Dural, New South Wales Totally Explained

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Dural is a semi-rural suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Dural is located 36 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district in the local government areas of Hornsby Shire and Baulkham Hills Shire. Dural is in the Upper North Shore region and part of the Hills District. Round Corner is a locality in the south-western part of Dural.

History

Dural is derived from Dooral-Dooral, an Aboriginal name meaning a smoking hollow tree.

Aboriginal Culture

The original inhabitants of the Dural area were the Darug people.

European Settlement

The name Dooral appeared on Surveyor James Meehan’s map of April 1817 and originally covered the whole area including present day Glenorie, Galston, Arcadia and Middle Dural. The first grant in the area was made to George Hall in 1879. At an earlier stage, a local settler, James Roughley, had donated land to be used for the building of a church. A sandstone chapel was built on Old Northern Road circa 1846, with a vestry, apse and shingle roof, plus a bell turret on the western gable. A porch was added later. The chapel -- known as St Jude's Church -- is now listed on the Register of the National Estate.

Schools

Dural Public School
Redfield College
Pacific Hills Christian School
Warrah Rudolf Steiner School

Sport and Recreation

Dural plays host to the Dural Country Club's Soccer teams.

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