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Caboolture is the seat of local government for the shire and is
located some 45 minutes from downtown Brisbane, just off the
Bruce Highway. The area was first settled in 1842 when the land
around the Moreton Bay penal colony was opened up to free
settlers.
The area around the Caboolture River was called by the Brisbane
Aborigines, Kabul-tur , meaning the place of the carpet
snakes because these reptiles were plentiful in the region. The
river was important for the opening up of the country to
white settlement. Timber getters floated red cedar logs down the
river, settlers arrived and ferried their supplies in by the
same means.
By the mid 1860's the local pastoralists were experimenting with
sugar cane and cotton. 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. The local shire was
constituted in 1879 and in 1888 the railway line from Brisbane
was opened.
The major components of the local economy are construction, property
& business services, retail trade and agriculture. In
fact Caboolture is possibly the largest producer of strawberries in
Queensland.
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