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Opposite 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 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. 1920s

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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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Construction and Machinery - Petrie MillScouts plant treesMary Ann Tinney in 1920Walter Henry Mills war diary (WWI) - handwrittenRedcliffe Town Council MuseumGetting throughGroup of men repairing a fence, ca. 197075th Anniversary of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia in King Street CabooltureTerrors Creek (Dayboro) School, ca. 1907Anzac Day March in Caboolture, ca. 1940February 2022 Floods - Woodford ShowgroundsConstruction - Petrie MillCaboolture Showgrounds, ca. 1920sAerial photograph looking north along the railway line and Gympie RoadMiss Balingool, Toorbul, 1960sMaryvale - M.G. SetJames Austin's house in Lawnton Pocket Road Lawnton, 1917Scaffolding around the construction of the building known as the Caboolture Hub, 4 Hasking Street CabooltureDennis Lancet busAlbert StreetGathering at Oxley MemorialRedcliffe Jetty Official opening of the North Pine Water Supply Scheme at Petrie, 22 April 1961Suttons BeachPouring the floor for the new Donnybrook Bowls Club building on 17 January 1981Petrie Mill - Machine - 1974 - 1 September 1974Unknown Female Staff MemberThomas Petrie Mural, Strathpine Community Centre, 1998Electrical box Corrigan's StorePine Meadows housing estate, Murrumba Downs, 1996Fahey's Barn, North Pine Country Park, 1994Scarborough State School Class PhotoThurecht's Redcliffe sawmillMachinery - 5 September 1974Caravan Park at ScarboroughMoreton Bay HotelL. MartinConstruction work at Lawnton Swimming Pool, Gympie Road Lawnton, ca. 1990Mullet Run RedcliffeBacterial root disease of LeguminousNolan's homestead, South Pine Road Brendale (Section 92, Parish of Warner), 1976Ready for the journeyCentenary Lakes (Stage one) near Morayfield Road Cabooltue in 2024 - 2-14 Elliott Street CabooltureJeff and Alice NewtonReverend Neville Ross (Industrial Chaplain) at workPine Rivers Shire Council Nursery, Woonara Drive PetrieTerrors Creek (Dayboro), 1901Woorim BeachShopping centre at the corner of Bells Pocket Road and Gympie Road Strathpine

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