Penarie, New South Wales

Town in New South Wales, Australia
34°24′23″S 143°36′48″E / 34.40639°S 143.61333°E / -34.40639; 143.61333Postcode(s)2715Location
  • 881 km (547 mi) WSW of Sydney
  • 458 km (285 mi) NNW of Melbourne
  • 191 km (119 mi) E of Mildura
  • 28 km (17 mi) N of Balranald
LGA(s)Balranald ShireCountyCairaState electorate(s)MurrayFederal division(s)Farrer

Penarie is a small settlement about 32 kilometres north of Balranald, in the Riverina district of New South Wales, Australia. It is part of Balranald Shire. Penarie is situated at a junction on the road between Balranald and Ivanhoe, where a branch road leads to Oxley. Penarie was formerly known as Homebush.

History

Penarie is on the traditional lands of the Muthi Muthi Aboriginal tribe.

On 26 July 1877 Michael Dowdican made a conditional purchase of land at the Balranald-Ivanhoe-Oxley road junction and built the Homebush Hotel, which commenced operating in 1878.[1]

Michael Dowdican held the licence of the Homebush Hotel until 1896. From 1897 until at least 1900 the publican was William H. S. Wilkinson.[2]

William Henry Smith Wilkinson of the "Homebush" hotel near Balranald New South Wales, died 9 Nov 1905 (Probate Sydney to Louisa Wilkinson, widow).[3]

Mrs. Catherine Prendergast, widow of Patrick Prendergast (a pioneer of Maude village), “conducted the Homebush Hotel for several years”.[4]

References

  1. ^ ‘Outer Localities’, Balranald Shire Council web-site (accessed 5 January 2007).
  2. ^ Lists of Hotel Licenses, NSW Government Gazettes.
  3. ^ Wilkinson, William. "Mr". Retrieved 5 January 2017.
  4. ^ ‘Mrs. Catherine Prendergast’ (obituary), Riverine Grazier, 1 October 1937, p. 1.

External links

Media related to Penarie, New South Wales at Wikimedia Commons

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