Download coordinates as: West End is an inner southern suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

Before the arrival of Europeans in West End, there was an important habitual Aboriginal camp in the area around the upper part of Musgrave Park where Brisbane State High School now stands.

[10] The entire riverbank in the West End area was covered with impenetrable rain forest.

This was described as a "tangled mass of trees, vines, flowering creepers, staghorns, elkhorns, towering scrub palms, giant ferns, and hundreds of other varieties of the fern family, beautiful and rare orchids, and the wild passion flower".

[11] Bush rats or fawn-footed melomys existed in large numbers in the rain forest and were hunted by driving them into nets.

A creek ran down from the Dornoch Terrace area into a reservoir at the corner of Melbourne and Manning streets from where water was sold.

There was a spring near the site of the Boundary Hotel[12] which was used by residents from the south side of Brisbane to collect water with long queues forming in dry periods.

[19] However, no burials were conducted there as the much larger South Brisbane Cemetery was established in Dutton Park in 1868.

[25][26] In the 1880s, there was industrial development along Montague Road, including the South Brisbane Gas Works, sawmills and a steam joinery.

[27] The farms and orchards were steadily subdivided into suburban allotments which were popular due to the proximity of West End to the city, the river breezes and improving public transport.

[38] The foundation stone for St Francis of Assisi Catholic Church was laid on 10 June 1923 by the Apostolic Delegate, Monsignor Bartolomeo Cattaneo.

[41][42][17] The former Tristram's Drink Factory at 79 Boundary Street was built in 1928 and is one of Australia's best examples of the Mission Revival Style architecture.

[53] The most common ancestries in West End are English 20.6%, Australian 16.8%, Irish 10.1%, Scottish 8.0% and Greek 5.2%.

[53][54][55] 56.6% of people living in West End were born in Australia, compared to the national average of 69.8%.

66.4% of people spoke only English at home; the next most popular languages were Greek 5.9%, Vietnamese 3.3%, Mandarin 2.0%, Cantonese 1.4% and Spanish 1.1%.

[68] In May 2012, it was announced that the South Brisbane Riverside Neighbourhood Plan would be resubmitted to allow the construction of 12-storey buildings, considerably higher than the previous seven-storey limit.

[69] According to the Brisbane City Council's Neighbourhood Planning chairwoman, Amanda Cooper, there are six sites located between Montague Road and the Brisbane River, south of Davies Park, which are at least one-hectare in area, a requirement for construction of the increased building heights.

[71] The area's major attraction is its café and restaurant scene, as well as its shopping, which is centred along Boundary Street.

Weekend 'brunch' culture is prevalent in West End, with numerous cafes and restaurants serving the area.

Given the value of riverside property now that flooding is better managed, factories are now being sold to make way for upscale waterfront apartments.

This loop was introduced partly to compensate for existing infrastructure delays from the Brisbane Metro transport project.

[81] CityCat services leave from the West End ferry wharf in Orleigh Street.

[82] West End has a number of galleries and artist-run initiatives which showcase the works of local artists.

However, as Southbank is primarily commercial, many artists and students live in the much larger and residential West End.

[85][86] Queensland Cup rugby league team, the Souths Logan Magpies, play their home games at Davies Park, West End (Bill Tyquin Oval).

Prior to 2003, it was the famous Souths Magpies who competed on the Davies Park field, and renowned players such as Mal Meninga, Gary Belcher, Peter Jackson, Mick Veivers, Greg Veivers, Harold 'Mick' Crocker, Frank Drake, Mitch Brennan, Bob Lindner, Ash Lumby, Norm Carr, Richo Hill and Chris Phelan wore the black and white of the club.

Current ARLC Chief John Grant was another ex-Souths player, representing Australia from the club, while veteran rugby league coach Wayne Bennett was a premiership-winning mentor with the Magpies in the mid-1980s.

During the 1970s and 1980s, the Magpies were an institution in West End with their 1981 and 1985 Brisbane Rugby League grand final victories.

[89] Its new name was suggested by Aboriginal activist Sam Watson,[91] and the park was officially renamed in December 2017.