Durham is a rural

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in the

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, Australia. It is on the Queensland border with

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. In the , Durham had a population of 31 people.

Geography

Cooper Creek The Cooper Creek (formerly Cooper's Creek) is a river in the Australian states of Queensland and South Australia. It was the site of the death of the explorers Burke and Wills in 1861. It is sometimes known as the Barcoo River from one of its ...

passes north-south through the centre of the locality. Three major outback roads pass through Durham: *

Adventure Way The Adventure Way is an Australian outback route between Brisbane, Queensland and Innamincka, South Australia (and, in some publications, extending through to Adelaide via the Strzelecki Track). Using the Adventure Way, it is from Brisbane to I ...

* Bullo Developmental Road to

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* Cooper Developmental Road to

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History

The area is the traditional lands of the

Yandruwandha people The Yandruwandha, alternatively known as ''Jandruwanta,'' are an Aboriginal Australian people living in the Lakes area of South Australia, south of Cooper Creek and west of the Wangkumara people. Language Yandruwandha is a generic term referr ...

. In the 17th century, Spain and Portugal divided the world between them with a line running through Durham, which eventually became the border with South Australia. No representatives of either empire visited the site and no consultation with the Yandruwandha people was ever under taken. The first Europeans to the area were the various parties within the Burke and Wills expedition.

Demographics

In the , Durham had a population of 36 people. In the , Durham had a population of 31 people.

Heritage listings

The heritage-listed Burke and Wills Dig Tree is located beside the Bullah Bullah Waterhole at the Nappa Merrie pastoral station ().

Education

There are no schools in Durham and none nearby.

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and boarding school would be options.

Economy

There are a number of homesteads in the locality: * Durham Downs () * Joes Outstation () * Kihee () * Nappa Merrie () * New Bundeena Outstation () * St Anne's Cottage () * Woomanooka ()

References

External links

{{Shire of Bulloo Shire of Bulloo Localities in Queensland