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 ...

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...

  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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

  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...

  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. This wo...

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

Often known simply as the "Mahlstedt Maps", these plans were produced for insurance companies in order to assess the risk of fire, and set premiums based on the perceived risk of damage or destru...