The City of South Brisbane was a local government area on the southern side of the Brisbane River, Queensland, Australia. It was established in 1888 and existed until 1925 when it was amalgamated into the City of Brisbane.

When the Town of Brisbane was first established, it was predominantly on the northern bank of the Brisbane River, but included some areas south of the river, including the ward of Kangaroo Point and the ward of South Brisbane, the area between Vulture Street and the river.

The Queensland Government passed the Divisional Boards Act of 1879 to establish a system of Divisional Boards for the purpose of providing local government for portions of the colony outside the boundaries of municipalities. The first Divisional Boards were proclaimed on 11 November 1879. Although the Woolloongabba Division was intended to be one of the first established, some delays occurred and it was not established until 9 January 1880.

The role of a Divisional Board was to provide such public services as:

• transport, including roads and bridges
• public health, including water, sanitation and drainage
• public amenities, including parks and cemeteries, etc.

Divisional boards were intended to administer areas with lower and more sparse population than that of a municipality. However, population of the Woolloongabba Divisional Board grew rapidly as the result of the introduction of a railway line into South Brisbane. On 7 January 1888, the Borough of South Brisbane was proclaimed a separate Municipal Institution. It combined the areas formerly part of the Division of Woolloongabba and the South Ward of the Municipality of Brisbane. However, the ward of Kangaroo Point remained part of the Town of Brisbane.

In 1891, work commenced on the construction of the South Brisbane Town Hall. The building was officially opened on 1 July 1892. Although it was commonly known as the "Town Hall", it was officially called the South Brisbane Municipal Chambers. The town hall is now listed on the Queensland Heritage Register.

The South Brisbane Memorial Park commemorates those of South Brisbane who died in World War I. On 20 May 1921 the South Brisbane City Council set aside a triangular block land bounded by Stanley Street, Vulture Street and Sidon Street opposite the South Brisbane Town Hall. On 6 August 1923 the park was dedicated Governor-General of Australia, Henry Forster.

The voters elected aldermen to represent them. The aldermen elected one of their number each year to be mayor; this election took place in February each year.

Year	Name of Mayor	Notes and references
1888	William Stephens
1889	William Stephens
1890	Arthur Morry
1891	Thomas Heaslop
1892	Thomas Heaslop
1893	Thomas Heaslop
1894	William Jones
1895	William Jones	William Jones resigned as alderman and mayor in Sept 1895 but was unanimously re-elected a fortnight later.
1896	Abraham Fleetwood Luya
1897	Abraham Fleetwood Luya
1898	Abraham Fleetwood Luya
1899	Philip Nott
1900	John Garsden
1901	William Stephens
1902	John Currie
1903	George Blocksidge
1904	William Jones
1905	John Davies
1906	Robert Edward Burton
1907	Andrew Gillespie
1908	David Ballantyne McCullough
1909	George Henry Schofield
1910	George Alfred Savage
1911	Andrew Gillespie
1912	John Edward Burke
1913	Henry Neylan
1914	Joseph Allen
1915	James Davey
1916	John Edwin Hilton
1917	Robert William Henry Long
1918	Peter Forrest
1919	John Gaffney
1920	Alfred Faulkner
1921	Alfred Faulkner
1922	Alfred Faulkner
1923	Alfred Faulkner
1924	John Keogh
1925	John Keogh

• South Brisbane Town Hall
• South Brisbane Library

• "South Brisbane". Queensland Places. Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland.

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