The D'Aguilar Range is a
mountain range
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near
Brisbane
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,
Queensland
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Australia
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. The town of
Dayboro is situated on the lower foothills midway along the range and the Sunshine Coast Hinterland town of
Mooloolah 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 45 kilometres north of
Brisbane
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Queensland
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, through to Brisbane, where part of the D'Aguilar Range is covered by a protected parkland called the
Brisbane Forest Park.
Mountains in the range include
Camp Mountain,
Mount Nebo
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,
Mount Pleasant,
Mount Glorious,
Mount Samson and
Mount Mee. Directly to the south in the west of Brisbane is the
Taylor Range, sometimes considered an eastern spur of the D'Aguilar Range. Further north, highly visible from the D'Aguilar Ranges, are the
Glass House Mountains
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.
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.
Catchments
The
North Pine River, including
Lake Kurwongbah,
South Pine River and
Caboolture Rivers 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 and
Wivenhoe Dam catchments. In the southern parts of the range
Enoggera Creek, which is dammed by the
Enoggera Dam, flows to the east. Gold Creek in the same area flows south into
Moggill Creek 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,
cedar,
silky oak and
black bean.
Maiala National Park, the first national park on the range, was declared in 1930.
See also
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List of mountains in Australia
This is a list of mountains in Australia.
Highest points by state and territory
List of mountains in Australia by topographic prominence
This is a list of the top 50 mountains in Australia ranked by topographic prominence. Most of these ...
References
External links
Google Maps overview of the Range
{{South East Queensland
Mountain ranges of Queensland
South East Queensland