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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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Redcliffe Library & GalleryAlan Miekle - at top of electric light poleRedcliffe Heritage WalkMachine Construction - Petrie MillFlooding across Beachmere Road at CabooltureNorth Lakes Library - The Corso North Lakes - 15 May 2020 - reopening social distancing stickers entranceSigning an agreement to commence work on the North Pine Water Supply Scheme, 29 June 1955Close up view of Gregor's Creek Bridge, prior to its demolition and replacementMcLachlan's home and store in the Dixons Hill area, Redcliffe Road (later Anzac Avenue) Kallangur, mid 1890sStrathearn Family PortraitBongaree Jetty (Pontoon Renewal Works), BongareeOld farmhouse, ca. 1975Arthur J. Messer13 Esplanade Deception BayMachine Construction - Petrie Mill - Petrie No. 1Machine Shutdown - 1974 - 22 August 1974Scarborough Squash Courts - 1Heritage Day at the North Pine Country Park, 1998Horse in a field of pineapples, early 1900sConstruction and Machinery - Petrie MillSt Michaels (Confraternity of the Kingdom of Christ), Old Toorbul Point Road, CabooltureOfficial opening of the Bribie Island BridgePiggott family home, 213 Gympie Road Strathpine, 1996Mill ConstructionLakeside International Raceway, Lakeside Road Kurwongbah, 2006The first shop on Bribie Island was run by Alfred HallBull Motor Wholesale Centre Pty Ltd, Gympie Road Strathpine, 1995Flood waters from the South Pine River at Strathpine, April / May 1996Bribie Gardens Estate on Bribie Island in 1980Ocean Beach Boarding House under constructionView of Mt Coonowrin and Mt BeerwahThe Three Bridges to RedcliffeEvans House - 2013Deans StreetCable Makers Australia (Qld) Pty Ltd, Brendale Industrial Estate, ca. late 1980sSmall hut in the bushFebruary 2022 Floods - RedcliffeGroup photographMechanics working underneath the front of a busBreakfast Club and Covid safe plan certificateThe Brisbane Tug Company's Excursion Steamer the KoopaParade in King Street CabooltureTom McFarlane and ??Maryvale - P.P. Sub-Station SwitchboardFlooding Mott Street, Strathpine - May 2022John McKenzie's home at Fishery Pocket, North Pine River, south of DayboroView of the Brendale area, ca. late 1980sSimon's StoreMethodist Church at ScarboroughGroup photo of the Order of the Eastern Star

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