The cemetery was opened in 1871 and was under the control of a Board of Trustees until 1905 when, due to difficulties in finding citizens willing to be trustees, responsibility for the cemetery was passed to Dalby Town Council.



Gravesites are generally arranged in rows and there are areas without any marked graves particularly in the northwest corner, large sections of the eastern part and also in between marked graves. There is a wide variety of grave ornaments reflecting funerary customs from the 1870s until 1980. Most graves are surrounded by a concrete border, some with decorative corner elements, and a covered with a plate; other grave surrounds include wrought iron fencing. Headstones include stelae in a variety of style, desk mounted tablets and a variety of crosses, some mounted on pedestals and tiered bases. The cemetery also includes some more elaborate monuments, including a stylised portal consisting of double Ionic fluted columns with ivy ornamentation supporting a decorative entablature with curved pediment. Based on historical research it is fair to assume that the cemetery contains a number of unmarked graves.



Council continues to maintain the cemetery which has been closed to new interments since 31 December 1980. Council's resolution is to honour only grave sites that have been previously reserved. The need to close the cemetery to new interments was hastened by rising maintenance costs, the difficulties experienced with the cemetery layout and the lack of certainty of the location of unmarked graves. A survey was completed to mark locations of graves but due to the portability of the grave markers the accuracy cannot be guaranteed.



The Dalby Monumental Cemetery is no longer open for interments.