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4 unusual facts about Homebush


Fenella Kernebone

Kernebone was just three months old when her family moved to Homebush, in Sydney's west.

Homebush, New South Wales

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.

Richard Killen

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.

Teralba, New South Wales

The town first came into being with the construction of the Homebush to Waratah Railway in the early 1880s.


Alfred Richard Creyke

It is located in the Malvern Hills (named after the English Malvern Hills) behind Homebush, with Dalethorpe Road leading into the area.

Johannes Christian Brunnich

In 1887 Brünnich became chief chemist and mill manager for the Colonial Sugar Refining Company at Homebush, near Mackay.

Rhodes, New South Wales

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.

West Ryde, New South Wales

In the 1880s, with the building of the railway line from Homebush to Hornsby, some estates were subdivided along its route.


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