South Rockhampton Cemetery, Heritage cemetery in Allenstown, Queensland.

South Rockhampton Cemetery is a burial ground in Allenstown with thousands of headstones arranged along Upper Dawson Road. The grounds extend across multiple sections organized by different religious denominations.

Surveyed in May 1860 as Rockhampton's first official general cemetery, it fronted Dawson Road and covered less than half its later area. The council appointed a sexton and opened a burial register in 1864, and trustees took over under the 1865 Cemeteries Act in 1886. The reserve was gazetted in 1872, enlarged to nearly 13 hectares in 1880, and closed to new burials in 1930.

The grounds are divided into sections for different religious communities, each maintaining its own burial area. Walking through these sections, visitors see how different faith groups have been part of this region's story.

The cemetery lies between Dawson Road, Upper Dawson Road, Prospect Street and Ferguson Street in Allenstown. Before 1904 no graves were dug west of the main north–south path because the ground was too rocky, and few were dug east of the creek, so older plots cluster in the central sections. The 1864 wrought iron entry gates now stand in the Japanese gardens, and a new perimeter fence has been erected.

The cemetery's wrought iron entry gates and posts, moved there from Rockhampton's recreation ground in 1864, have since been removed to the Japanese gardens. The site's former sexton's cottage and a Chinese incense burner are also gone. A new perimeter fence now stands around the grounds.