The name Dooral appeared on Surveyor James Meehan's map of April 1817 and originally covered the whole area which includes present day Arcadia, as well as Dural, Glenorie and Galston.

[4] Timber cutters opened up the area from 1817 and the early settlements were originally known as Upper, Middle, Lower, North and Little Dural.

The most common other countries of birth were England (4.8%), New Zealand (2.0%), South Africa (1.0%), Scotland (0.9%) and China (0.9%).

Other languages spoken at home included Italian (1.3%), Arabic (0.9%), Mandarin (0.9%), German (0.5%) and Croatian (0.4%).

The 120th Anniversary committee were the recipients of the 2015 Owen Nannelli Memorial Award presented by Hornsby Shire Council.