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Bullock 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. 1920sOpposite the Redcliffe Jetty ca. 1925

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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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North Pine Country Park in 1995 - The door and lock on the Cell BlockPresentation ceremony for Pine Rivers Shire's local history book, Tracks and Times, 1988North Pine Presbyterian Church, Petrie in 1976McLean Road North Camp Mountain - 25 April 2020 - Samford Anzac Memorial - 001Grave of Robert Donald Bray at Lawnton Cemetery, 1998Brisbane RiverBoats in HarbourThe Written Word - collection showcase - side 218 Dayboro Road, Petrie prior to purchase by the Pine Rivers Shire Council in 1992Roadside StandNewly refurbished King's Cottage on opening day, 18 Dayboro Road Petrie, 4 March 1995Aerial photograph of an unknown locationChemist boy with his bikeChristmas Party 1957Reg Braithwaite worked at the Petrie MillHeadstone on family plot of George Eaton and his wife Elizabeth in the Albany Creek Cemetery, ca. late 1980sDr Thomas Lane Bancroft's family home at Deception BayHeadmasters HouseWoolworths Supermarket - Warner Marketplace Samsonvale Road Warner - 10 April 2020 - clear perspex barrier for cashiers and signageHome of Henry Poultney, ca. 1894Buttressed roots of a large treeRaised section of former main road, Sweeney Reserve, Petrie in 1976Main Street, North Pine Country Park, late 1980sUniting Church, Banya Street Bribie Island, ca. 1970Ithaca Fire Station, 1942Construction and Machinery - Petrie MillUnknownStrathearn Family PortraitCatholic Church RedcliffeThe Bribie Island Bridge under construction in 1961Taking a breakRedcliffe ParadeMill under constructionPresentation of M.D.'s Safety PennantBaptist ChurchSuttons BeachRedcliffePine Rivers Shire Council Recycling Scheme promotion with Allan (Alfie) LangerSouthern Cross Catholic CollegeFred Dohle family rest area at Dohles Rocks, Griffin, 1999Delaneys Creek School reunion on 7 November 1981A group of visiting customers to the Petrie MillMan sitting on an Armstrong Holland Champion Queenslander grader, ca. 1930Redcliffe Hospital heli-pad -2Pupils at Delaneys Creek School in 1979First Dixielee busAerial photograph looking southwest over the Samford Valley, 1972Chevrolet one tonne grader and truck purchased by the Pine Shire Council at a total cost of 352 pounds 18 shillings in 1928Lyn Best standing on beach on Bribie IslandMr Dunning cutting lucerne, ca. 1900

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