Croydon Cemetery, Queensland, Cemetery in Croydon, Queensland, Australia

Croydon Cemetery is a burial ground located south of Croydon's airfield on Julia Creek Road and has been in use since 1889. The site spans several hectares of flat, sandy terrain bordered by native eucalyptus trees, with graves marked by headstones of granite, marble, and sandstone alongside simple brick and metal markers that reflect the varied circumstances of those laid to rest.

Cemetery Reserve R16 was surveyed in September 1888 by W.A. Irwin and gazetted in 1889, though burials likely began earlier. It was the second cemetery laid out near Croydon township and is the only one in the district still in use. The site was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 25 October 2002.

The cemetery reflects the diverse community that arrived during the gold rush, with graves organized by religion and ethnicity. Shells decorate many Chinese graves, symbolizing hope for life after death and safe journeys, while separate sections for Anglican, Catholic, and other faiths show how different traditions coexisted in this mining town.

The cemetery lies on Julia Creek Road, south of Croydon township and near the airfield. It is the only cemetery in the district still in use, so some graves are recent while others date from the gold-rush era. The ground is flat and sandy with little shade, and summer heat is severe.

Croydon Cemetery is the only one of at least ten cemeteries that served the Croydon goldfield still in use today. The field was the last of the north Queensland gold rushes of the nineteenth century, and the cemetery holds the graves of a community that peaked at about 7,000 people in 1887.