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Redcliffe 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. 1970Carmody's Royal Hotel in 1978

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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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Putt Putt Course at RedcliffeHeritage Festival at the North Pine Country Park (as part of the Pine Rivers Festival, 6 June - 14 June)Lions Park, 3 Morayfield Road Caboolture, 2020Early Redcliffe buildingRear view of Ned Nielsen's loaded timber truckOfficial opening of the North Pine Water Supply Scheme at Petrie, 22 April 1961Mill under constructionSamford men who helped build the Farmers' Hall, 1919Australia Day celebrations at the North Pine Country Park, 1 February 1982Mill Construction - Power StationDayboro District Heritage Society, Dayboro CottageJames Drysdale Recreational Park, Jinker Road BunyaCane cutting gang from Pine Rivers, 1913Todd's Cottage, North Pine Country ParkButcher shop used by the United States of America (US) 1st Cavalry Division during WW2 (WWII), 1987Scaffolding around the construction of the building known as the Caboolture Hub, 4 Hasking Street CabooltureGympie Road Strathpine, 1998Corrigan's StoreDonkey rideBeryl Ollenberg and her bridesmaid Alma FenwickPine Rivers Shire Council Recycling Scheme promotion with Allan (Alfie) LangerTractor loaded with timber at Mt Mee, 1930Trawler Nekwah - 6Bacterial root disease of Leguminous1931 flood at Caboolture Railway StationPool Promotion Day at Lawnton Swimming Pool, Gympie Road Lawnton, 1990sSir Robert Menzies (Prime Minister of Australia) VisitConstruction of Bruce Highway in 1976Official opening of the Deception Bay Library200ft ConveyorRailway workers camp, Dayboro Branch (Ferny Grove to Dayboro) Railway, ca. 1919Woolworths Shopping Centre at MargateThe March to Freedom Column and the Freedom Comforts Fund girlsArbour Day, 1892Welsby Parade BongareeLandsborough and Maleny Mail Service AdvertisementHenry Newman (right)Suttons BeachKing Johnny taking the bark off a small tree with an axeMoving camp at roadworks at Mt Mee, 1930Bow of the SS CormorantBruce LevittYvonne Chapman, 1986Hockey girlsHouseHouse which served briefly as the original Pine Rivers Fire Station, early 1960sRedcliffe JettyArrival of Santa Claus at the Christmas party, 1957A harpooned whale on Moreton IslandIrene

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