Durham is a rural locality in the Shire of Bulloo, Queensland, Australia. It is on the Queensland border with South Australia. In the , Durham had a population of 31 people.
Geography 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).
Three major outback roads pass through Durham: Adventure Way to South Australia Bullo Developmental Road to Cunnamulla Cooper Developmental Road to Quilpie The land use is grazing on native vegetation.
History The area is the traditional lands of the Yandruwandha people.
The Burke and Wills expedition passed through Durham.
Demographics In the , Durham had a population of 36 people.
In the , Durham had a population of 31 people.
Heritage listings
The heritage-listed Burke and Wills Dig Tree is located beside the Bullah Bullah Waterhole at the Nappa Merrie pastoral station ().
Education There are no schools in Durham and none nearby. Distance education and boarding school are the alternatives.
Economy There are a number of homesteads in the locality:
Durham Downs () Joes Outstation () Kihee () Nappa Merrie () New Bundeena Outstation () St Anne's Cottage () Woomanooka ()
See also
Durham Downs Station
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