Download coordinates as: Caboolture (/kəˈbʊltʃər/)[2] is a town and suburb in the City of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia.

[1] Caboolture is a major urban centre of the Moreton Bay local government area.

It is located approximately 44 kilometres (27 mi) north of Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland.

Caboolture is now considered to be the northernmost urban area of the greater Brisbane metropolitan region within South East Queensland, and it marks the end of the Brisbane suburban commuter railway service along the North Coast railway line.

The urban extent of the town of Caboolture is not formally defined but is generally regarded as including the following suburbs:[citation needed] Duungidjawu (also known as Kabi Kabi, Cabbee, Carbi, Gabi Gabi) is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken on Duungidjawu country.

[citation needed] These huge trees provided a food source which could sustain large numbers of people.

[citation needed] Towards the south of Caboolture is the Yugarabul traditional Aboriginal country of the Brisbane and surrounding regions.

[8] The Caboolture area was colonised by European people in 1842 when the land around the Moreton Bay penal colony was opened up to free settlers.

In 1867, a tiny settlement was established as a supply and trading centre for the settlers in the area and to service the needs of miners trekking from Brisbane to the goldfields near Gympie.

In 1868, the town was used as a stop-over point by the Cobb and Co coach service connecting Brisbane, Gympie and Maryborough.

[11] The foundation stone of St Laurence's Anglican Church was laid on Saturday 26 January 1889 by Mrs W.G.

[11] St Columban's College, Caboolture: On 5 December 1926 Roman Catholic Archbishop James Duhig laid the foundation stone for St Columban's College at "Highlands", 451 Sandgate Road, Albion in Brisbane.

[11][18] St Peter's Catholic School opened on 30 January 1951 in the parish church (now Mary McKillop Hall).

[11] St Michael's College opened on 25 January 1983 with 4 students in a small farmhouse.

It had spent the intervening years in a cow paddock beside the Bruce Highway at Deception Bay.

[1] Crime rates per 100,000 persons in Moreton Bay North (which includes Caboolture) is lower than that of Ipswich, Logan and Toowoomba regions.

The 655 service runs a loop in the eastern portion of the suburb proving a bus connection to Caboolture Hospital.

Bus route 657 travels to the northern portion of the suburb providing connections to Caboolture railway station.

It services Woodford, D'Agulair, Wamuran and terminates at the Morayfield Bus Station.

Visiting aircraft are able to operate into the Caboolture airstrip, which is under the operational control of the Caboolture Aero Club Inc. Additionally the airport is home to a number of aviation enterprises and attractions – amongst them, the Caboolture Warplane Museum (with operational P-51 Mustang, CAC Wirraway and CAC Winjeel aircraft), skydiving club, and the Beaufort Restoration group (a group of volunteers restoring an Australian-built DAP Beaufort Mark VII Bomber).

[citation needed] Caboolture's senior sporting teams predominantly play in the respective Sunshine Coast competitions.

[38][50] In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 1173 students with 47 teachers and 22 non-teaching staff (16 full-time equivalent).

[40] The Moreton Bay City Council operates a public library, memorial hall, customer service centre and an art gallery at 4 Hasking Street.

[59][60] The Hub which houses the library, art gallery, and other amenities, has fifteen event and business spaces.

[61] The Caboolture Regional Art Gallery has a AAA rating, which makes it an international standard exhibition space.

[citation needed] The Caboolture branch of the Queensland Country Women's Association meets at 10 George Street.

[68] Caboolture is a centre within the City of Moreton Bay local government area.

Caboolture is divided between the electoral districts of Pumicestone and Morayfield in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, and forms the main part of the Division of Longman in the Australian House of Representatives.

Included in their display is a collection of warbird and other vintage aircraft in flying condition.

Currently, the collection includes a P-51D Mustang, SNJ and Winjeel as well as a French built World War I Nieuport 17 fighter, as well as displays of aviation memorabilia and aircraft engines.