Homebush is a rural locality in the Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, the locality of Homebush had a population of 26…Homebush is a rural locality in the Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, the locality of Homebush had a population of 262 people. 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.