Durran Durra

{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}

{{Infobox Australian place | type = town

| name = Durran Durra

| state = nsw

| image = Durran Durra creek.jpg

| caption = Durran Durra creek

| coordinates = {{coord|35|18|57|S|149|53|02|E|display=inline,title}}

| pushpin_label_position = right

| pushpin_map_caption = Location in New South Wales

| lga = Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council

| county = St Vincent

| parish = Durran Durra

| region = Southern Tablelands

| postcode = 2622

| pop = 114

| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}

| pop_footnotes = {{Census 2021 AUS | id = SAL11337| name = Durran Durra| quick = on | accessdate = 28 September 2022}}

| stategov = Monaro

| fedgov = Eden-Monaro

| dist1 = 14

| dir1 = N

| location1= Braidwood

| dist2 = 100

| dir2 = E

| location2= Canberra

| dist3 =

| dir3 =

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| near-n = Marlowe

| near-ne = Tomboye

| near-e = Back Creek

| near-se = Mongarlowe

| near-s = Braidwood

| near-sw = Larbert

| near-w = Larbert

| near-nw = Mayfield

}}

Durran Durra is a locality in the Queanbeyan–Palerang Regional Council, New South Wales, Australia. It is located on the road from Braidwood to Nowra about 15 km north of Braidwood and 100 km east of Canberra.{{NSW GNR|id=2d21b3b1-ee29-439d-86e7-4f0688dff686|title=Durran Durra|accessdate=26 April 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/6079508#map=12/-35.3359/149.8731|publisher =OpenStreetMap|title=Durran Durra|accessdate=26 April 2018}} At the {{CensusAU|2021}}, it had a population of 114. It consists mainly of grazing country.

The area now known as Durran Durra lies on the traditional lands of the Walbanga people,{{Cite web|title=Tindale Tribes - Walbanga|url=http://archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindaletribes/walbanga.htm|access-date=2021-01-06|website=archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au|archive-date=21 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421171344/http://archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindaletribes/walbanga.htm|url-status=dead}} a group of the Yuin.

In 1827, James Ryrie took over land in the area, as a land grant authorized by Governor Darling. James died in 1840 and his property was consolidated with the nearby Ryrie family property, Arnprior, at neighbouring Larbert.{{Cite web|title=Arnprior {{!}} NSW Environment, Energy and Science|url=https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/heritageapp/ViewHeritageItemDetails.aspx?ID=5051467|access-date=2021-03-15|website=www.environment.nsw.gov.au}}

Durran Durra had a "half-time" school from 1872 to 1898, from 1904 to 1905 and from 1915 to 1921.{{cite web|url=https://nswgovschoolhistory.cese.nsw.gov.au/schoolHistory?schoolId=2718|title=Durran Durra in the School history database search|publisher=New South Wales Department of Education|accessdate=26 April 2018}}