Homebush Railway Station group

Item details


Name of item:	Homebush Railway Station group
Type of item:	Complex / Group
Group/Collection:	Transport - Rail
Category:	Railway Platform/ Station
Location:	Lat: -33.8668728615 Long: 151.0869807230
Primary address:	Great Southern and Western Railway, Homebush, NSW 2140
Local govt. area:	Strathfield
Local Aboriginal Land Council:	Metropolitan

Property description

Lot/Volume Code	Lot/Volume Number	Section Number	Plan/Folio Code	Plan/Folio Number
PART LOT	1		DP	1015899

Boundary:

North: Loftus Crescent (excluding the carpark) and outer edge of outer rail line. South: Property boundary to The Crescent (including the signal box) East: 5 metres from end of platform West: 5 metres from end of platform

All addresses

Street Address	Suburb/town	LGA	Type
Great Southern and Western Railway	Homebush	Strathfield	Primary Address
The Crescent	Homebush	Strathfield	Alternate Address
Loftus Crescent	Homebush	Strathfield	Alternate Address

Owner/s

Organisation Name	Owner Category	Date Ownership Updated
TAHE - Sydney Trains	State Government	02 Nov 98

Statement of significance:


	Homebush Railway Station has state significance as the site of three different railway stations that represent three significant historical phases in the development of the NSW railways. The site is significant as one of only four original intermediate stations on the first railway line in NSW between Sydney and Parramatta; the subsequent rebuilding of the station in the 1860s was associated with servicing the nearby Government Abattoirs at Homebush; and the existing station arrangement dating from the 1891 quadruplication of the line represents the expansion of the railways in the late 19th Century to accommodate increasing rail services. Homebush Railway Station is significant for its rare collection of railway structures dating from 1891 that form a unique and cohesive group. Designed under the direction of Commissioner Edward Eddy, the platform buildings demonstrate the first use of island platforms in NSW and are one of only four extant examples of 1891 ‘Standard Eddy’ platform buildings. The 1891 overhead booking office is also a rare structure being one of only three similar structures representing the earliest use of above-platform buildings. The station buildings including the signal box, brick store rooms and footbridge collectively demonstrate a former era of travel, communication and trade. The group remains highly intact.
	Date significance updated: 26 Oct 10
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Description


