Durah, Queensland
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| Coordinates: 26°18′48″S 150°57′24″E / 26.3133°S 150.9566°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 418.3 km2 (161.5 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 0 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.0000/km2 (0.0000/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+10:00 (AEST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 4413 | ||||||||||||
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Durah is a locality in the Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Durah had "no people or a very low population".[1]
History
The locality was named after a pastoral run held in the early 1850s by Thorne and Ridler who also held the adjoining Darr and Ballon runs. The name is believed to be of Aboriginal origin, meaning thigh. In an 1883 map, the Durah run appears with Durah Creek flowing through it and joining Charleys Creek to the south. It is not known whether the creek (with gully and waterhole), or the run was named first.[2]
Fairyland West Provisional School opened on 1 May 1941, becoming Fairyland West State School on 26 April 1957. It closed in 1980.[4] It was located on Fairyland School Road, just east of Charleys Creek (approx 26°27′09″S 150°53′19″E / 26.4525°S 150.8886°E). Despite the name, the school's location is now within Durah.[5][3]
