Paddington Cemetery operated from 1844 to 1875 and was Brisbane Town's principal cemetery. It is currently underneath a section of Lang Park Stadium.

Like most Victorian cemeteries the grounds were divided into sections based on religious denominations, heathens and paupers. By 1910 the cemetery fell into disrepair and it was proposed the grounds be turned into a recreation reserve. In 1911 the remains of 186 people were removed and reburied, mainly in Toowong Cemetery, and 136 memorials were removed and relocated. A further 505 memorials and headstones were transferred to a small reserve established next to Christ Church, Milton in 1913 to 1914.

A register of the reburials was created and the list published in the Government Gazette in 1914. A report on the closure of the cemetery and the reburial works undertaken were also included, however, as there were no formal burial registers kept during the cemetery's operation, it is impossible to trace all the 4643 grave sites that were identified when the cemetery closed.

By 1914 the creation of a parkland was underway. The parkland was named Lang Park in honour of John Dunmore Lang's contribution to the Brisbane area.

In the 1930s works were undertaken and most of the 505 memorials and headstones were removed and a new memorial garden of 21 headstones was established at the rear of Christ Church. Unfortunately the register was not updated to record the removal of these memorials. It is believed that the memorials were broken up and buried at Toowong Cemetery.

During the redevelopment of the Stadium in 2001/02 part of the former cemetery was excavated by archaeologists from the University of Queensland and they excavated 394 graves. None were identifiable. All were taken to Toowong Cemetery and interred in two vaults under a specially commissioned monument in July 2003. The Paddington Cemetery monument is located at Toowong Cemetery (2144829) Portion 17 Section 1.