The location of the cemetery at North Lismore was probably therefore logical at the time. However, with the rapid growth of the township of Lismore on the eastern side of the river, calls were made for a new cemetery. The result was the establishment of Barham Street Cemetery and the first burial there was as early as 1884. In later years this was to become known as the Catholic Cemetery and a larger area now known as the East Lismore Cemetery was gazetted. The first burial there was in 1908.