Designer/Maker:	NSW Government Railways
Builder/Maker:	NSW Government Railways
Construction years:	1891-1892
Physical description:	CONTEXT Homebush Railway Station is entered from The Crescent to the south (with direct access to Platform 7 and to all other platforms and the booking office via the footbridge. Access is also from Loftus Street to the north via the footbridge. To the north of the station is a residential area; while to the south is a shopping precinct. Platforms are numbered 1 through to 7 from north to south. BUILDINGS Platform Building, Platform 1/2 (Type 10) (1891) Platform Building, Platform 5/6 (Type 10) (1891) Store rooms, (1891) Public toilet block, (1996) Overhead Booking Office (1891) Signal Box, (1892) STRUCTURES Platforms: Platform 1, (1924) Platform 2, (1891) Platform 3/4, (1891) Platform 5/6, (1891) Platform 7, (2008) Pedestrian footbridge, (1992) Canopies: Platform 3/4, (1994) Platform 7, (2008) PLATFORM BUILDING- Platform 1/2 (1891) External: This 'Standard Eddy' platform building is an original timber framed and shiplap weatherboard structure, with a brick chimney, a simple hipped roof with new roof sheeting and guttering with some original rainwater fixtures. It has engaged timber columns to the corners. The building has original windows with architrave and sill aprons and a new flat panelled door. The hipped roof over the building extends to the north of the canopy and the eaves butt up against the fascia on the east and west elevation. Modern services and conduits have been fixed to the original fabric and security grilles have been fitted to outer side of the windows. An air-conditioning unit has been fixed through the fanlight above the door. The building has a canopy comprising of cast iron columns and trusses, timber framing, diagonal lining boards, mouldings and wide fascia. Internal: Completely modern timber lining dating from the 1970s, although there may be some extant fabric beneath. PLATFORM BUILDING- Platform 5/6 (1891) External: The building is a 'Standard Eddy' platform building with original timber framed and shiplap weatherboards, engaged timber column details to the corner and supporting cast iron brackets to the canopy. The building has a simple hipped roof with new roof sheeting and guttering with some original rainwater fixtures. The hipped roof over the building is contained within the canopy such that the underneath of the canopy soffit continues up to the external walls of the building. The building has original windows that have coloured glass to the top sashes, and associated mouldings. The eastern end of the building has been refitted with new timber cladding, and the original window has been fixed with a new architrave to match existing details. Original downpipes have been retained at lower levels. Modern conduits and services have been concealed. The building has an original canopy with cast iron columns and trusses, timber framing, diagonal lining boards, mouldings and fascia. Some of the timber elements have been replaced or repaired following damage by termites. Internal: At the western end, most of the original fabric remains including doors, windows, floorboards, timber lining boards to walls and ceiling and fitted bench seating. The eastern end of the building has a new modern fitout. All new work is to sympathetic detail and is reversible. STORE ROOM- Platform 1/2 (1891) External: The storage room located beneath the toilet block was originally a storage vault under the overbridge and was extended to the west when the toilets (accessible from the footbridge) were completed in c.1996. An original arched doorway to east has been bricked up. Internal: The room has exposed brick vault and arches. STORE ROOM- Platform 3/4 (1891) External: The store room is a brick structure located beneath the booking office. It has original doors and windows, with coloured glass to top sash, and associated timber mouldings. Security grilles have been fitted to the doors and windows. Internal: The room has exposed brick vault and arches and it has original downpipes integrated within the interior of the room. STORE ROOM- Platform 5/6 (1891) External: The store room is a brick structure beneath the footbridge and it has original windows, with arched heads, and associated timber mouldings. Internal: The room has exposed brick vault and arches and it has original downpipes integrated within the interior of the room. PUBLIC TOILET BLOCK (1996) The building containing public toilets is located above Platform 2 and is a recently built, modern structure in a style derived from the overhead booking office. It is an oblong building with a corrugated steel pyramid roof. OVERHEAD BOOKING OFFICE (1891) External: It is located on the footbridge directly above Platform 3/4 and is connected to the platforms by stairs. It is a timber shiplap weatherboard building on a brick base with existing original windows with coloured glazing to the south elevation. The booking office had an overhanging extension to its north which has now been removed. The northern side exterior wall has been reinstated and fitted with new windows. The booking office has been raised about 900mm possibly to comply with required distance above high voltage wires. The building has a corrugated steel pyramid roof. The western end of the building has a brick chimney breast but there is no chimney. Internal: The booking office has much original fabric and detailing including mouldings, timber lining boards to ceilings and walls, timber weatherboards, windows with architraves, sills, and coloured glass. New partition walls are found internally and new windows to the northern side. Modern services and conduits have been face fixed to building fabric. SIGNAL BOX (1892) External: The former signal box is a three storey brick building in English bond with a timber gabled roof with weatherboard cladding to the gable ends. The main roof and cantilevered awning (bell cast profile) over the top floor windows are covered in corrugated galvanised iron. A central single brick chimney is on the south elevation and on the western elevation is a timber ladder stair giving access to the upper floors. The stair has a cantilevered top landing supported by decorative cast iron brackets and the bottom landing is supported by steel posts. The top landing gives access to an external toilet. The northern elevation has three recessed bays each containing two arched windows. The three lower windows are currently boarded up and the eastern most semicircular upper window is missing the original cast iron frame. The top floor has timber framed multi paned sliding casement windows combined alternatively with fixed sashes. Internal: The basic elements include painted brick walls with timber floor structure and timber partition walls. Timber beaded edge boards line the ceiling on the top floor. There is no signalling equipment remaining. PLATFORMS Platforms are all brick faced with asphalt surface. Platforms 1 and 2 form an island platform arrangement. However Platform 1 does not actually exist on the stations numbering system, the track adjacent (fenced off from the platform) is used as a goods line. Platform 2 is not currently in use except by trains during track work or in emergencies. Platform 3 is not currently in use except by trains during track work or in emergencies and it forms an island platform arrangement with Platform 4 (Up). Platform 5 (Down) and Platform 6 (Down) are an island platform arrangement. Platform 7 is a centre turnback platform which will be in operation from 2010. PEDESTRIAN FOOTBRIDGE (1992) The footbridge, which entirely replaces the original footbridge, is a recent prestressed concrete structure that comprises of a concrete deck resting on the original brick store rooms on the platforms. It has concrete stairs with new lattice balustrades that match the balustrading of the former footbridge. Original newel posts at the foot of stairs to Platforms 3/4 and 5/6 feature iron cross motifs. CANOPIES The canopy on Platform 3/4 was rebuilt following the 1994 fire. It has sympathetic details and it is possible that some of the original cast iron members were reused. The contemporary parts of the canopy are identifiable in terms of the subtle variations to original timber profiles and detailing and other new elements. The canopy on Platform 7 has been built to sympathetic details, with subtle variations to original profiles and detailing. The brick boundary wall was reconstructed to match the detail of the existing original boundary wall. LANDSCAPE/NATURAL FEATURES The brick boundary wall to the south side of the station along The Crescent. MOVEABLE ITEMS There is a safe in the store room on Platform 3/4. Original signage (numerous examples including 'Homebush' station signs) Bench seating (Platform 5) Some joinery items although suffer some damage Metal brackets (stored for re-use) ARCHAEOLOGICAL POTENTIAL Homebush Railway Station has low archaeological potential. The original station master's residence was located to the north of Platform 1. However the establishment of the goods lines to the north resulted in the demolition of the residence and has most likely disturbed any archaeological evidence. The southern-eastern edge of the station along The Crescent had a number of elements such as the 1890s carriage shed, locomotive depot and locomotive watering facilities, and the 1923 nursery that provided plants to the gardens of surrounding stations. However all these structures have since been demolished and the work being undertaken by the current turnback project would most likely remove any archaeological evidence that may have existed along this edge. Another 1920s structure which has been removed was the telephone exchange building that was located to the west of the existing signal box. It is possible that there is some archaeological evidence of this structure but levelling and introduction of vegetation in this area has most probably disturbed it.
Physical condition and/or Archaeological potential:	PLATFORM BUILDING (Platform 1/2) The platform building is in good condition. PLATFORM BUILDING (Platform 5/6) The platform building is in good condition. STORE ROOM (Platform 1/2) The store room is in moderate condition. There is some dampness to the interior walls and some traces of organic growth to the exterior walls. STORE ROOM (Platform 3/4) The store room is in moderate condition. There is some dampness to the interior and exterior walls. STORE ROOM (Platform 5/6) The store room is in poor condition. There is rising dampness to the interior walls and this has caused severe peeling of paint. PUBLIC TOILET BLOCK The public toilets are in good condition OVERHEAD BOOKING OFFICE The Overhead Booking Office is in good condition SIGNAL BOX Externally the signal box is in moderate condition. However its interiors are reported to be severely damaged by termites. PLATFORMS The platforms are in good condition. PEDESTRIAN FOOTBRIDGE The footbridge is in very good condition CANOPIES The canopies are in very good condition.
	Date condition updated:07 May 14
Modifications and dates:	1895: Water column erected. 1908: Water tank and standpipe erected. 1923: Garden nursery established on north side to provide plants for station gardens. 1928: Local and Suburban lines electrified to Homebush. post-1928: After 1928, with the removal of the signalling machinery, a middle floor was installed in the signal box with amenities for the signals maintenance staff including timber lockers, wall basins and more recently two fibreglass shower recesses. 1929: Watering facilities for locomotives removed. 1955: Main lines electrified. 1970: Carriage and horse dock siding removed. 1974: Garden nursery closed, the land subsequently used for the new Strathfield signal box. Topicary shrubs between the tracks west of the station in the form of a kangaroo, emu and other shapes were removed, c.1970s/80s. c.1992: Booking Office annex/overhang removed 1994: Fire destroys Platform 3/4 building - New Canopy constructed in place 1996 c.1996: Brick storage under footbridge on Platform 1-2 extended and WC Facilities built above 2007-08: Refurbishment to buildings Platform 5/6 2007-08: New Platform 7 constructed with new brick boundary walls


