City of Brisbane: History
The Government of Queensland created the City of Brisbane with a view to uniting the 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, twenty 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.