Bendick Murrell is a town in the South West Slopes

South West Slopes, New South Wales

The South West Slopes is a region predominantly in New South Wales, Australia. It covers the lower inland slopes of the Great Dividing Range extending from north of Cowra through southern NSW into western Victoria...

 region of New South Wales

New South Wales

New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...

, Australia. The town is adjacent to the Olympic Highway within the Young Shire local government area, 354 kilometres (220 mi) west of the state capital, Sydney

Sydney

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. The town is on the Blayney-Demondrille railway line.

The name of the town is Aboriginal in origin, meaning "plain

Plain

In geography, a plain is land with relatively low relief, that is flat or gently rolling. Prairies and steppes are types of plains, and the archetype for a plain is often thought of as a grassland, but plains in their natural state may also be covered in shrublands, woodland and forest, or...

" and was originally given a local pastoral station

Station (Australian agriculture)

Station is the term for a large Australian landholding used for livestock production. It corresponds to the North American term ranch or South American estancia...

. 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.