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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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Forestry - Worker sitting on a planting machineHyde Dairy, North Pine Country Park, 1994Pebble Beach Estate at Sandstone PointMachineryBuckley's Kiosk at ScarboroughCouncil workshop after removal of shire safeRose family - Fish and Chip ShopEdna Lee with a group of men at the Donnybrook JettyBridal CoupleOpening of the Pine Rivers Shire Council's Brendale Water Pollution Control WorksChildren receiving their gifts at a Christmas partyEatons Hill and Stage 1 of the estate in the late 1970sMill constructionMr and Mrs LinkeOfficial opening of the Woodford Memorial HallMt Nebo and Mt Glorious trip for heritage sites66 Deans Street MargateGrove of Queensland nut (macadamia) and pecan nut trees planted by Walter Rollo Petrie at Petrie, 1931Visit by the Governor of Queensland - Sir Colin Thomas HannahArthur BeetsonSpurwingPart of Mr Rutters orchard at Elimbah in 1913The Caboolture Police Station, Residence and CourthouseAustralian Narrow Gauge Railway MuseumGeorge & Alice Brown hand feeding calves, 1906Clontarf Foreshore - Victoria Av to Apex ParkJetty Beach RedcliffeRoad construction at Ocean View, ca. early 1930sOfficial guests at the opening of the new Post Office building at Caboolture on 21 October 1958Day and Night PharmacyHall's JettyPetrie roundabout, 1996Baran-BiriFinalists in the mixed crosscut saw event, annual Christmas party, 1966Parade floatsInstallation of turbines in the Power House at the APM Petrie MillShops in Bayview Terrace Deception Bay in 1997Aboriginal person chipping out a Boomerang at the base of a treeBuckby Family - Caboolture - Horse and sulkyDuke of Edinburgh VisitThe home and butcher shop of Richard (Dick) Baker, ca. 1900sIntersection of Gympie Road and Moreton Parade Petrie - looking northwestNed Nielsen with loaded timber truckOrange Lodge Hall, Bradley Street Dayboro, ca. 1917Braidwood Avenue Murrumba Downs, ca. 1996Stan & Lila Northover mop upBuilding of Redcliffe Jetty 1921Old Shire Hall, Gympie Road Strathpine - Renovations (1984-1986)Brighton Park from the old Hornibrook HwyNorth Pine School of Arts, North Pine (Petrie), 1906

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