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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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Redcliffe HotelEsplanade and Redcliffe JettyAustralia Day celebrations at the North Pine Country Park, 1 February 1982C.S. Burton & A.S. Gehrmann with Clem LoweConstruction and Machinery - Petrie MillCamp Ritter - Chandler ReserveHolidaymakersThrough the TreesAudrey McMahonConstruction of extensions to Westfield Shoppingtown, Strathpine, 1998Proof Sheets for publication Tracks and Times, 1988 - Proof Sheet 16Petrie Mill - Machine - 1974 - 31 August 1974RedcliffeThe Queensland Brands Directory for 1911Building under constructionFlood level at the electricity pole beside 53 Deans StreetNorth Pine School (now Petrie State School), 1912View from the Military Hospital at Toorbul Point (now Sandstone Point) during WWIIProperty known as Rossmoyne at King Scrub, before 1920On board the SS KoopaDayboro Railway Station, early 1920sLakeside International Raceway, Lakeside Road Kurwongbah, 2006Series of proofs - Buildings in the Pine Rivers ShireNursing sister and patients inside the 12 bed hospital at Toorbul Point (Sandstone Point) during WWIIDon and Joyce Bond with a horsedrawn harrow at King ScrubBelvedere Hotel Renovations 2023Bribie Island's part time ambulance station in the 1950sBus at depotAerial map of Strathpine area, ca. 1943Slab barn on property owned by Bradley family, Dayboro Road, Dayboro, 1976Mr Darcy Kelly, Patriarch of Mt Nebo, 1987Percy Frost who was a BakerCaboolture Shire Centenary CelebrationsWoody Point Jetty - 4Wallace and his pets1974 Floods on Bribie IslandCr Wilson's presentation for 20 Years Service in Local GovernmentFairfield - Slushing Department No. 5Ambassador HotelCr Alan J. Russell, ca. 1975Administration Block being constructedNorth Pine River water levels rising at Youngs CrossingHis LordshipA worker using a grader as part of roadworksOn Suttons BeachAboriginal people of the Moreton Bay DistrictMachineryDoreenBleak House, Samford, ca. 1985Samsonvale Cemetery, 1988

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