History
The Queensland state government created the City of Brisbane with a view to uniting the then Brisbane metropolitan area under a single planning and governance structure. The City of Brisbane Act 1924 received assent from the Governor on 30 October 1924. On 1 October 1925, 20 local government areas of various sizes were abolished and merged into the new city, namely:
- Cities:
- Brisbane
- South Brisbane
- Towns:
- Hamilton
- Ithaca
- Sandgate
- Toowong
- Windsor
- Wynnum
- Shires:
- Balmoral
- Belmont
- Coorparoo
- Enoggera
- Kedron
- Moggill
- Sherwood
- Stephens
- Taringa
- Tingalpa
- Toombul
- Yeerongpilly
The Council also assumed responsibility for several quasi-autonomous government authorities, such as the Brisbane Tramways Trust.
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