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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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The last house on Gympie Road between Samsonvale Road and South Pine Road, being moved to DayboroChemist boy with his bikeBird's eye view of ClontarfRoad to Donnybrook in the Bonnies Flat area in 1945 Eatons Hill Shopping Village, 1998First Settlement Re-enactmentCollapsed cliff face at Scotts PointPiggott Reserve opening day, 11 November 1994Group photograph of members of the 1970-1973 Pine Rivers Shire CouncilClass PhotoDayboro Railway Centenary - Cnr Williams and Heathwood Street Dayboro - 26 Sep 2020 - COVID safe photo display - 001Water TruckA visit by ex-servicemen who were members of the United States 1st Cavalry Division, 1988Mango Hill and the trees along Anzac Avenue, ca. 1996Old Shire Hall, Gympie Road Strathpine - Renovations (1984-1986)Workers and horses on a farmScarborough Jetty OpeningFebruary 2022 Floods - White Patch crossingCash's Crossing Bridge, 1928Launch of Tourism Pine RiversScribbly Gum tree at BurpengaryWhytecliffe ParadeMt TibrogarganCement structureRed Cross Children's HomeBribie Island artist Ian Fairweather in 19601977 Grand Final Rugby League - Redcliffe v EastsOne of Charlie Hewitt's bullock teams carting Hoop Pine logsOasis Berries strawberry farm, 434 Bribie Island Road Caboolture, 2020Palace Hotel AdvertisementView of the Eatons Hill area, ca. late 1980sRedcliffe City Amateur Fishing Festival in the 1960sCentenary Lakes, ca. 1981Keong's HouseBob Brock Park, Marsden Road Dakabin (Qld.)Loading Blood Donations into the Red Cross BusSuttons BeachSS Koopa steaming down the Brisbane RiverBuilding of North StoreAt Woody PointBribie Gardens Estate on Bribie Island in 1980Clean Sweep collection showcase - side 4Enoggera Creek at Kelvin Grove, ca. 1900Thomas Petrie Mural, Strathpine Community Centre, 1998Petrie Mill - Machine - 1974 - 5 September 1974William Morgan and family, 1943Children in a miniature stage coachFlooding of South Pine River, April / May 1996Slab barn used as the first house18 Dayboro Road, Petrie prior to purchase by the Pine Rivers Shire Council in 1992

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