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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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Miss Carol Redgen (right), Mr Des Frawley (centre) and Miss Alison Smith (left)Machine Shutdown - 1974 - 1 September 1974Dayboro Railway Centenary - Cnr Williams and Heathwood Street Dayboro - 26 Sep 2020 - COVID safe historical information displayCountry scene, Pine Rivers ShirePineapples on George Greensill's property, Albany Creek, ca. 1940Hilma Maud Leis, 1918Construction and Machinery - Petrie MillConstruction and Machinery - Petrie MillThe Syrphid Fly of the Cretaceous plantsSacred Heart CrossA Third Contingent Queensland Mounted Infantry patrol taken in South Africa during the Boer War, 1901Caboolture Railway Station, ca. 1900Marle's BakehouseMount Pleasant Banana Settlement School, mid 1930sThomas Petrie Mural, Strathpine Community Centre, 1998Overlooking Margate Beach and Suttons BeachOld Redcliffe JettyLife History of Colin David MoorheadHumpybong CreekBancroft's Meatworks at Deception Bay, ca. 1900On the bridgeDavid CuttsGrave of Doris Miriam Lewin at Lawnton Cemetery, 1998Bullock wagon built by D.E. Boustead and SonsSign showing the layout at Pinnaroo Lawn Cemetery, Bridgeman Downs, ca. late 1980sJetty and ForeshoreMill StoryDick Dunstan and Herbie GriffithsMiniature MachinePool Promotion Day at Lawnton Swimming Pool, Gympie Road Lawnton, 1990sMargate BeachFoundations to a house washed away during floods in Charleville (Qld.), 1990King Street Caboolture, ca. 1907Opening of the new Dayboro State School, 25 June 1920Markets at the North Pine Country Park, ca. 1985Rocksberg School Break-up daySunday Street MarketsThis mural welcomed visitors to Bribie Island during the early 1980sInsurance BrokerLower King Street Caboolture (Wharf Road) in 1924Woodford Saleyards - 129 Archer Street Woodford - auctioneer conducting an auction on one of the lots of cattleDawn Service, Woorim Beach - 2012 Muesli BarsMachineryA visit by ex-servicemen who were members of the United States 1st Cavalry Division, 1988Construction of the Sideling Creek Dam (Lake Kurwongbah)Rainbow Cafe, RedcliffePrivate DwellingFort Bribie - 2016Flood waters at Lawnton

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