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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. 1925Bullock team hauling empty molasses tankers from the Normanby Distillery to the Strathpine Railway Station, ca. 1948

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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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Camp Mountain rail accident on 5 May 1947ANZ Bank building at 427 Gympie Road Strathpine, 1996KookaburraMachineryScarboroughCaboolture Shire Council from 1930 to 1933Transfer R.D.M. Mr Les SchultzRoundabout at the intersection of Gympie Road and Dixon Street Strathpine, 1996Building under constructionSid Davey and bullock team at Samford Station, ca. late 1920sLower King Street Caboolture looking west from about William StreetAt Clontarf looking at Woody PointRedcliffe Jetty Opening DayVisit by the Governor of Queensland - Sir Henry Abel SmithOfficial opening of the Redcliffe City Council Administration Centre on 5 February 1972APM Forests' cricket team, 9 February 1975Pupils at Delaneys Creek School in 1923Sir Edward McCartneyBeasant's General StoreCobb & Co. carriage, Charleville (Qld.), 1990Boustead Family (part), ca. 1910sJohn Chambers and Florence (Flo) Chambers (nee Arnold)Construction of new addition to the Pine Rivers Shire Council Administration Building, ca. 1996Pat and Mick KeliherJohn Thomas (Jack) Hamilton with his wife Alice Mary Hamilton (nee Arnold) with their familyWashed up wreckage - Bribie IslandConstruction and Machinery - Petrie MillBells Creek at King Street1978 Jim Snodgrass & his BSA MotorcycleAnzac Avenue at Rothwell Homemaker CentreGeorge Clark's holiday home on Bribie IslandFarmhouse on England's farm, South Pine Road BrendaleAmbrose Tilney Park Coronation Avenue Woodford - 24 April 2020 - closed notice on playground equipmentOld Shire Hall, Gympie Road Strathpine - Renovations (1984-1986)At the races in the 1920sOn the motor bikeNew Years Eve Fireworks, Bribie IslandSt Bernadette'sCaboolture Pipe Band performs during Bribie Island's mock Independence / Secession Parade in 1980Seafood Festival 1975Rose family - Fish and Chip ShopCaboolture Shire Council First CalculatorWoody Point BeachOsprey nestWater Treatment Works OpeningCaboolture Railway Station in 1911Mt Nebo and Mt Glorious trip for heritage sitesJames familyRetreatNorth Pine Dam, 1994

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