Mount Nebo is a mountain

Mountain

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 approximately 28 km north of the Brisbane

Brisbane

Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...

 suburb of The Gap

The Gap, Queensland

The Gap is a leafy and hilly suburb of Brisbane, in Queensland, Australia, located approximately 11 km west of the Brisbane CBD.-Geography:...

 in Queensland

Queensland

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, Australia

Australia

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. It is part of the D'Aguilar Range

D'Aguilar Range

The D'Aguilar Range is a mountain range near Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The town of Dayboro is situated on the lower foothills midway along the range and Woodford lies at the northern most point of the range. Many residential areas line its eastern slopes including the town of Samford and the...

 which includes other mountains such as Mount Pleasant

Mount Pleasant (Queensland)

Mount Pleasant, is a mountain which is a part of the D'Aguilar Range.Other mountains in the D'Aguilar Range include Mount Nebo, Mount Glorious and Mount Mee.-External links:*...

, Mount Glorious

Mount Glorious (Queensland)

Mount Glorious in Queensland is a mountain which is part of the D'Aguilar Range and is a suburb in Moreton Bay Region roughly 30 km north west of Brisbane....

 and Mount Mee

Mount Mee, Queensland

Mount Mee is a suburb and mountain in Queensland, Australia, located north of the town of Dayboro on the D'Aguilar Range.-History:The area around Mount Mee was known to the indigenous inhabitants of the area as Dahmongah, a word meaning "flying squirrel" or glider...

. The town of Mount Nebo is named after the mountain on which it is located. The mountain is the source of Enoggera Creek

Enoggera Creek

Enoggera Creek is a waterway that rises on the D'Aguilar Range and flows into the Brisbane River. The creek's headwaters form on the southern slopes of Mount Nebo in Brisbane Forest Park....

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History

Settlement began in 1919 with the subdivision of the Highlands Estate into smaller blocks for soldiers returning from World War I. For a number of years the community belonged to the Shire of Esk

Shire of Esk

The Shire of Esk was a Local Government Area in South East Queensland, Australia, located about west-northwest of Brisbane. It stretched from the Lockyer Valley north and west to the Great Dividing Range and up the valley of the Brisbane River...

, but between 1932 and 1936 a redrawing of the boundaries brought Mount Nebo into the Shire of Pine Rivers. The 2008 amalgamation of local councils means it now falls within the Moreton Bay Region.