Current use:	Railway Station
Former use:	Aboriginal land, timber-getting, farmland

History

Historical notes:

ABORIGINAL LAND
Prior to European settlement the Cooks River Valley was the home of a number of clans of the Aboriginal people. The Gameygal lived on the northern side of Botany Bay, between present day La Perouse and the mouth of the Cooks River. To the north of the Cooks River between South Head and present day Darling Harbour lived the Cadigal people and the Wangal people lived in an area between the Parramatta River and the Cooks River from Darling Harbour to Rose Bay. To the south of Botany Bay in the coastal area including Kurnell and Cronulla and the south coastal strip to Nowra lived the Gweagal people. While there is some argument about the location of land of the Bidiagal clan, there is some evidence that this clan lived in the area between the southern bank of the Cooks River and the northern bank of the Georges River. It is also thought the Cooks River formed the boundary between two dialect groups, the Bidiagal and the Gweagal. Previous reports on the Aboriginal past of the area have suggested that it was occupied by the Bidiagal. (Tranby Aboriginal Co-operative College, 1986; King, 1999; McDonald, 2005). The potential association of the Bidiagal people should not be discounted as a result of this lack of historical detail as after the collapse of the clan structure due to the smallpox epidemic of 1788 and general impact of European invasion, individuals travelled beyond the pre-1788 traditional boundaries. It is thought that the warmer months were spent nearer the coast and the cold months of winter were spent further inland. (Muir L 2007 Cooks River Valley Thematic History)

Due to the impact of the arrival of European colonists from 1788 and the almost immediate impact that this had on established patterns of subsistence, our knowledge of the Aboriginal people of the Sydney district is limited. Some eight individual groups or clans within the vicinity of the Parramatta area have been identified and two, the Cadigal and Wangal, most likely lived in the area that now makes up the Ashfield municipality (Attenbrow, V. & Pratten, C., quoted in SWC, 2005, 5).

Aboriginal people lived along the Cooks River for thousands of years prior to European arrival...The Cadigal and Wangal peoples made use of the land and seasons to hunt, trap, fish and forage for fruit and plants. As firestick farmers, they burned off scrub near rivers leaving only large trees spaced several meters apart, creating an open, park-like appearance (Marrickville Council website, quoted in ibid, 2005, 5).

The British colonisation of Australia commenced just 15km to the east of Strathfield at Sydney Cove in 1788. By 1793 land grants were being made to Europeans in the Strathfield area. Land clearing removed the habitats of native animals and thus would have eliminated food sources for the Wangal people as well as desecrating sacred sites. There is historical evidence of hostility between the early settlers and the Aboriginal people here although by 1804, Governor King was reporting to the British Government that 'the natives in the settlements (between Parramatta and Sydney) had been very quiet and in a great measure domesticated'. Although Wangal people were separated from their traditional relationship with the land, many Aboriginal people continue to live in the Strathfield locality. There are few known remnants of traditional occupation such as campsites, axe grinding grooves and scarred trees in the Strathfield district (Jones, 2014).

Perhaps the most famous Wangal man was Bennelong, who became friendly with Governor Phillip. (Jones, 2014) Phillip built a brick hut for him on the present site of the Sydney Opera House and that peninsular is named after him (Bennelong Point). Bennelong became one of the first Aboriginal people to visit Europe when he travelled to England with Phillip in 1792.

While land closer to the town of Sydney was relatively quickly carved up as land grants to settlers in the first years of the European colony, the land on the southern side of the Cooks River was not subject to land granting until 1904. It was not until 1808 when a number of very large land grants were made over land which traditionally provided Aboriginal people access to the resource rich area of the Georges River, Kurnell Bay and Salt Pan Creek that land became the reason for conflict between the Bidiagal and European settlers. In 1809, an attack was made on two farms at Punchbowl led by a Bidiagal man named Tedbury. Tedbury was the son of Pemulway who had led perhaps the best-known campaign of resistance in the Sydney Basin including a spear attack on Governor Phillip's game keeper, a man renowned for his hostility to the Aboriginal people of the Sydney area. Pemulway and Tedbury spoke the Bidiagal dialect, and are known to have come from around Botany Bay (King, 1999)

The attack at Punchbowl was the last reported act of Aboriginal resistance to European settlement in the Cooks River Valley. In the following years due to alienation from their land and its resources and being subject to the devastation of European infectious diseases, the Aboriginal population in the area dramatically reduced. In 1845 it was reported to the NSW Legislative Select Committee that there were only 3 people of the Botany Bay clan and only fifty Aboriginal people were living in the area between the Cooks and Georges River. (Muir, L., 2007, Cooks River Valley Thematic History).

