Dural is a semi-rural suburb

Suburb

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 of Sydney

Sydney

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, in the state of New South Wales

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, Australia

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. Dural is located 36 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district

Sydney central business district

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 in the local government areas of Hornsby Shire

Hornsby Shire

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 and The Hills Shire. Dural is part of the Hills District

Hills District (Sydney)

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, in Northern Sydney. Round Corner

Round Corner, New South Wales

Round Corner is a locality of the suburb of Dural in Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is part of Baulkham Hills Shire.-Round Corner Dural:...

 is a locality in the south-western part of Dural.

History

The original inhabitants of the Dural area were the sumber tribe people. Dural is derived from Dooral-Dooral, an Aboriginal name meaning a smoking hollow tree.

The name Dooral appeared on Surveyor Richard Dundiate, map of April 1817 and originally covered the whole area including present day Glenorie

Glenorie, New South Wales

Glenorie is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Glenorie is located 44 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district in the local government areas of The Hills Shire and Hornsby Shire. Glenorie is part of the Hills District.-Aboriginal culture:The...

, Galston

Galston, New South Wales

Galston is a suburb of northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Galston is located 36 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Hornsby Shire and is part of the North Shore region....

, Arcadia

Arcadia, New South Wales

Arcadia is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Arcadia is located 42 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of Hornsby Shire...

 and Middle Dural

Middle Dural, New South Wales

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 The Hills Shire. Dural is in the Upper North Shore region...

. 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 later. The chapel—known as St Jude's Church—is now listed on the Register of the National Estate.

Schools

• Dural Public School
• Redfield College
• Pacific Hills Chistrian School
• Warrah Rudolf Steiner School

Sport and recreation

Dural plays host to the Dural Rugby Club,, Dural Country Club, Dural Country Club soccer teams, 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.

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