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Opposite 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, 1907Caboolture River Bridge on Morayfield Road, ca. 1920s

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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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Humpybong State Primary School BallQueens Beach, Scarborough, ca. 1960sDon and Joyce Bond with a horsedrawn harrow at King ScrubOpening of the Pine Rivers Shire Council building, Gympie Road Strathpine on 5 March 1960Bleak House, Samford, ca. 1985Golden Jubilee of the Deception Bay State School (1929 to 1979)APM Hostel, March 1976Warner Marketplace Samsonvale Road Warner - 10 April 2020 - Warner marketplace Good FridayInternational Women's Year procession travelling along King Street CabooltureReverend Neville Ross (Industrial Chaplain) at workSamsonvale Cemetery, August 1988Police prison cell, North Pine Country Park, 1994Shops along Anzac Avenue Kallangur, 1996Forestry - Equipment - November 1971SS Koopa at the Bongaree Jetty, ca. 1913Unveiling of plaque ceremony honouring the United States of America (US) 1st Cavalry Division, 1988A. J. Wyllie Bridge a few yards from the Mill EntranceCentenary Lakes as they appeared on 5 February 1977Beaconsfield StreetEarthworks at the construction site for the Kinma Valley housing development off Jacko Place MorayfieldCamp Mountain rail accident on 5 May 1947LifesaversJack Dohle and family, Dohles Rocks, Griffin, 1948Kitty was the last of the Aboriginal Tribe in the Caboolture DistrictOld Shire Hall, Gympie Road Strathpine - Renovations (1984-1986)Alcheringa housing estate in Dayboro, ca. 1996Moreton Bay Region Libraries Facebook Post 8 August 2021 - Libraries ReopenEarly view from Wallin's house / kiosk in the 1930sAerial photograph of Bray Park / Strathpine areas looking towards BrendaleForestry - Morayfield SawmillMan standing in bushAerial view of Hays Inlet and the Redcliffe Peninsula, 1996Male worker working on roller end - UnknownCentenary of Local Government (Caboolture Shire) processionFire engine at the headquarters of the Fire Brigade Historical Society at the North Pine Country ParkMullet Run RedcliffeVisit by the Governor of Queensland - Sir Henry Abel SmithSS KoopaSid Topp driving Richard Winn's bullock team snigging timber for the One Mile Creek BridgeThe Windsong Motel and Holzberger's shop at Toorbul, ca. 1960sAlphabetical index to landowners and land occupiers, Pine Shire CouncilMachinery with small Cartonboard RollsLooking at photographs of previous Caboolture Shire Councils, ca. 1980Hay Cottage in Roderick A. Cruice Park, Williams Street DayboroDown the StreetMachine Construction - Petrie Mill - Petrie No. 1James Smith and CompanySS Koopa departing Redcliffe JettyWilkinson's Plantation Softwood Sawmilling and Processing plant at CabooltureWally, Myrtle, Joan and Carole Lehman on a picnic at Beachmere in the 1940s

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