Pemulwuy is a suburb

Suburb

The word suburb mostly refers to a residential area, either existing as part of a city or as a separate residential community within commuting distance of a city . Some suburbs have a degree of administrative autonomy, and most have lower population density than inner city neighborhoods...

 of Sydney

Sydney

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, in the state of New South Wales

New South Wales

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, Australia

Australia

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. Pemulwuy is located 31 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district

Sydney central business district

The Sydney central business district is the main commercial centre of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It extends southwards for about 3 kilometres from Sydney Cove, the point of first European settlement. Its north–south axis runs from Circular Quay in the north to Central railway station in...

 in the local government area of the City of Holroyd

City of Holroyd

Holroyd is a Local Government Area and suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, located in the Western Sydney region. Originally known as the Municipality of Prospect and Sherwood it was incorporated in February 1872, in 1927 it was renamed the Municipality of Holroyd after Arthur Holroyd,...

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The eastern portion consists in the most part of high density town-house like development, while the western area consists of very large warehouse and distribution facilities.

History

Pemulwuy is named after the Aboriginal warrior, Pemulwuy

Pemulwuy

Pemulwuy was an Aboriginal Australian man born around 1750 in the area of Botany Bay in New South Wales. He is noted for his resistance to the European settlement of Australia which began with the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788. He is believed to have been a member of the Bidjigal clan of...

, who led attacks on the British troops in the surrounding areas, particularly on the Toongabbie

Old Toongabbie, New South Wales

Old Toongabbie is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Old Toongabbie is located 29 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the City of Parramatta and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region.- History:Toongabbie is...

 settlement. Pemulwuy is a relatively new suburb, with development beginning in 2004 on the site of an old Boral

Boral

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 quarry.

Street names in the suburb include Watkin Tench Parade, named after Captain Watkin Tench

Watkin Tench

Lieutenant-General Watkin Tench was a British Marine officer who is best known for publishing two books describing his experiences in the First Fleet, which established the first settlement in Australia in 1788...

, who first saw the Blue Mountains when he stood atop Prospect

Prospect, New South Wales

Prospect is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Prospect is located 32 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the City of Blacktown and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region....

 Hill in 1789.

Transport

The western area is served only by the Westbus 812 bus service running from Blacktown

Blacktown, New South Wales

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 to Fairfield

Fairfield, New South Wales

Fairfield is a western suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Fairfield is located 29 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre for the local government area of the City of Fairfield and is also partly in the local government...

, which must pass through boomgates on the top of the ridge dividing the western and eastern divisions of the suburb. The eastern area is also served by the 810, 810X, 811 and 810X services from Parramatta

Parramatta, New South Wales

Parramatta is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located in Greater Western Sydney west of the Sydney central business district on the banks of the Parramatta River. Parramatta is the administrative seat of the Local Government Area of the City of Parramatta...

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The boomgates on Butu Wargun Drive also mean that those living in the eastern portion, and working in the western must either walk or cycle over the ridge, or drive via the Great Western Highway to the north of the suburb, and Reconciliation Drive.