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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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2022 Flood - Dohles Rocks Road Griffin at Bruce Highway on rampSamford District Historical Museum, Station Street Samford, 1998Miss Chapman with school childrenRedcliffe JettyTracks and times : a history of the Pine Rivers district / editor Lawrence S. SmithStudents at the Upper North Pine School, 1917February 2022 Floods - RedcliffeSpurwingFloor being laid in Services BlockAerial view of the western outskirts of the Woodford townshipRedcliffe Shopping CentreGeorgePetrie Mill - Machine - 1974 - 1 September 1974Percy Henery Haig Trittruf with his old BSA MotorcyclesEntrance to shopping centre via Old Gympie Road DakabinMacDonnell Road DrainFrank SampsonPetrie Mill - Machine - 1974 - 31 August 1974House washed from it foundations during floods in Charleville (Qld.), 1990January 2011 Flood Event - Dead fish found after the North Pine River flooded View of Deception Bay Kiosk from Captain Cook ParadeWater tankSkatingOrient HouseLevins 60 or Williers 60 Vulcan busQueensland Aboriginal natives in 1867Mill StoryHorse and CartUniversity of Sunshine Coast (UniSC) (Moreton Bay Campus) buildings - 1 Moreton Parade Petrie - looking northwestChristmas Party 1959Ray Whiting's truck, ca. 1930sPicture TheatreGrant StreetScotts PointHelen & Neil's House 2005Soubirous StudentsGeneral view of some people at a dinnerRedcliffe Post OfficeMain StreetAerial view of the North Pine River looking south, 1996Fishing trawlers in Boat HarbourHeritage Festival at the North Pine Country Park (as part of the Pine Rivers Festival, 6 June - 14 June)Bribie SunsetWork underway at Kallangur on a new line to link the APM Petrie Mill to gas supplies in Brisbane, 1994Seaside FlatsThe Second JettyForrester GraysonFather FrawleyThe opening of the Caboolture sub-centre after renovationsCaboolture District Cooperative Cash Stores Central Garage

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