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Local History Buffs Rejoice!

Duane Hart from The Photo Restoration Studio in Redcliffe has spent many painstaking hours compiling, editing and restoring historic photos from the Redcliffe region into an awe-inspiring book entitled: The Pictorial History of Redcliffe.

Duane has been a local to Redcliffe for twenty years. During that time, he’s been collecting land maps and old books on Redcliffe. His book is a stunning pictorial with his entire collection of maps, old photos and excerpts from books pre-1949. Duane has been restoring images for customers for over ten years now along with picture framing for the last seven years.

The book is due for release in September this year. It features pre-1949 land map photos and old advertisements from a variety of publications and family collections on the Peninsula.

The extensive collection includes paintings of early Redcliffe from the State Library and photos from a number of rare books on Redcliffe that have been donated to Duane for the purpose of beeing restored and included in the book.

Take a flight down the Redcliffe coastline from a 1946 Aerial map – keep watching until the end of the video, an overlay of a modern map to show how Redcliffe has developed in the last 70 years is quite remarkable!

Duane is still looking for submissions for the book, if you have any old pre-1945 photos or books on Redcliffe. Credit will be given in the book plus a free signed copy of the book if the photos are published, as a way of thank you.

Duane runs the Framing Shop in the Cominos Arcade, if you would like to come to see the collection in person. The opening hours of the store are 8:30am to 5:00pm, Monday to Friday and Saturdays 8:00am-1:00pm.

If you’re interested in purchasing the book, pre-sale is available at www.redcliffebook.com. You can also purchase the book once it’s been published from Peninsula Framing and Laminating, located at 17/133 Redcliffe Parade, Redcliffe. Keep an eye out in your local library for copies also!