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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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Christmas Party 1959Log being chippedWararba Creek Bridge, ca. 1960Cruice's cattle dip, Dayboro Road Dayboro, 1976C.W.A. HallLorneleighCorner King Street and Morayfield Road Caboolture as it appeared in 1999Maryvale - 3rd Dryer Motor No. 1 MachinePine Rivers Shire Council Recycling Scheme promotion with Allan (Alfie) LangerMurrumba HomesteadFishing trawlers in Boat HarbourWhere there's smoke there's fireHerb Steer, Reg Kay and Ken Denton prepare for a functionInstallation of RollersShops along Benabrow Avenue on Bribie IslandHumpybong SchoolUnloading bales of waste paper on to conveyor beltConstruction and Machinery - Petrie MillMachine Construction - Petrie MillPetrie Mill - Machine - 1974 - 28 August 1974Official opening of the North Pine Water Supply Scheme at Petrie, 22 April 1961View of the bay from the Surgeon's residenceAshgrove History groupPushing a wheelbarrow across Bribie Island to raise funds for Ambulance Station for the Island in the 1960sStumpyAerial view of Lake Samsonvale (North Pine Dam), 1996Lakeside International Raceway, Lakeside Road Kurwongbah, 2006Wrights Creek, BongareeViolet Watkins worked at the Petrie Mill as one of the office staffMurray Garland sailing in Pumicestone Passage near Donnybrook, ca. 1963Caboolture Railway Station in 1911Clark's oyster dock at Toorbul PointConstruction of the Forest Place Retirement Village at Albany Creek, 1995Bribie Island Pumicestone Passage - Pelicans ReturnNorth Pine Country Park in 1995 - A newly acquired building from BrisbaneAlbany Creek cemeteryWararba Creek in flood in February 1928Kriesch's slab hut, SamsonvaleBribie Pumicestone PassageE. F. MorganForestry - Displaced Persons Temporary CampJames DevaneyMatilda Margaret (Margaret) Harris (nee McGahey) and her brothers John and Robert (Bob) McGaheyChristmas Party - Children waiting to meet SantaBongaree Post Office, ca. 1970Bull Motor Wholesale Centre Pty Ltd, Gympie Road Strathpine, 1995King tide at Scarborough JettyMangrovesCominos Arcade BuildingS.S. Doomba

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