Bendick Murrell is a town in the
South West Slopes region of
New South Wales
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, Australia.
Locality
The town is adjacent to the
Olympic Highway within the
Hilltops local government area, west of the state capital,
Sydney
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. The town is on the
Blayney-Demondrille railway line. At the , Bendick Murrell and the surrounding area had a population of 155,
but had dropped to 143 in
2021
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.
Name
The name of the town is
Aboriginal
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*Aborigines (mythology), in Roman mythology
* Indigenous peoples, general term for ethnic groups who are the earliest known inhabitants of an area
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in origin, meaning "
plain
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" and was originally given a local
pastoral station.
Services
A provisional school was established in 1883 and the existing school has occupied the same site since 1894.
A receiving post office was opened in 1887.
Bendick Murrell railway station opened in 1888, originally as Marengo. It was renamed Bendick Murrell in 1889. The original station was further south than the current location as the station was relocated in 1915 to allow for the expansion of grain loading facilities.
References
External links
Towns in New South Wales
Hilltops Council
Blayney–Demondrille railway line
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