During the 19th Century European settlers transformed the land along both banks of the Cooks river as farms were established for grazing, family food needs and for other industries such as tanning, production of sugar, harvesting of timber and production of lime from many middens left by the Aboriginal people of the area for thousands of years. Lime was a scarce and necessary commodity for European settlement in the early years of the colony (Renwick, C., Pastorelli, C., Muir, L., Sheppard, H., Denby, J., Chalcroft, G., 2008, Cooks River Interpretation Strategy).

Post-contact, the stretch of land between Iron Cove and the Cook's River was known as the Kangaroo Ground, the natural woodland would have provided a suitable habitat for possums, fern rhizomes and tubers, all of which would have been identified as valuable food sources for the Wangal (Pratten, C., quoted in SWC, 2005, 5).

The traditional Indigenous custodians of the (Strathfield) area are the Wangal people of the Darug people. There is evidence that the Darug have lived in the Sydney area for over 10,000 years. (Jones, 2014).

COLONIAL HISTORY: Homebush and Strathfield:
Eleven days after the first British flag was raised in Sydney Cove, in 1788, Captain John Hunter, Captain John Hunter and Lietenant William Bradley, First Fleet officers from HMS Sirius, explored the Parramatta River as far as the present Homebush Bay. It was a shallow, swampy area, flooded at high tide, at the junction of what are now Powell's and Haslam's Creeks. Hunter did not fully explore the bay, but he added it to his charts (Pollen & Healy, 1988, 124).

The first grants in the present day Strathfield Municipality were made in 1793 under the hand of Lieutenant-Governor Grose (Weir Phillips, 2015). The colony's first free settlers received small grants of 60 to 80 acres, but because it was a poor area for agriculture, grants were later increased and also changed hands over the following years. The area was chosen for occupation in order to provide a settlement between Sydney for teams travelling from the west (ibid, 1988, 124).

Before the 1860s, settlement in the Strathfield area was clustered around inns and other service industries scattered along the Parramatta and Liverpool Roads and near the Homebush Racecourse (ibid, 2015).

Edward Powell was one of those granted 80 acres here in 1793. In 1807 he established the Halfway House on an additional grant fronting Parramatta Road. His son sold the inn to his brother-in-law James Underwood in c1825, who leased it to James Kerwin, known as Jimmy the Jockey. The inn was reopened as the Horse and Jockey and this early landmark is still operating today (1988). Underwood's property in the area was not subdivided until 1878, when lots were described as being in the Village of Homebush. The streets laid out in 1878, in what hd been open country, are virtually identical to those still existing (ibid, 1988, 124).

Another early settler was D'Arcy Wentworth, who arrived with the Second Fleet in 1790 as ship's surgeon on the Neptune. He was made principal surgeon and chief magistrate in the colony. He received a grant of 920 acres at the head of the present Homebush Bay and adopted the colloquial name 'Home Bush' for his estate. The name was loosely applied to the whole area until it was officially adopted in the 1878 (Underwood) subdivision. Wentworth had some influence on the affairs of the colony. He established the first police force in this country, was in charge of the money-minding side of the first bank in Parramatta, and had much to do with managing affairs in that city. He and son, William Charles Wentworth, who became an explorer and statesman, were both keen on horse-racing. They were instrumental in establishing a racecourse at Homebush in 1842. The course remained in use until Randwick Racecourse opened in 1859-60 (ibid, 1988, 124-5).

Homebush saleyards were opened in 1882 by John Harris, then the Mayor of Sydney. In 1906 a large area north of Parramatta Road was resumed for the construction of the state abbattoirs. The installations were completed by 1915, and the abbattoirs were transferred from Glebe Island. The Municipality was incorporated on 6 June 1906 and amalgamated with Strathfield in 1947 (ibid, 1988, 125).

The 1866 subdivision of James Wilshire's (570 acre, granted in 1808, between the present streets The Boulevarde, Chalmers St. & Liverpool Road: Pollen & Healy, 1990) estate in Strathfield known as Redmire was marketed towards well-to-do families seeking a suburban 'villa' lifestyle and attracted many prominent families in Sydney society including members of parliament, senior public servants, surgeons, solicitors and businessmen (ibid, 2015).

To the west of this were Church Lands, declared in 1823 to support clergy in the colony, which extended into present day Flemington (Pollen & Healy, 1988, 246). The Mount St Mary ACU campus lies on part of a 450 acre grant made to the Chaplain of St. James Church in 1823, however that grant soon reverted to the Crown. In 1841, the campus was part of a 256 acre grant made to Joseph Hyde Potts (1793-1865), then the Secretary of the Bank of New South Wales. The grant remained in the hands of his descendants it was subdivided in the early 1880s. (Weir & Phillips, 2015). In 1841 ... the part south of Barker Rd. was acquired by Joseph Newton. The grant was sold to Samuel Terry in 1824 and he renamed it Redmyre Estate. The name Redmire (changed c1865 to Redmyre) honoured a village in North Yorkshire, England, which was near the birthplace of the Terry family (Pollen & Healy, 1990, 246).

After 1877 when Redmyre Railway Station opened (it was renamed Strathfield Station in 1900), the distance between Strathfield and the city was reduced to an easy 28 minutes journey although the relative expense of the service at this time helped maintain the social exclusiveness of the area. Albert Road was first listed in John Sands' Sydney and Suburban Directories in 1886. The road was one of most fashionable streets in Strathfield and the address of numerous grand villa estates including Mount Royal, which now forms part of the Edmund Rice Building on the Mount St Mary ACU campus (Weir Phillips, 2015).

In 1885 the area was incorporated as Strathfield. This new title came from the name of a mansion built in the district by John Hardie, a wealthy early settler, who chose the name to honour the English estate given in 1817 by a grateful nation to the Duke of Wellington. (Pollen, 1988, 247).

