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Carmody'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. 1925Bullock team hauling empty molasses tankers from the Normanby Distillery to the Strathpine Railway Station, ca. 1948 Hornibrook Highway ca. 1970

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The Moreton Bay Local History Collection captures the history of the City of Moreton Bay, 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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An S.E.5 a Super or Fast Scout to which Gwerne was posted as PilotSS Koopa Petrie Bight ReachAubrey Austin holding his son Eric alongside a Thornycroft three ton truck carting the bitumen tanker in the mid 1920sScenes along the way from the Ferny Grove to Dayboro Train Walk 1994George Greensill with horse teamsNew Years Eve Fireworks, Bribie IslandStage 2 of the new Pine Rivers Shire Council Chambers, 1970sEmerald at Redcliffe JettyHighway OpeningGroup of people with a sulky, ca. 1960Caboolture Library - Hasking Street Caboolture - 16 May 2020 - reopening been missing you promotionClontarf Beach State School Grade 5C, 1963OlivineBathing BellesPetrie Historical Society walk around Petrie, 1996Tangalooma Whaling Station - 2Mill Rollers being installedMemorial Gates in their original location at the entry to the Lawnton ShowgroundsMorayfield Road Caboolture in late 1931Main World War II fort on Bribie Island in 1979Wrights Creek - New Bridge - Banksia BeachRollerdromeThe foreshore near the Bancroft Sea BathsMill OperationsGroup photographSt Bernadette's ChurchRock cliffs covered in Pandanus Palms along the foreshore at Caloundra, 1890Williams SistersCrowds on Suttons BeachBuilding under constructionEddie Mole worked at the Petrie MillCementing at Bev & Norm's Granny Flat - 2Laying Foundation Stone at St Bernadette'sHouses on Marine ParadeTrain rideCaboolture State High School - Form 11a in 1968Opening of Norman L. Reilly Park in Strathpine, ca. 1993SeabraeBeerburrum Place Shopping Centre near completion, ca. 1983Accepting a prizeMill ConstructionRed Cliffs at ScarboroughFather Bartholomew Joseph FrawleyCaboolture Butter Factory, ca. 1930February 2022 Floods - Gympie Road StrathpineGolf Club Time CapsuleBond family home at King Scrub, ca. 1900Scarborough BeachTennis courts at the Caboolture Sports Complex - 15 Riverview Street CabooltureOsprey nest

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to the Kabi Kabi, Jinibara and Turrbal Traditional Custodians, and their elders past, present and emerging.