Durack, Queensland

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Field	Value
type	suburb
name	Durack
city	Brisbane
state	qld
image	Durack, Queensland.JPG
caption	Blunder Road
alternative_location_map	Australia Queensland metropolitan Brisbane
pushpin_map_caption	Location in metropolitan Brisbane
coordinates
pop	7788
pop_year
pop_footnotes
postcode	4077
area	4.0
timezone	AEST
utc	+10:00
dist1	17.4
dir1	SSW
location1	Brisbane CBD
lga	City of Brisbane
(Forest Lake Ward; Moorooka Ward)
stategov	Inala
fedgov	Oxley
near-n	Oxley
near-ne	Willawong
near-e	Willawong
near-se	Willawong
near-s	Doolandella
near-sw	Inala
near-w	Inala
near-nw	Inala
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Geography

Durack is 17.4 km south-west of the Brisbane CBD.

History

Durack is named after Michael Durack, one of the landholders of the Archerfield pastoral station. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/93/Queensland_State_Archives_6786_Serviceton_State_School_Brisbane_August_1959.png" caption="Serviceton State School, 1959"] ::

Serviceton State School opened on 27 January 1959 with 252 students under head teacher Arthur Wentworth Alpen. On 1 January 2001, it was renamed Durack State School.

Inala State High School opened on 30 January 1962. It closed on 15 December 1995 to amalgamate with Richlands State High School to create Glenala State High School on the Inala State High School site. Despite the name, Inala State High School was in Durack on the north-east corner of Glenala Road and Hampton Street ().

Brisbane Muslim School opened in Buranda in 2002. In 2005, the school moved to Durack and was renamed Australian International Islamic College.

Demographics

In the , Durack had a population of 6,177 people, 51.6% female and 48.4% male. The median age of the Durack population was 38 years of age, 1 year above the Australian median. 54.6% of people living in Durack were born in Australia, compared to the national average of 69.8%; the next most common countries of birth were Vietnam 14.3%, New Zealand 3.9%, England 3.2%, Samoa 1.5%, Philippines 1.4%. 54.4% of people spoke only English at home; the next most popular languages were 23.2% Vietnamese, 3.1% Samoan, 1.3% Arabic, 0.9% Tagalog, 0.9% Spanish.

In the , Durack had a population of 7,487 people.

In the , Durack had a population of 7,788 people.

Education

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Durack State School is a government primary (Prep–6) school for boys and girls at 69 Inala Avenue (). In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 593 students with 45 teachers (40 full-time equivalent) and 36 non-teaching staff (23 full-time equivalent). It includes a special education program.

Glenala State High School is a government secondary (7–12) school for boys and girls at Glenala Road (). In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 790 students with 72 teachers (70 full-time equivalent) and 40 non-teaching staff (30 full-time equivalent).

Australian International Islamic College is a private primary and secondary (Prep–12) school for boys and girls at 724 Blunder Road (). In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 613 students with 45 teachers (42 full-time equivalent) and 31 non-teaching staff (25 full-time equivalent).

Amenities

Phap Quang Temple, a Vietnamese Buddhist temple is located in the suburb.

Despite its name, the Archerfield Wetlands is a 150 ha greenspace precinct within the suburbs of Durack, Willawong, Rocklea, and Oxley in the Oxley Creek corridor. It borders the Archerfield Airport. The main entry point to the wetlands is via the Archerfield Wetlands District Park at 455 Bowhill Road, Durack (). The district park replaces the former Inala wastewater treatment plant and has a number of indoor and outdoor community spaces, playgrounds with water features, and picnic and barbeque facilities. It is also the start of a number of walking and cycling trails through the larger wetlands. A direct entry to the trail network is via 415 Bowhill Road, Durack ().

Transport

The suburb is linked to Salisbury railway station and the Brisbane CBD by bus route 100. The suburb is also linked to Richlands railway station by bus route 460.

References

"Forest Lake Ward".
"Moorooka Ward".
{{cite QPN. 43376. Durack. suburb in City of Brisbane
"Brisbane GPO to Durack".
Mynott, Wicki. (2009). "150 years: Richlands, Inala & neighbouring suburbs in Brisbane's South West". Richlands, Inala & Suburbs History Group.
(2009). "Durack State School 50th Anniversary (formerly Servicetown State School)".
"Queensland schools past and present". [[Queensland Family History Society]].
(20 August 2013). "Queensland state school – centre closures".
(1979). "9442-58 Oxley". [[Queensland Government]].
{{Census 2011 AUS
{{Census 2016 AUS
{{Census 2021 AUS
(9 July 2018). "State and non-state school details". [[Queensland Government]].
"Durack State School".
"ACARA School Profile 2017".
"Durack SS – Special Education Program".
"Glenala SHS – Special Education Program".
"THÀNH VIÊN GIÁO HỘI". The Unified Vietnamese Buddhist Congregation of Australia – New Zealand.
"Archerfield Wetlands Parkland".
"Archerfield Wetlands Precinct Plan: "The heart of Oxley Creek"".

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