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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. 1925Bullock team hauling empty molasses tankers from the Normanby Distillery to the Strathpine Railway Station, ca. 1948

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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 of the Bakehouse, North Pine Country Park, ca. 1984Railway staff at Strathpine Railway Station, prior 1920Dismantling the railway line between Wamuran and KilcoyRoadworks at MargateTom Petrie's clockOfficial opening of the North Pine Water Supply Scheme at Petrie, 22 April 1961Samford Rotary Club, 1987Bev KittCraig Road Upper Caboolture and surrounds, 2020Flood waters from the South Pine River at Strathpine, April / May 1996Heritage Festival at the North Pine Country Park (as part of the Pine Rivers Festival, 6 June - 14 June)Old Bribie Island Police Station at 4 Third Avenue Bongaree, 1991Tripcony Home at Toorbul Point, ca. 1892Champion Clydesdale wearing prize sash posthumously donated by Arthur Turmaine, ca. 1975Pine Rivers Park Raft Race, 1990U.S. (American) 1st Cavalry Division camp, WarnerAerial photograph showing construction of the North Pine Dam, 1972Queensland Acclimatisation Society gardens, Lawnton, 1918Reg Kay (Personnel Officer) worked at the Petrie MillGroup photographScarborough SchoolWararba Creek in minor flood near Wamuran in the 1940sHeadquarters of the Pine Rivers Fire Brigade, Petrie, 1970sGroup of people at Katoomba (N.S.W.)Machinery25 King Street Caboolture, ca. 1920sAerial photograph of Brendale Industrial area in 1983North Lakes Library - The Corso North Lakes - 14 May 2020 - Express pickups still buildingCharles JamesMy Family History Journey - Alison Algate - The search and discovery of peopleSwingsBlatchford Street Strathpine looking towards intersection with Samsonvale Road StrathpineSite of old Strathpine Infants schoolGrandfather Juster's HouseSouthern end of Deception Bay looking north in 2002Christmas Party 1958 - Crowding around SantaGroup PhotoFlorence Ada (Billie) Boyett and her motherGolden Jubilee of the Deception Bay State School (1929 to 1979)Machine Shutdown - 1974 - 2 September 1974IreneChristmas Party - Children meeting Santa4 Men in suits talkingClose-up of Sandstone Memorial in Cruice Park - corner Kilcoy-Beerwah Road and Cruice Drive WoodfordBancroft Baths - 2004 archaeological study - site 2Construction and Machinery - Petrie MillUnknown FarmEnd of the First World War (WWI)Invitation to the opening of Anzac Memorial Avenue, 1925Centrepoint Plaza in the late 1970s

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