The Western Railway:
The Main Western line to Parramatta (Granville) was originally completed in 1855. The line opened on 26 September 1855 and was double track from Sydney to Newtown and then single track to Parramatta (but duplicated in 1856). The line was built as a direct connection to Parramatta and, subsequently, for the purpose of connecting Sydney with the major rural railways that were constructed across the Blue Mountains to Bathurst and across the Southern Highlands to Goulburn via Liverpool. There were few stops along the line between Sydney and Parramatta and it was not the original intention of the line to serve suburban development. Changes to the line were more often related to the line's long distance purpose than to the communities along it.

Traffic to the west and south (and later north) of the state brought the need to amplify the line, first in 1891 when it was quadrupled and later in 1927 when it was sextupled (to Homebush) and electrified. With both of these major changes the earlier stations were usually entirely demolished and replaced with a new station. The 1927 work completed this process with the complete replacement of Strathfield and much of Newtown Stations. During this time suburban development also extended west along the line and these new stations were thus specifically designed as full-scale suburban passenger stations rather than rural 'halts'. The Engineer for Existing Lines, George Cowdery (appointed 1863), was a particularly strong influence on the architecture of this line, building particularly elegant stations in the late 1880s ahead of the 1891 quadruplication, in addition to replacing the original stone arch viaduct at Lewisham with iron truss bridges. Sextuplication in 1927 brought less change to most local stations (which were on the southern side), the new tracks being express ones on the northern side.

Homebush Station was originally opened with the line in 1855. In 1862 a new station building was erected on the southern side and in the 1870s stockyards were erected adjacent to the station (the station servicing the nearby Government abattoirs at Homebush). The stockyards were closed and replaced by Flemington stockyards in 1883.

In 1891, with quadruplication, Homebush Station was completely rebuilt resulting in the present station layout being established with a centre island platform opening in late 1891. The station comprised large platform buildings, an overhead pedestrian footbridge with a booking office and an existing 1880s Station Master's Residence on the north side of the station.

The existing three-storey brick signal box was built in 1892 and remained in use until 1928 when its function was replaced by a new 'power' box. The 1928 signal box remained in use until 1982 when it was replaced by a simple brick and concrete building. The 1892 signal box is now the only remaining box at the station of the five built since the station opened.

For many years Homebush was the terminating point for local suburban services on the Western line. A carriage shed was built at Homebush in 1890 located to the east of Homebush Road which connected to one of a number of sidings built at the station during this period. The carriage shed was later used as a store then training and education facilities until it was demolished in 2001.

In 1891 a locomotive depot and locomotive watering facilities were also constructed near the carriage shed. By the late 1920's the Depot was largely redundant and was ultimately demolished c.1929.

Numerous smaller buildings were also constructed at Homebush such as a telephone exchange, storage sheds, amenities buildings and a track ganger's shed. All have been demolished.

The station also featured a Garden Nursery, a low, single storey building built in 1923 along the eastern frontage of The Crescent which was established so that other stations could be provided with a range of shrubs and flower plants to improve their landscaped appearance. Railway station gardens were created state-wide from c.1890 onwards. Competitions and prizes sprang up and two nurseries (Homebush and Hamilton, near Newcastle) were opened to provide plants, in addition to those sourced from staff home gardens. Changing practices both in nursery supplies and the station gardens promotions saw the nursery close in 1974 (Ray Love, pers.comm., via David Sheedy, 2002) and its staff of gardeners disbanded (Longworth, 2012, 4)

Due to increased goods train traffic, two lines were built on the north side of the station in 1924 converting the side platform into an island. The footbridge was also extended over the new tracks and a two-storey office built abutting the footbridge on its western side. These changes resulted in the demolition of the 1880 station master's Residence.

In 1992 the steel footbridge was replaced by the present pre-cast concrete bridge having part replica steel lattice balustrades imitating the original wrought iron lattice girder design.

The main station master's office and waiting room building on Platforms 3 and 4 were destroyed by fire in 1994 and rebuilt as a similar awning structure.

