Welcome to Brisbane City Archives

City Archives has trawled though many tens of thousands of files, photos, plans, and other records since our establishment in April 1994. Despite all this time, we never cease to find items that ...

2025 represents a major milestone in the history of Brisbane City Council. October 1925 marks 100 years since the City of Brisbane Act 1924 came into force creating the largest municipality in th...

This collection contains the post-1925 minutes. These pertain to the current Council boundaries. For pre-1925 minutes prior to amalgamation, please see this collection.  Currently the collectio...

John Ward was a prolific photographer who documented public transport in Australia for over 50 years. Notably, he took extensive photos of the last days of the Brisbane tramways, and an hour of ...

The City Archives holds an extensive historic map collection primarily based on plans produced by Councils Works Department reflecting a major function of Council, that is the development and pla...

  The Detail Plans records provide a dated record of Brisbane’s built environment in addition to contour levels. Initially created to plan for installation of sewerage pipes across the cit...

Building Application Records   This collection includes copies of surviving pre-November 1945 Building approval records held by the Brisbane City Council Archives. These applications include b...

Council operates 12 cemeteries and crematoria across Brisbane.  Nine of these locations are designated as 'historic', which means they were established as cemeteries in the 1800s. Background U...

  These maps were compiled between 1950-51 as part of the process to produce a town plan (realised in 1965). The purpose was to identify current use of land to assist in future zonings. Recorde...

  This collection features items from the South Moreton Bay Bicentennial Historical Collection held at Wynnum Library. Images relate to Wynnum-Manly and surrounds. 

  The City Report videos were produced by Council's Information Unit between 1978 and 1981. The series of short 5 minute promotional films were shown on commercial television prior to the eveni...