Homebush is a rural

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in the

Mackay Region The Mackay Region is a local government area located in North Queensland, Queensland, Australia. Established in 2008, it was preceded by three previous local government areas with modern histories extending back as far as 1869. It has an estimat ...

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, Australia. In the , the locality of Homebush had a population of 262 people.

History

The name ''Homebush'' is taken from the name of a pastoral run owned by E. B. Cornish in 1864 and operated by John Walker in 1866. It later became a sugar plantation. Homebush Post Office opened on 5 December 1883 and closed in 1976. Homebush Sugar Mill opened in 1883 and closed in 1922. Homebush State School opened on 24 January 1889. In 2014, Homebush State School celebrated its 125th anniversary. The opening service for the Homebush Presbyterian Church was held on Sunday 6 October 1912.

Demographics

In the , the locality of Homebush had a population of 277 people. In the , the locality of Homebush had a population of 271 people. In the , the locality of Homebush had a population of 262 people.

Heritage listings

Homebush has a number of

heritage-listed This list is of heritage registers, inventories of cultural properties, natural and human-made, tangible and intangible, movable and immovable, that are deemed to be of sufficient heritage value to be separately identified and recorded. In ma ...

sites, including: * 993 Homebush Road (): Homebush Mission Hall

Amenities

The

Mackay Regional Council The Mackay Region is a local government area located in North Queensland, Queensland, Australia. Established in 2008, it was preceded by three previous local government areas with modern histories extending back as far as 1869. It has an estimat ...

operates a mobile library service on a fortnightly schedule at Homebush Road near the school.

Education

Homebush State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 1181 Homebush Road (). In 2016, there were 59 students. In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 48 students with 3 teachers and 7 non-teaching staff (4 full-time equivalent). It includes a

special education Special education (also known as special-needs education, aided education, alternative provision, exceptional student education, special ed., SDC, and SPED) is the practice of educating students in a way that accommodates their individual di ...

program. There is no secondary school in Homebush. The nearest secondary schools are

Mackay State High School Mackay State High School is a government secondary school at 123 Milton Street, South Mackay, Mackay, Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia. The school offers education to students from grades 7 to 12 and provides a range of academic programs ...

in South Mackay to the north-east,

Sarina State High School Sarina State High School is located in the small rural town of Sarina, Queensland, Australia. The school had 600 students in 2013 with a reported 20 percent continuing studies at University. Sarina State High previously boasted a marine aquarium ...

Sarina Sarina is a rural town and coastal Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Sarina had a population of 5,619 people. Geography Sarina lies just inland of the east coa ...

to the south-east, and Mirani State High School in Mirani to the north-west.

References

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* {{authority control Mackay Region Towns in Queensland Localities in Queensland