Historic themes

Australian theme (abbrev)	New South Wales theme	Local theme
1. Environment-Tracing the evolution of a continent's special environments	Environment - naturally evolved-Activities associated with the physical surroundings that support human life and influence or shape human cultures.	Gardens-
1. Environment-Tracing the evolution of a continent's special environments	Environment - naturally evolved-Activities associated with the physical surroundings that support human life and influence or shape human cultures.	Other open space-
1. Environment-Tracing the evolution of a continent's special environments	Environment - naturally evolved-Activities associated with the physical surroundings that support human life and influence or shape human cultures.	Changing the environment-
3. Economy-Developing local, regional and national economies	Agriculture-Activities relating to the cultivation and rearing of plant and animal species, usually for commercial purposes, can include aquaculture	Private farming-
3. Economy-Developing local, regional and national economies	Environment - cultural landscape-Activities associated with the interactions between humans, human societies and the shaping of their physical surroundings	Developing local, regional and national economies-National Theme 3
3. Economy-Developing local, regional and national economies	Environment - cultural landscape-Activities associated with the interactions between humans, human societies and the shaping of their physical surroundings	Landscapes and parklands of distinctive styles-
3. Economy-Developing local, regional and national economies	Environment - cultural landscape-Activities associated with the interactions between humans, human societies and the shaping of their physical surroundings	Landscapes of urban amenity-
3. Economy-Developing local, regional and national economies	Environment - cultural landscape-Activities associated with the interactions between humans, human societies and the shaping of their physical surroundings	Landscapes of institutions - productive and ornamental-
3. Economy-Developing local, regional and national economies	Environment - cultural landscape-Activities associated with the interactions between humans, human societies and the shaping of their physical surroundings	Creating environments evocative of the 'old country'-
3. Economy-Developing local, regional and national economies	Events-Activities and processes that mark the consequences of natural and cultural occurences	Developing local landmarks-
3. Economy-Developing local, regional and national economies	Forestry-Activities associated with identifying and managing land covered in trees for commercial purposes.	Timber getting-
3. Economy-Developing local, regional and national economies	Pastoralism-Activities associated with the breeding, raising, processing and distribution of livestock for human use	Agisting and fattening stock for slaughter-
3. Economy-Developing local, regional and national economies	Transport-Activities associated with the moving of people and goods from one place to another, and systems for the provision of such movements	Railway Station-
3. Economy-Developing local, regional and national economies	Transport-Activities associated with the moving of people and goods from one place to another, and systems for the provision of such movements	Building the railway network-
3. Economy-Developing local, regional and national economies	Transport-Activities associated with the moving of people and goods from one place to another, and systems for the provision of such movements	Rail transport-
3. Economy-Developing local, regional and national economies	Transport-Activities associated with the moving of people and goods from one place to another, and systems for the provision of such movements	Maintaining the public rail transport system-
3. Economy-Developing local, regional and national economies	Transport-Activities associated with the moving of people and goods from one place to another, and systems for the provision of such movements	Development in response to railway lines-
3. Economy-Developing local, regional and national economies	Transport-Activities associated with the moving of people and goods from one place to another, and systems for the provision of such movements	Building and maintaining the public railway system-
3. Economy-Developing local, regional and national economies	Transport-Activities associated with the moving of people and goods from one place to another, and systems for the provision of such movements	administering employment in public transport systems-
3. Economy-Developing local, regional and national economies	Transport-Activities associated with the moving of people and goods from one place to another, and systems for the provision of such movements	Engineering the public railway system-
3. Economy-Developing local, regional and national economies	Transport-Activities associated with the moving of people and goods from one place to another, and systems for the provision of such movements	Administering the public railway system-
4. Settlement-Building settlements, towns and cities	Accommodation-Activities associated with the provision of accommodation, and particular types of accommodation – does not include architectural styles – use the theme of Creative Endeavour for such activities.	Building settlements, towns and cities-National Theme 4
4. Settlement-Building settlements, towns and cities	Accommodation-Activities associated with the provision of accommodation, and particular types of accommodation – does not include architectural styles – use the theme of Creative Endeavour for such activities.	Adapted heritage building or structure-
4. Settlement-Building settlements, towns and cities	Accommodation-Activities associated with the provision of accommodation, and particular types of accommodation – does not include architectural styles – use the theme of Creative Endeavour for such activities.	Victorian era offices-
4. Settlement-Building settlements, towns and cities	Land tenure-Activities and processes for identifying forms of ownership and occupancy of land and water, both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal	Early farming (sheep grazing)-
4. Settlement-Building settlements, towns and cities	Land tenure-Activities and processes for identifying forms of ownership and occupancy of land and water, both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal	Suburban Centres-
4. Settlement-Building settlements, towns and cities	Land tenure-Activities and processes for identifying forms of ownership and occupancy of land and water, both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal	Early farming (Cattle grazing)-
4. Settlement-Building settlements, towns and cities	Land tenure-Activities and processes for identifying forms of ownership and occupancy of land and water, both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal	Administering and alienating Crown lands-
4. Settlement-Building settlements, towns and cities	Land tenure-Activities and processes for identifying forms of ownership and occupancy of land and water, both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal	Sub-division of large estates-
4. Settlement-Building settlements, towns and cities	Land tenure-Activities and processes for identifying forms of ownership and occupancy of land and water, both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal	Changing land uses - from rural to suburban-
4. Settlement-Building settlements, towns and cities	Land tenure-Activities and processes for identifying forms of ownership and occupancy of land and water, both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal	Resuming private lands for public purposes-
4. Settlement-Building settlements, towns and cities	Land tenure-Activities and processes for identifying forms of ownership and occupancy of land and water, both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal	Granting Crown lands for private farming-
4. Settlement-Building settlements, towns and cities	Towns, suburbs and villages-Activities associated with creating, planning and managing urban functions, landscapes and lifestyles in towns, suburbs and villages	19th century suburban developments-
