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We report observations of the linear polarisation of a sample of 50 nearbysouthern bright stars measured to a median sensitivity of $\sim$4.4 $\times10^{-6}$. We find larger polarisations and more highly polarised stars than inthe previous PlanetPol survey of northern bright stars. This is attributed to adustier interstellar medium in the mid-plane of the Galaxy, together with apopulation containing more B-type stars leading to more intrinsically polarisedstars, as well as using a wavelength more sensitive to intrinsic polarisationin late-type giants. Significant polarisation had been identified for only sixstars in the survey group previously, whereas we are now able to deduceintrinsic polarigenic mechanisms for more than twenty.  The four most highly polarised stars in the sample are the four classical Bestars ($\alpha$ Eri, $\alpha$ Col, $\eta$ Cen and $\alpha$ Ara). For the threeof these objects resolved by interferometry, the position angles are consistentwith the orientation of the circumstellar disc determined. We find significantintrinsic polarisation in most B stars in the sample; amongst these are anumber of close binaries and an unusual binary debris disk system. Howeverthese circumstances do not account for the high polarisations of all the Bstars in the sample and other polarigenic mechanisms are explored. Intrinsicpolarisation is also apparent in several late type giants which can beattributed to either close, hot circumstellar dust or bright spots in thephotosphere of these stars. Aside from a handful of notable debris disksystems, the majority of A to K type stars show polarisation levels consistentwith interstellar polarisation.

The linear polarisation of southern bright stars measured at the parts-per-million level