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Caboolture 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 ShireThe Morrison family home in the Samford Valley, 1907

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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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Bert MeredithBuilding Grace Lutheran College Chapel - 7Horsedrawn wagon loaded with building materialsC.W.A. HallRailway staff at Strathpine Railway Station, prior 1920Scarborough Beach Park - Landsborough Avenue Scarborough - 16 April 2020 - basketball court closedState Emergency Services display at the birthday celebrations - 1Centenary Lakes Area (Stage two area) - 2-14 Elliott Street CabooltureConstruction of the Bribie Island BridgeOld barn at Albany Creek1966 Christmas PartyRedcliffe Library - Oxley Avenue Redcliffe - 16 May 2020 - reopening foyer customers queueing - 001Old North Pine Provisional School building, 1976Blatchford Street Strathpine - houses along the streetRedcliffe Rugby Leagues ClubPlaygroundG.P.M. somewhereGrocery StoreWater buffaloes at Alma Park Zoo, ca. 1990Trawler Nekwah - 9MachineryRedcliffe TavernThomas Petrie Mural, Strathpine Community Centre, 1998Rates Incentive Awards presentation held at Westfield Strathpine, 1993Robertson's JettyMachineryPeace celebration bandJohnny Boat (King John) demonstrating tree climbing with a vine, ca. 1896Marching Girls at RedcliffeLen Elliott worked as a Shift Foreman at the Petrie MillNorth Pine Country Park - McKenzie's Store alongside the Courthouse and jail (gaol), ca. 1980sOpening of Norman L. Reilly Park in Strathpine, ca. 1993Jetty CaretakerThe Queen's baton relay for the 18th Commonwealth Games in Melbourne in 2006The Stanley River Rugby League Clubhouse in 1979Grades 6 and 7 at Morayfield State School in 1967The Highlands Soldiers Settlement Scheme (now known as Highvale)Pumpkin FieldTosser Turner drinking from trophy cupSecond Woody Point JettyCrane with Control Cables LiftedGardens at North Pine School of Arts at Petrie, 1997Trawler Nekwah - 3Alice NewtonRock cliffs covered in Pandanus Palms along the foreshore at Caloundra, 1890Machine Shutdown - 1974 - 2 September 1974Alex Coghill's father's shop located at 48 King Street CabooltureVarious sites around the Pine Rivers Shire photographed during a Council tour at facilities in 1991Tins of foodBancroft's Meatworks

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