4. Settlement-Building settlements, towns and cities	Towns, suburbs and villages-Activities associated with creating, planning and managing urban functions, landscapes and lifestyles in towns, suburbs and villages	Subdivision of rural estates-
4. Settlement-Building settlements, towns and cities	Towns, suburbs and villages-Activities associated with creating, planning and managing urban functions, landscapes and lifestyles in towns, suburbs and villages	Railway Suburbs-
4. Settlement-Building settlements, towns and cities	Towns, suburbs and villages-Activities associated with creating, planning and managing urban functions, landscapes and lifestyles in towns, suburbs and villages	Developing suburbia-
4. Settlement-Building settlements, towns and cities	Towns, suburbs and villages-Activities associated with creating, planning and managing urban functions, landscapes and lifestyles in towns, suburbs and villages	Beautifying towns and villages-
4. Settlement-Building settlements, towns and cities	Towns, suburbs and villages-Activities associated with creating, planning and managing urban functions, landscapes and lifestyles in towns, suburbs and villages	Planning relationships between key structures and town plans-
4. Settlement-Building settlements, towns and cities	Towns, suburbs and villages-Activities associated with creating, planning and managing urban functions, landscapes and lifestyles in towns, suburbs and villages	Urban landscapes inspiring creative responses-
4. Settlement-Building settlements, towns and cities	Towns, suburbs and villages-Activities associated with creating, planning and managing urban functions, landscapes and lifestyles in towns, suburbs and villages	Role of transport in settlement-
4. Settlement-Building settlements, towns and cities	Towns, suburbs and villages-Activities associated with creating, planning and managing urban functions, landscapes and lifestyles in towns, suburbs and villages	Shaping inland settlements-
4. Settlement-Building settlements, towns and cities	Towns, suburbs and villages-Activities associated with creating, planning and managing urban functions, landscapes and lifestyles in towns, suburbs and villages	Garden suburbs-
4. Settlement-Building settlements, towns and cities	Towns, suburbs and villages-Activities associated with creating, planning and managing urban functions, landscapes and lifestyles in towns, suburbs and villages	Suburban Consolidation-
4. Settlement-Building settlements, towns and cities	Towns, suburbs and villages-Activities associated with creating, planning and managing urban functions, landscapes and lifestyles in towns, suburbs and villages	Suburban Expansion-
4. Settlement-Building settlements, towns and cities	Towns, suburbs and villages-Activities associated with creating, planning and managing urban functions, landscapes and lifestyles in towns, suburbs and villages	19th Century Infrastructure-
4. Settlement-Building settlements, towns and cities	Towns, suburbs and villages-Activities associated with creating, planning and managing urban functions, landscapes and lifestyles in towns, suburbs and villages	Creating landmark structures and places in suburban settings-
4. Settlement-Building settlements, towns and cities	Towns, suburbs and villages-Activities associated with creating, planning and managing urban functions, landscapes and lifestyles in towns, suburbs and villages	Impact of railways on suburban development-
4. Settlement-Building settlements, towns and cities	Towns, suburbs and villages-Activities associated with creating, planning and managing urban functions, landscapes and lifestyles in towns, suburbs and villages	living in the suburbs-
4. Settlement-Building settlements, towns and cities	Towns, suburbs and villages-Activities associated with creating, planning and managing urban functions, landscapes and lifestyles in towns, suburbs and villages	Cultural Social and religious life-
4. Settlement-Building settlements, towns and cities	Towns, suburbs and villages-Activities associated with creating, planning and managing urban functions, landscapes and lifestyles in towns, suburbs and villages	Impacts of railways on urban form-
4. Settlement-Building settlements, towns and cities	Utilities-Activities associated with the provision of services, especially on a communal basis	Railways to inland settlements-
4. Settlement-Building settlements, towns and cities	Utilities-Activities associated with the provision of services, especially on a communal basis	Public Transport - suburban railway lines-
4. Settlement-Building settlements, towns and cities	Utilities-Activities associated with the provision of services, especially on a communal basis	Railways connecting industry and ports-
5. Working-Working	Labour-Activities associated with work practises and organised and unorganised labour	Railway work culture-
5. Working-Working	Labour-Activities associated with work practises and organised and unorganised labour	Working in the public service-
5. Working-Working	Labour-Activities associated with work practises and organised and unorganised labour	Working on public infrastructure projects-
7. Governing-Governing	Government and Administration-Activities associated with the governance of local areas, regions, the State and the nation, and the administration of public programs - includes both principled and corrupt activities.	State government-
7. Governing-Governing	Government and Administration-Activities associated with the governance of local areas, regions, the State and the nation, and the administration of public programs - includes both principled and corrupt activities.	Providing public offices and buildings-
7. Governing-Governing	Government and Administration-Activities associated with the governance of local areas, regions, the State and the nation, and the administration of public programs - includes both principled and corrupt activities.	Developing roles for government - conserving cultural and natural heritage-
7. Governing-Governing	Government and Administration-Activities associated with the governance of local areas, regions, the State and the nation, and the administration of public programs - includes both principled and corrupt activities.	Developing roles for government - building and operating public infrastructure-
7. Governing-Governing	Government and Administration-Activities associated with the governance of local areas, regions, the State and the nation, and the administration of public programs - includes both principled and corrupt activities.	Developing roles for government - administration of land-
7. Governing-Governing	Government and Administration-Activities associated with the governance of local areas, regions, the State and the nation, and the administration of public programs - includes both principled and corrupt activities.	Developing roles for government - providing community facilities-
7. Governing-Governing	Government and Administration-Activities associated with the governance of local areas, regions, the State and the nation, and the administration of public programs - includes both principled and corrupt activities.	Developing roles for government - providing rail transport-
7. Governing-Governing	Government and Administration-Activities associated with the governance of local areas, regions, the State and the nation, and the administration of public programs - includes both principled and corrupt activities.	Developing roles for government - providing rail transport-
7. Governing-Governing	Government and Administration-Activities associated with the governance of local areas, regions, the State and the nation, and the administration of public programs - includes both principled and corrupt activities.	Public works-
8. Culture-Developing cultural institutions and ways of life	Creative endeavour-Activities associated with the production and performance of literary, artistic, architectural and other imaginative, interpretive or inventive works; and/or associated with the production and expression of cultural phenomena; and/or environments that have inspired such creative activities.	Developing cultural institutions and ways of life-National Theme 8
