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The 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 1978Redcliffe BeachRedcliffe JettySeries of proofs - Buildings in the Pine Rivers Shire

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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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Footpath along Gympie Road Strathpine, 1996War Souvenirs and Trench Art - collection showcase - side 2Machine Shutdown - 1974 - 22 August 1974At Ardmore FlatsSign at Scouts CampCr J. T. (Tom) McLoughlinRose children with friendsMachineryDayboro Railway Centenary - Cnr Williams and Heathwood Street Dayboro - 26 Sep 2020 - COVID safe photo display - 003Members of the Caboolture RSL War Veterans' Bowls Club in 1968Samsonvale Homestead, residence of the pioneering Joyner familyAerial view of Cashmere (Qld.), 1996Craig Road Upper Caboolture and surrounds, 2020SS Koopa Petrie Bight ReachHighset HouseDeception Bay Library - Bayview Terrace Deception Bay - 15 May 2020 - reopening social distancing guide self checkoutShrink-wrapping Machine - December 1987Unsealed road cutting at Laceys CreekBeaconsfield StreetOfficial opening of the Deception Bay LibraryNorth Pine Water Supply Scheme (Lake Kurwongbah)Pioneer house at RedcliffePicnic at Donnybrook on 1 January 1927First Settlement Re-EnactmentGus (August Shaw) Gehrmann (1914-2004), 1967Loading rolls of cartonboard onto a truckNormanby Rum Distillery in disrepair, Strathpine, early 1970sClark Dunstan worked at the Petrie MillGayundah wreckCourthouse at Old Petrie Town, North Pine Country Park, ca. 1983Neurum Railway, ca. 1925Mons FrawleyDayboro Bowling GreenBribie Island Foodland, 1978Eric Bateman and Ambrose TilneyFort Bribie - 2016Rugby League gameAerial view of ClontarfMr G.F.R. (Frank) Nicklin (M.L.A.), Premier of Queensland, delivering a speech to the residents of Deception BayProof Sheets for publication Tracks and Times, 1988 - Proof Sheet 1North Pine Country Park - Courthouse and jail (gaol), ca. 1980sMachineryJ. J. (Jack) StaffordJetty CaretakerAerial photograph looking south over the Mount Glorious area, D'Aguilar Range, 1972Hall and Bestmann General Store at Bongaree, ca. 1932Albert StreetSue Harvey DancersGayundah wreckChurch furniture

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