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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.
[edit] History
Dural is derived from Dooral-Dooral, an Aboriginal name meaning a smoking hollow tree. [1]
[edit] Aboriginal Culture
The original inhabitants of the Dural area were the Darug people.
[edit] 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.[2] 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.[3]
[edit] Schools
- Dural Public School [4]
- Redfield College [5]
- Pacific Hills Christian School [6]
- Warrah Rudolf Steiner School [7]
[edit] Sport and Recreation
Dural plays host to the Dural Country Club's Soccer teams. [8]
[edit] References
- ^ The Book of Sydney Suburbs, Compiled by Frances Pollen, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1990, Published in Australia ISBN 0-207-14495-8, page 90
- ^ Book of Sydney Suburbs, Frances Pollon (Angus and Robertson) 1990, p.90
- ^ The Heritage of Australia, Macmillan Company, 1981, p.2/26
- ^ Dural Public School
- ^ Redfield College
- ^ Pacific Hills Christian School
- ^ Warrah School
- ^ Dural Country Club
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