Dural is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of
New South Wales
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, Australia 36 kilometres north-west of the
Sydney central business district
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in the
local government area
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s of
Hornsby Shire
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and
The Hills Shire
The Hills Shire (from 1906–2008 as Baulkham Hills Shire) is a local government area in the Greater Sydney region of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The suburb is north-west of the Sydney central business district, and encompasses stretchi ...
. Dural is part of the
Hills District.
Round Corner is a locality in the south-western part of Dural.
History
The original inhabitants of the Dural area were the
Darug people
The Dharug or Darug people, formerly known as the Broken Bay tribe, are an Aboriginal Australian people, who share strong ties of kinship and, in pre-colonial times, lived as skilled hunters in family groups or clans, scattered throughout much ...
. Dural is derived from Dooral-Dooral, an
Aboriginal name meaning ''a smoking hollow tree''.
The name ''Dooral'' appeared on Surveyor
Richard Dundiate's map of April 1817 and originally covered the whole area including present day
Glenorie,
Galston,
Arcadia and
Middle Dural. Located on the
Old Northern Road, a historic road built by convicts between 1825 and 1836 to link early Sydney, in the Colony of New South Wales, with the fertile Hunter Valley to the north. 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 soon after. The chapel—known as St Jude's Church—is now listed on the Register of the National Estate.
Dural Post Office opened on 1 August 1864.
Population
According to the
2016 census, there were 7,570 residents in Dural. 66.6% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were England 4.4%, China 2.7%, South Africa 2.0%, India 1.9% and Malaysia 1.6%. 72.8% of people spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 3.9%, Cantonese 2.7%, Arabic 2.5% and Italian 1.7%. The most common responses for religion in Dural were Catholic 29.4%, No Religion 21.2% and Anglican 17.9%. The median household income was $2,164, a fair bit higher than the national median of $1,438. 82.3% of occupied dwellings were separate houses and 63.4% of houses had 4 or more bedrooms. There was a high level of home ownership in Dural, with 82.2% of people either owning their house outright or owning with a mortgage.
Schools
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Lorien Novalis School
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Dural Public School
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Redfield College
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Pacific Hills Christian School
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Warrah Rudolf Steiner School
*Middle Dural Public School
Sport and recreation
Dural plays host to the Dural Rugby Club, Dural Country Club, Dural Country Club soccer teams, Redfield Lions Soccer and Rugby Clubs and the Pacific Hills Pumas Soccer Club.
Dural Rugby Club organises Wallatag in the Summer Months which is held on a Friday night at Bernie Mullane Sports Complex in Kellyville.
Hills Hawks Junior Rugby League Football Clubhas its home ground at Dural Park, Quarry Road Dural
Transport
Dural has no railway station but is connected to
Castle Hill metro station and
Pennant Hills railway station via bus services operated by
Hillsbus
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. A
Hillsbus
Hillsbus is an Australian bus company that operates services in the Hills District of Sydney. Founded in 2004 when National Express merged its Glenorie Bus Company and Westbus (Hills District operations only) subsidiaries, it is today part of ...
depot is located on New Line Road next to
McDonald's.
Media
Between 1985 and 1987, Dural was the site for tapings of the television game show ''
It's a Knockout
''It's a Knockout!'' is a British game show first broadcast in 1966. It was adapted from the French show ''Intervilles'', and was part of the international '' Jeux sans frontières'' franchise.
History
The series was broadcast on BBC1 from 7 A ...
'' shown nationally on the
Ten Network and hosted by Billy J Smith and Fiona MacDonald. However, due to numerous complaints from local residents the show was cancelled in 1987.
Dural was also the setting for the home of the wealthy Hamilton family, at 631 Old Northern Road, in the soap opera
Sons And Daughters during its 1981–1987 run. Le Chateau, a landmark manor house in Dural was host to the set of
Beauty and The Geek
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, a similar theme of television show to
The Bachelor. The Le Chateau is now owned by Harach Lucas, founder and CEO of MicroChannel.
Communications
Quarry Road is home to th
Amateur Radio New South Walesclubrooms, library, and broadcasting site.
References
External links
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Suburbs of Sydney
The Hills Shire
Hornsby Shire