D'Aguilar is a rural town and locality in the Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia.[2][3] In the 2016 census, the locality of D'Aguilar had a population of 1,207 people.[1]

D'Aguilar Queensland
D'Aguilar Hotel
D'Aguilar
Coordinates	26.9897°S 152.8°E / -26.9897; 152.8 (D'Aguilar (town centre))
Population	1,207 (2016 census)[1]
• Density	120.7/km2 (312.6/sq mi)
Postcode(s)	4514
Area	10.0 km2 (3.9 sq mi)
Time zone	AEST (UTC+10:00)
Location	4.4 km (3 mi) SSE of Woodford 20.8 km (13 mi) NW of Caboolture 69 km (43 mi) NNW of Brisbane
LGA(s)	Moreton Bay Region
State electorate(s)	Glass House
Federal division(s)	Longman
Suburbs around D'Aguilar: Woodford Woodford Woodford Woodford Delaneys Creek D'Aguilar Bracalba Delaneys Creek Delaneys Creek Bracalba Bracalba

It is located northwest of the larger centre of Caboolture.

Geography

D'Aguilar lies on the D'Aguilar Highway between Wamuran and Woodford. It is also the northern endpoint of Mount Mee Road, which leads south through Delaneys Creek and Mount Mee to Dayboro. A small section of the Beerburrum West State Forest is in D'Aguilar.

History

The town is named for Major General Sir George D'Aguilar, a military officer who wrote Regulations and Punishments of the British Army, the army textbook in use at the time of the town's establishment.[4] As time passed, the mountain range that the town is situated in came to be named after the town.

In the 2011 census, the locality recorded a population of 830 persons, living in 255 inhabited dwellings, all of which were detached houses.[5]

In the 2016 census, the locality of D'Aguilar had a population of 1,207 people.[1]

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to D'Aguilar, Queensland.

• "D'Aguilar". Queensland Places. University of Queensland.
• "Town map of D'Aguilar". Queensland Government. 1976.