change. The options were Derrinallum, Tarrinallum, Dunwall or Dunstone.. The post office changed its name to Derrinallum in 1873 to match the new name of the town. Growth of the town was slow, by the time of Federation there were only seven dwellings in the town. The town's war memorial doesn't have any names from WW1. The arrival of the railway in 1913 preceded the soldier settlements of the 1920s. The arrival of the return soldiers lead to the formation of the RSL and the placement of the war memorial. Prior to WW2 the population of the town jumped from 69 to 155 residents. On 14 January 1944, a bushfire that started in Vite Vite aided by strong northerly winds destroyed the town. Only 12 buildings remained standing after the fire. The devastation and subsequent rebuilding the town is notable for all the post war style architecture. More land was available for soldiers returning from WW2, these soldiers with their families help swell the numbers in the district and aided the growth in the town and the services it could provide.. Community Derrinallum features a FoodWorks supermarket, which includes a hardware store, nursery and newsagency. Also within the town are a post office, a fish and chip shop (Derri Takeaway), a pub, a motel, a Shell service station, two mechanics, a library, a Red Cross shop, a rural supplies business and a cafe. The town had an ANZ Bank until it closed in November 2014. Derrinallum P12 College is a co-educational state school in the town. The school is constantly having new students arrive and settle into the community. The main street also hosts a war memorial, history rooms and community information centre called DISC, which is also the local Centrelink resource centre. Over summer, running from October to March, the town hosts a country farmer's market on the third Sunday of the month. Close to town are the Deep Lake and Lake Ettrick, both of these lakes host a variety of sporting and social activities. The local Country Fire Authority (CFA) in Derrinallum has a variety of equipment, including two fire trucks. It is part of the CFA Lismore group and District 06. The town, in conjunction with neighbouring township Lismore, has an Australian Rules football team, Lismore-Derrinallum, competing in the Mininera & District Football League. Crime On 12 April 2014, Derrinallum became the centre of Australia's biggest explosives