Dural Taxi

Dural is located 36 kilometers North West of the Sydney central business district, this semi rural  suburb is in the upper north shore region and is in the local government area of the Hornsby Shire. It is in a part of the area known as the Hills District. Dural is derived from an Aboriginal name Dooral-Dooral meaning a smoking hollow tree. The original inhabitants of this area were the sumber tribe people.

In April 1817 the name Dooral appeared on the map of surveyor James Meehan, and the whole area included present day Arcadia, Middle Dural, Galston and Glenorie. In 1879 the first land grant in the area was made to George Hall. At an earlier stage James Roughley a local settler had donated land for a church to be built. In 1846 a sandstone church was built on Old Northern Road. The chapel known as St Jude’s Church is now listed on the Register of the National Estate.