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Middle Dural is a semi-rural suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Dural is located 37 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. Dural is a separate suburb to the south.
[edit] History
Dural is derived from Dooral-Dooral, an Aboriginal name meaning a smoking hollow tree.
[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 Dural. Timber cutters opened up the area in the early 1800s and the settlements were originally known as Upper, Middle, Lower, North and Little Dural.
[edit] References
- The Book of Sydney Suburbs, Compiled by Frances Pollen, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1990, Published in Australia ISBN 0-207-14495-8
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