By Cathy Jones
Short Street East and West, Homebush is built on the land granted to Thomas Rose on 10 May 1798. By 1910, William Charles Wentworth Maiden, a stock salesman, was the registered owner of twenty acres known as Lots 28 and 29, Section 24, Deposited Plan 477[1],. On 29 March 1911, Maiden submitted a subdivision plan to Homebush Council to divide land and create a street that became Short Street[2]. This plan was approved and in May 1911, a notification issued in the NSW Government Gazette that service pipes were to laid in Short Street between Underwood Road and Wentworth Road[3].
Short Street was significantly altered by the building of the M4 Motorway (formerly F4 and also known as Westconnex) in the late 1970s resulting in Short Street becoming two cul-de-sacs named Short Street East and Short Street West. The widening of the Motorway at Homebush, completed 2019, resulted in the acquisition of land by the NSW Government on the eastern side of Short Street (east). All housing was demolished and a large ventilation tower was erected. The residue land was returned to open space. Few original houses are still in existence.
Reference
[1] NSW Land Register, CT v.2100 v.208
[2] Homebush Council Minutes, 29 March 1911. Subdivision is registered as DP 6194.
[3] NOTICE TO LAY SERVICE PIPES. (1911, May 31). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (Sydney, NSW : 1901 – 2001), p. 3050. Retrieved May 6, 2023, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article226773190
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