Durham, Queensland

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 passes north-south through the centre of the locality.

Three major outback roads pass through Durham:
 * Adventure Way to South Australia
 * Bullo Developmental Road to Cunnamulla
 * Cooper Developmental Road to Quilpie

History
The area is the traditional lands of the Yandruwandha people.

In the 17th century, Spain and Portugal divided the world between them with a line running through Durham, which eventually became the border with South Australia. No representatives of either empire visited the site and no consultation with the Yandruwandha people was ever under taken.

The first Europeans to the area were the various parties within the Burke and Wills expedition.

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 (-27.6216°N, 141.0734°W).

Education
There are no schools in Durham and none nearby. Distance education and boarding school would be options.

Economy
There are a number of homesteads in the locality:


 * Durham Downs (-27.0789°N, 141.9075°W)
 * Joes Outstation (-26.93°N, 141.792°W)
 * Kihee (-27.388°N, 142.6203°W)
 * Nappa Merrie (-27.5962°N, 141.1068°W)
 * New Bundeena Outstation (-27.38°N, 142.5935°W)
 * St Anne's Cottage (-27.4363°N, 141.294°W)
 * Woomanooka (-27.2509°N, 142.1295°W)