Penarie is a small settlement about 32 kilometres north of

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, in the

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district of

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. It is part of Balranald Shire. Penarie is situated at a junction on the road between Balranald and

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, where a branch road leads to

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. Penarie was formerly known as Homebush.

History

Penarie is on the traditional lands of the

Muthi Muthi The Muthi Muthi people are an indigenous Australian people whose traditional lands are located in the Riverina, Northern Riverina and Far West (New South Wales), Far West regions of New South Wales. The Muthi Muthi are the traditional owners of ...

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. Michael Dowdican held the licence of the Homebush Hotel until 1896. From 1897 until at least 1900 the publican was William H. S. Wilkinson. William Henry Smith Wilkinson of the "Homebush" hotel near Balranald New South Wales, died 9 Nov 1905 (Probate Sydney to Louisa Wilkinson, widow). Mrs. Catherine Prendergast, widow of Patrick Prendergast (a pioneer of Maude village), “conducted the Homebush Hotel for several years”.‘Mrs. Catherine Prendergast’ (obituary), ''Riverine Grazier'', 1 October 1937, p. 1.

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