Dulacca, Queensland
town in Queensland, Australia
Dulacca is a rural town and locality in the Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, the locality of Dulacca had a population of 131 people.
Geography
Dulacca is on the Darling Downs, 380 kilometres (240 mi) north west of the state capital, Brisbane. The Warrego Highway traverses from east to west through the locality, passing through the town. The Western railway line also traverses from east to west immediately south and parallel to the highway with the town being served by Dulacca railway station.
Dulacca Creek flows through the locality from the town to the south, eventually being a tributary to the Balonne River.
History
The name Dulacca is believed to be derived from the Aboriginal word doolucah meaning emu nest.
Dulacca Post Office opened on 3 March 1879.
Dulacca State School opened on 1 March 1909.
The Dulacca Presbyterian Church opened in 1910, constructed from local cypress pine.
“Dulacca, Queensland” enters the record as town in Queensland, Australia. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Dulacca, Queensland and town can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 16, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5313279. Authority coordinates are -26.650, 149.750. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2021, 1879, 1909 and 1910.
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This entry incorporates text from “Dulacca, Queensland” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.