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unusual facts about Emu Plains


Emu Plains railway station

Emu Plains railway station is located in the western Sydney suburb of Emu Plains and also serves the surrounding suburbs of Emu Heights and Leonay.


Nepean River

Charles Darwin also wrote of people (Aborigines) at Emu Ford, commenting on their skill with spears, while Watkin Tench of the Royal Marines also noted their use of spears, lines and nets to capture fish.


see also

Emu Plains railway station

Route 690P - between Faulconbridge and Penrith - does not stop outside Emu Plains Railway Station.

Route 690B - between Blaxland and Penrith - does not stop outside Emu Plains Railway Station.

Great Western Highway

In 1813, acting on the instructions of NSW Governor Lachlan Macquarie, Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth led an 1813 expedition that travelled west from Emu Plains and, by staying to the ridges, were able to confirm the existence of a passable route directly west from Sydney across the Blue Mountains.