Kernebone was just three months old when her family moved to Homebush, in Sydney's west.
It became known as Warwick in 1902 when it was bought by public subscription for Emily Forrester (1842–1917), widow of William Forrester (1842–1901) who had owned Warwick Farm as a private racecourse before he died owning nothing.
Born in Homebush, New South Wales, he was educated at Blackfriars Correspondence School (1934–42) and Sydney Grammar School (1942–46), receiving his Intermediate and leaving certificates.
The town first came into being with the construction of the Homebush to Waratah Railway in the early 1880s.
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It is located in the Malvern Hills (named after the English Malvern Hills) behind Homebush, with Dalethorpe Road leading into the area.
In 1887 Brünnich became chief chemist and mill manager for the Colonial Sugar Refining Company at Homebush, near Mackay.
There is a health-based ban in Sydney Harbour (including the Parramatta River and Homebush and Brays Bays near Rhodes) on the taking of all intertidal organisms such as oysters and pipis.
In the 1880s, with the building of the railway line from Homebush to Hornsby, some estates were subdivided along its route.