is a burial ground in the City of Charles Sturt spread across spacious grounds with pathways, trees, and grassed areas. The site contains thousands of graves of varying ages, from simple stones to more elaborate monuments, documenting more than 140 years of local history.

The South Australian colonial administration allocated funds for the burial ground in 1874, and the Port Adelaide Corporation established it in 1876 as the Port Adelaide and Suburban Cemetery, known as Woodville Cemetery. The first recorded burial was Mrs Hannah Mussared on 27 July 1876. The adjoining Cheltenham Mausoleum is part of the site.

The cemetery is central to a piece of Port Adelaide Football Club folklore: the "Cheltenham Cemetery curse". For decades, opposition teams were said to be doomed once they passed the burial ground on the way to Alberton Oval. Among those buried here are premier Léon Edmond Mazure, educator Adelaide Miethke and former governor Sir Eric Neal.

Cheltenham Cemetery lies in the Adelaide suburb of Cheltenham, with an Islamic burial ground in the near vicinity of the precinct. The first recorded interment was Mrs Hannah Mussared on 27 July 1876, so graves from the earliest years sit alongside later ones. The adjoining Cheltenham Mausoleum forms part of the same site.

The cemetery sits adjacent to a small Islamic burial ground, showing how different religious communities maintain their own burial traditions in close proximity. This coexistence reflects the cultural diversity of the region and how it has evolved over more than a century.