Dululu is a small town in Central Queensland

Central Queensland

Central Queensland is an ambiguous geographical division of Queensland that centres on the eastern coast, around the Tropic of Capricorn. Its major regional centre is Rockhampton and the Capricorn Coast and the area extends west to the Central Highlands at Emerald, north to the Mackay Regional...

, Australia

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, in northern Banana Shire. The town sits at the junction of the Burnett

Burnett Highway

The Burnett Highway is an inland rural highway located in Queensland, Australia. The highway runs generally north - south, from its junction with the Bruce Highway, just south of Rockhampton, to Nanango. Length is approximately 550 kilometres...

 and Leichhardt

Leichhardt Highway

The Leichhardt Highway is a major transport route in Queensland, Australia. It is a continuation northward from Goondiwindi of the Newell Highway....

 highways, 70 km south-west of Rockhampton, Queensland

Rockhampton, Queensland

Rockhampton is a city and local government area in Queensland, Australia. The city lies on the Fitzroy River, approximately from the river mouth, and some north of the state capital, Brisbane....

 and 610 km north-west of Brisbane

Brisbane

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.

The town's original name was Bunerba. The Railway Department changed this to Dululu in 1915 to avoid confusion with Buneru, another town located near Wowan

Wowan, Queensland

Wowan is a small rural township in Central Queensland, Australia. It is named from the Aboriginal word for Australian brush-turkey. At the 2006 census, Wowan and the surrounding area had a population of 338....

. The name derives from an Indigenous word meaning "soft".http://www.nrw.qld.gov.au/property/placenames/detail.php?id=10793

External links

• "Our Town Dululu" (PDF file)