The D'Aguilar Range is a

mountain range A mountain range or hill range is a series of mountains or hills arranged in a line and connected by high ground. A mountain system or mountain belt is a group of mountain ranges with similarity in form, structure, and alignment that have aris ...

near

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. The town of

Dayboro Dayboro is a rural town and locality in the City of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Dayboro had a population of 2,376 people. Geography Dayboro is approximately north-northwest of Brisbane, the state capital. ...

is situated on the lower foothills midway along the range and the Sunshine Coast Hinterland town of

Mooloolah Mooloolah Valley is a rural locality in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Mooloolah Valley had a population of 3,629 people. Mooloolah is a town () within the locality. Geography Mooloolah Valley is in the Sunshine ...

lies at the northernmost point of the range.QLD Topographic Map Series 9444-21 http://qtopo.dnrm.qld.gov.au/QTopoMaps/Mapsheets/25k/QTopo_9444-21.pdf Many residential areas line its eastern slopes including the town of Samford and the suburb of Ferny Hills. In the west, numerous ridges and gullies are heavily forested and designated as state forest or national park.

Mountains

The D'Aguilar Range stretches from

Caboolture Caboolture () is a town and suburb in the City of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. It is located on the northern side of the Caboolture River. In the , the suburb of Caboolture had a population of 29,534 people. Geography Caboolture is ...

45 kilometres north of

, through to Brisbane, where part of the D'Aguilar Range is covered by a protected parkland called the

Brisbane Forest Park Brisbane Forest Park (now officially the southern part of D'Aguilar National Park), is located on parts of the D'Aguilar Range. The large nature reserve lies on the western boundary of City of Brisbane into the City of Moreton Bay, Queensland, A ...

. Mountains in the range include

Camp Mountain Camp Mountain is a rural Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the City of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. In the , Camp Mountain had a population of 1,447 people. Geography Camp Mountain is near Samford, Queensland, Samford, ...

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, Mount Pleasant,

Mount Glorious Mount Glorious is a rural locality in the City of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. In the , Mount Glorious had a population of 343 people. Geography Mount Glorious is a mountain which is part of the D'Aguilar Range and is a suburb in City ...

, Mount Samson and

Mount Mee Mount Mee is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the City of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Mount Mee had a population of 519 people. Geography Mount Mee (also known as Bonnie Knob) ...

. Directly to the south in the west of Brisbane is the

Taylor Range The Taylor Range or Herbert Taylor Range is a mountain range on the western edge of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was first named The Glenmorrison Range by John Oxley during his exploration of the area in January 1824. In 1828, the colonia ...

, sometimes considered an eastern spur of the D'Aguilar Range. Further north, highly visible from the D'Aguilar Ranges, are the

Glass House Mountains The Glass House Mountains are a cluster of thirteen hills that rise abruptly from the coastal plain on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. The highest hill is Mount Beerwah at 556 metres above sea level, but t ...

. Mount D'Aguilar at 750 m above sea level is the second highest peak in the range. The highest point is Tenison Woods Mountain at 770 m. This peak is not distinct and is not marked on old maps. The Congregation of the Sisters of Perpetual Adoration created a plaque on the summit to commemorate the naming of the mountain in 1974. The year also marked the centenary of their order which was founded by J.E. Tenison Woods. Mermaid Mountain is the highest point in the southern sections at 396 m in elevation. Well known lookouts on the range include McAfee's Lookout and Jolly's Lookout, both of which have views east across to

Moreton Bay Moreton Bay is a bay located on the eastern coast of Australia from central Brisbane, Queensland. It is one of Queensland's most important coastal resources. The waters of Moreton Bay are a popular destination for recreational anglers and are ...

Catchments

The North Pine River, including

Lake Kurwongbah The Sideling Creek Dam is an earth-fill embankment dam with an un-gated spillway across the Sideling Creek in Kurwongbah, City of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. The main purposes of the dam are for potable water supply of the City of Mo ...

South Pine River The South Pine River is a minor river in South East Queensland, Australia. It rises on the D'Aguilar Range and passes through the Samford Valley in the City of Moreton Bay local government area. Location and features The South Pine River rise ...

and

Caboolture River The Caboolture River is a small river in South East Queensland, Australia. Location and features Formed by runoff from the D'Aguilar Range, the Caboolture River rises below near and flows generally east, joined by two minor tributaries and f ...

s flow from the range towards the east. To the north and west are the Stanley River and tributaries that flow directly into the

Somerset Dam The Somerset Dam is a mass concrete gravity dam with a gated spillway across the Stanley River in Queensland, Australia. It is within the locality of Somerset Dam in the Somerset Region in South East Queensland. The main purpose of the dam i ...

and

Wivenhoe Dam Wivenhoe Dam is a rock and earth-fill embankment dam with a concrete spillway across the Brisbane River in South East Queensland, Australia. The dam takes it names from the local Wivenhoe Pocket rural community. The dam wall is located abou ...

catchments. In the southern parts of the range

Enoggera Creek Enoggera Creek is a creek which flows through the City of Brisbane in South-East Queensland, Australia. Geography Enoggera Creek rises in the suburb of Enoggera Reservoir on the D'Aguilar Range and flows into the Brisbane River (becoming ...

, which is dammed by the

Enoggera Dam The Enoggera Dam is a heritage-listed dam, which is located within the outer, western suburb of Enoggera Reservoir, Queensland, Enoggera Reservoir, in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. History The Enoggera Dam was constructed in 1866, on the upp ...

, flows to the east. Gold Creek in the same area flows south into

Moggill Creek Moggill Creek is a creek in Brisbane, the largest city in Queensland, Australia. The creek rises on the Taylor Range and runs in a south-easterly direction from the southern edge of Brisbane Forest Park in Kholo and Pullenvale, flowing throu ...

after being dammed by the Gold Creek Reservoir. Further to the west is Cabbage Tree Creek and the reservoir known as Lake Manchester.

History

The range was named after Sir George Charles d'Aguilar by Sir Thomas Mitchell in 1827. Farmers and timber-getters first settled on the range in the 1840s. Timber logging on the range was instrumental in the development of Dayboro. Operations expanded in the 1870s as loggers removed

hoop pine ''Araucaria cunninghamii'' is a species of ''Araucaria'' known as hoop pine. Other less commonly used names include colonial pine, Queensland pine, Dorrigo pine, Moreton Bay pine and Richmond River pine. The scientific name honours the botanist a ...

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silky oak ''Grevillea robusta'', commonly known as the southern silky oak, silk oak or silky oak, silver oak or Australian silver oak, is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae. Despite its common names, it is unrelated to true oaks, whic ...

and black bean. Maiala National Park, the first national park on the range, was declared in 1930.

References

External links

Google Maps overview of the Range
{{South East Queensland Mountain ranges of Queensland South East Queensland

Mountains

Catchments

History

See also

References

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