Durham, Queensland

Cooper Creek (an Intermittent braided river) enters the locality from the north (Tanbar / Eromanga) and flows south through the locality, exiting to the south (Cameron Corner / Noccundra).^[4]

Three major outback roads pass through Durham:^[5]

• Adventure Way to South Australia
• Bullo Developmental Road to Cunnamulla
• Cooper Developmental Road to Quilpie

The land use is grazing on native vegetation.^[6]

The area is the traditional lands of the Yandruwandha people.^{[citation needed]}

The Burke and Wills expedition passed through Durham.^[7]

In the 2016 census, Durham had a population of 36 people.^[8]

In the 2021 census, Durham had a population of 31 people.^[1]

The heritage-listed Burke and Wills Dig Tree is located beside the Bullah Bullah Waterhole at the Nappa Merrie pastoral station (27.6216°S 141.0734°E / -27.6216; 141.0734 (Burke and Wills Dig Tree)).^[7]

There are no schools in Durham and none nearby. Distance education and boarding school are the alternatives.^[3]

There are a number of homesteads in the locality:^[9]

• Durham Downs (27.0789°S 141.9075°E / -27.0789; 141.9075 (Durham Downs (homestead)))
• Joes Outstation (26.9300°S 141.7920°E / -26.9300; 141.7920 (Joes Outstation (homestead)))
• Kihee (27.3880°S 142.6203°E / -27.3880; 142.6203 (Kihee (homestead)))
• Nappa Merrie (27.5962°S 141.1068°E / -27.5962; 141.1068 (Nappa Merrie (homestead)))
• New Bundeena Outstation (27.3800°S 142.5935°E / -27.3800; 142.5935 (New Bundeena Outstation (homestead)))
• St Anne's Cottage (27.4363°S 141.2940°E / -27.4363; 141.2940 (St Anne's Cottage (homestead)))
• Woomanooka (27.2509°S 142.1295°E / -27.2509; 142.1295 (Woomanooka (homestead)))

• Durham Downs Station