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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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Caboolture River Bridge looking south, ca. 1970Riverwood Estate off Castle Hill Drive Murrumba Downs, ca. 1996Enoggera Creek at Kelvin Grove, ca. 1900Aerial View Over Glasshouse Mountains - 2012 The barge called The PirraView of part of the Old North Pine Provisional School building, 1976Thomas Broad and John CarterPost Office StoresNorth Pine Country Park in 1995 - The door and lock on the Cell BlockWorking on steel frame construction outside buildingSuttons BeachThe  Three Bridges to RedcliffeDeception Bay Heritage Trail - Stop 11 - Tradition and ChangeAerial photograph showing construction of the North Pine Dam, 1972Land being developed along Faheys Road Albany CreekWamuran Basin State School Picnic Day, ca. 1930sPetrie Mill - Machine - 1974 - 28 August 1974CarH.C. Cowie's General Store in 1911Lookout on the ParadeAerial view of Strathpine, 1996Forestry - Worker sitting on a planting machineThe Palace Hotel, Woody Point, ca. 1908-191034 Anzac AvenueMullet Run RedcliffeVarious sites around the Pine Rivers Shire photographed during a Council tour at facilities in 1991A procession travelling north along Matthew Terrace Caboolture in 1918Ryder FamilyOn the RocksAerial photograph looking southeast across the North Coast Quarries operations on the South Pine RiverPummistone PassageCaboolture Library - Hasking Street Caboolture - 15 May 2020 - reopening entry signBridget Baker - 1879-1888Ian Fairweather in front of hutCathy Muller at Redcliffe ShowChas StewartBuilding of Memorial Cairn to Kal-Ma-Kuta, ca. 1962Petrie Mill - Machine - 1974 - 27 August 1974Maurice Rose Caboolture School photoNewport Marina, ScarboroughHarold HallAsphalt being laid in carpark near the Caboolture Hub, 4 Hasking Street CabooltureJ. WaymanThe D'Aguilar Hotel, ca. 1920The residence of Mr G.W. Mallet Esq., JP at Upper CabooltureConstruction of the Bribie Island BridgeHornibrook Esplanade ClontarfMore colour comes to BribieA visit by ex-servicemen who were members of the United States 1st Cavalry Division, 1988Quirenda

We respectfully acknowledge the Traditional Country across our region. We also acknowledge and pay our respects
to the Kabi Kabi, Jinibara and Turrbal Traditional Custodians, and their elders past, present and emerging.