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Bullock team hauling empty molasses tankers from the Normanby Distillery to the Strathpine Railway Station, ca. 1948 Hornibrook Highway ca. 1970Carmody's Royal Hotel in 1978Redcliffe BeachRedcliffe JettySeries of proofs - Buildings in the Pine Rivers ShireThe Morrison family home in the Samford Valley, 1907Caboolture River Bridge on Morayfield Road, ca. 1920sOpposite the Redcliffe Jetty  ca. 1925

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The Moreton Bay Local History Collection captures the history of the Moreton Bay Region, showing how our communities and suburbs have grown and changed over time, from the influences of large manufacturers, to the growth of our suburban centres and communities that are along the coastline and D'Aguilar Range.

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Railway carriage set up as holiday accommodation, Mt NeboRe-enactment of a Cobb & Co. coach arriving at Our Lady of the Way Primary School, Petrie, 1988Scrub TurkeyMill Construction - Power StationBathing at Woody PointE. Boardman General StoreRedcliffe Divisional Board 1900Albany Creek Shopping Centre, Albany Creek, ca. late 1980sLower King Street Caboolture looking west from about William StreetChildren on the bridgeVisit by the Governor of Queensland - Sir Colin Thomas HannahMachine Construction - Petrie MillBuildingPresbyterian ChurchAustralia Day celebrations at the North Pine Country Park, 1 February 1982Wararba Creek Bridge, ca. 1960Camelot HouseOyster PointMachineryThe Boardman FamilyStudents with a teacher from Pine Rivers State High School, ca. 1980sCrops growing on hillsidesCamping HoneymoonFire Engine GarageE.B. Southerden Drapery Stores, Queen Street Brisbane, 1859Ships and boats in harbourSutton HouseSutton House, 65 Marine Parade (Boarding House)Caboolture Shire Centenary CelebrationsFront view of a Dennis Lancet bus, ca. 1951Suttons BeachLouis Oldfield Bancroft on a horse near a creek, ca. 1895Celebration of St Peters Parish Centenary in July 19942022 Flood - Mungarra Reserve - Nelson Road BridgeOld bakery shop owned by the Piggott family, Gympie Road Strathpine, 1975Hard at WorkTommy EngeliOpening of the Pine Rivers Shire Council building, Gympie Road Strathpine on 5 March 1960Clontarf BeachBelvedere HotelYoung childrenCorporate Day 1991Ferdinand Schmidt and his wife Christiana Johanna Schmidt (nee Wetzel), early selectors at Laceys CreekCamping on Suttons BeachGroup photographMt Mee Public Hall, ca. 1934Bill White driving a Pine Shire Council grader, 1930Lakeside International Raceway, Lakeside Road Kurwongbah, 2006Alec and Meg Cochran at Coochin Creek in 1978Packing shed of Fred Jackson's banana farm, ca. mid 1920

We respectfully acknowledge the Traditional Country across our region. We also acknowledge and pay our respects
to the Kabi Kabi, Jinibara and Turrbal Traditional Custodians, and their elders past, present and emerging.