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Series 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 Hornibrook Highway ca. 1970Carmody's Royal Hotel in 1978Redcliffe BeachRedcliffe Jetty

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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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Luna ParkNed Fogg and W. Wood visit a reported burial site of significance to Aboriginal people in Samsonvale, 1959Waterholes at Murrumba Downs, 1996Wildlife at Alma Park Zoo, ca. 1990Historic plaque commemorating the site of the Ebert family vineyards, Lawnton, 1998Machine Shutdown - 1974Beach along foreshore at Deception BayPine Rivers Shire Council Recycling Scheme promotion with Allan (Alfie) LangerKevin and Margaret Hickey and family, ca. 1990sMachineryAccess road to the underneath carpark of the new building known as the Caboolture Hub, 4 Hasking Street Caboolture The track to Ocean Beach on Bribie IslandHerbert JamesSpitfire taking off from the Strathpine A2 Airstrip (now Spitfire Avenue) during World War II, 1944Catholic Church RedcliffeWestern entrance for the new building known as the Caboolture Hub, 4 Hasking Street Caboolture Bribie Island Surf LifesaversProposed site for Murrumba Downs State High School on Dohles Rocks Road Murrumba Downs, ca. 1996At the BeachKinnaird Estate February 2022 Floods - White Patch Causeway ReconstructionJohn McKenzie (1828-1908), pioneer of DayboroPresentation for Norm VesseyToorbul - Pumicestone Passage21 King Street CabooltureClontarf BeachFairfield - Vacuum Pump Motor & Terminal BoxPool Promotion Day at Lawnton Swimming Pool, Gympie Road Lawnton, 1990sBertha Buhmann, Mt PleasantBleak House, Samford, ca. 1985Kevin Leitch's house and development of Containers Packaging plant on the front landMembers of the 1991-1994 Pine Rivers Shire CouncilBoy scouts conducting a flag-raising ceremony in the North Pine Country ParkNorth Pine Country Park - North Pine Presbyterian ChurchHome of William Weber (Senior) and wife Margaret (nee Wood) at Cedar Creek (now Closeburn)Site area of Bunya School and Scouts CampNarangba Heights Estate, Splendid Parade Narangba, 2020Old house located on Bishop's farm on Toorbul Road (now (1995) known as Pumicestone Road)Opening of the Pine Rivers Shire Council building, Gympie Road Strathpine on 5 March 1960Captain Cook Memorial Shelter built in 1970Old North Pine Motors building, 1996North Pine School of Arts, Petrie, 1976Mural - Telstra building - former Caboolture Post Office 38 King Street CabooltureOfficial opening of Westfield Shopping Centre on Monday evening, 22 August 1983Students dressed in costumesAerial view of Griffin near the foreshore at Dohles Rocks, 1996Christmas Party - Children on merry-go-roundChristmas Party - Child with present75th Anniversary of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia in King Street CabooltureBancroft Baths - 2004 archaeological study - site 1

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