8. Culture-Developing cultural institutions and ways of life	Creative endeavour-Activities associated with the production and performance of literary, artistic, architectural and other imaginative, interpretive or inventive works; and/or associated with the production and expression of cultural phenomena; and/or environments that have inspired such creative activities.	Applying architectural design to utlilitarian structures-
8. Culture-Developing cultural institutions and ways of life	Creative endeavour-Activities associated with the production and performance of literary, artistic, architectural and other imaginative, interpretive or inventive works; and/or associated with the production and expression of cultural phenomena; and/or environments that have inspired such creative activities.	Interior design styles and periods - Edwardian-
8. Culture-Developing cultural institutions and ways of life	Creative endeavour-Activities associated with the production and performance of literary, artistic, architectural and other imaginative, interpretive or inventive works; and/or associated with the production and expression of cultural phenomena; and/or environments that have inspired such creative activities.	Designing in an exemplary architectural style-
8. Culture-Developing cultural institutions and ways of life	Creative endeavour-Activities associated with the production and performance of literary, artistic, architectural and other imaginative, interpretive or inventive works; and/or associated with the production and expression of cultural phenomena; and/or environments that have inspired such creative activities.	Architectural styles and periods - Victorian (late)-
8. Culture-Developing cultural institutions and ways of life	Creative endeavour-Activities associated with the production and performance of literary, artistic, architectural and other imaginative, interpretive or inventive works; and/or associated with the production and expression of cultural phenomena; and/or environments that have inspired such creative activities.	Architectural styles and periods - Federation Arts and Crafts-
8. Culture-Developing cultural institutions and ways of life	Creative endeavour-Activities associated with the production and performance of literary, artistic, architectural and other imaginative, interpretive or inventive works; and/or associated with the production and expression of cultural phenomena; and/or environments that have inspired such creative activities.	Landscaping - Federation period-
8. Culture-Developing cultural institutions and ways of life	Creative endeavour-Activities associated with the production and performance of literary, artistic, architectural and other imaginative, interpretive or inventive works; and/or associated with the production and expression of cultural phenomena; and/or environments that have inspired such creative activities.	Designing landscapes in an exemplary style-
8. Culture-Developing cultural institutions and ways of life	Creative endeavour-Activities associated with the production and performance of literary, artistic, architectural and other imaginative, interpretive or inventive works; and/or associated with the production and expression of cultural phenomena; and/or environments that have inspired such creative activities.	Designing structures to emphasise their important roles-
8. Culture-Developing cultural institutions and ways of life	Creative endeavour-Activities associated with the production and performance of literary, artistic, architectural and other imaginative, interpretive or inventive works; and/or associated with the production and expression of cultural phenomena; and/or environments that have inspired such creative activities.	Landscaping - Victorian period-
8. Culture-Developing cultural institutions and ways of life	Creative endeavour-Activities associated with the production and performance of literary, artistic, architectural and other imaginative, interpretive or inventive works; and/or associated with the production and expression of cultural phenomena; and/or environments that have inspired such creative activities.	Landscaping - 20th century interwar-
8. Culture-Developing cultural institutions and ways of life	Creative endeavour-Activities associated with the production and performance of literary, artistic, architectural and other imaginative, interpretive or inventive works; and/or associated with the production and expression of cultural phenomena; and/or environments that have inspired such creative activities.	Interior design styles and periods - Victorian-
8. Culture-Developing cultural institutions and ways of life	Domestic life-Activities associated with creating, maintaining, living in and working around houses and institutions.	Ways of life 1900-1950-
8. Culture-Developing cultural institutions and ways of life	Domestic life-Activities associated with creating, maintaining, living in and working around houses and institutions.	Ways of life 1950-2000-
8. Culture-Developing cultural institutions and ways of life	Domestic life-Activities associated with creating, maintaining, living in and working around houses and institutions.	Ways of life 1850-1900-
8. Culture-Developing cultural institutions and ways of life	Domestic life-Activities associated with creating, maintaining, living in and working around houses and institutions.	Living in suburbia-
8. Culture-Developing cultural institutions and ways of life	Domestic life-Activities associated with creating, maintaining, living in and working around houses and institutions.	Ornamental Garden-
8. Culture-Developing cultural institutions and ways of life	Leisure-Activities associated with recreation and relaxation	Outdoor relief-
8. Culture-Developing cultural institutions and ways of life	Leisure-Activities associated with recreation and relaxation	Visiting gardens-
8. Culture-Developing cultural institutions and ways of life	Leisure-Activities associated with recreation and relaxation	Activities associated with relaxation and recreation-
8. Culture-Developing cultural institutions and ways of life	Leisure-Activities associated with recreation and relaxation	Gardening-
8. Culture-Developing cultural institutions and ways of life	Leisure-Activities associated with recreation and relaxation	Visiting heritage places-
8. Culture-Developing cultural institutions and ways of life	Leisure-Activities associated with recreation and relaxation	Leisure-Includes tourism, resorts.
8. Culture-Developing cultural institutions and ways of life	Social institutions-Activities and organisational arrangements for the provision of social activities	Community volunteering-
8. Culture-Developing cultural institutions and ways of life	Social institutions-Activities and organisational arrangements for the provision of social activities	Belonging to an historical society or heritage organisation-
8. Culture-Developing cultural institutions and ways of life	Social institutions-Activities and organisational arrangements for the provision of social activities	Developing local clubs and meeting places-
8. Culture-Developing cultural institutions and ways of life	Social institutions-Activities and organisational arrangements for the provision of social activities	Joining together to study and appreciate philosophy-
8. Culture-Developing cultural institutions and ways of life	Social institutions-Activities and organisational arrangements for the provision of social activities	Places of informal community gatherings-

Assessment of significance


SHR Criteria a) [Historical significance]	Homebush Railway Station Group has historical significance at the state level representing three significant historical phases in the development of the NSW railways. Established during the first phase of NSW railway construction in the 1850s the site is significant as one of only four original intermediate stations on the first railway line in NSW between Sydney and Parramatta. The subsequent (second) rebuilding of the station in the 1860s was associated with servicing the nearby Government Abattoirs at Homebush. The existing (third) station arrangement with its extant platforms, station buildings and signal box dates from the 1891 quadruplication of the line represents the expansion of the railways in the late 19th century to accommodate increasing rail services. The existing 1890s platform buildings are historically significant as they are able to demonstrate the first use of island platforms in NSW. In addition the signal box, footbridge and brick store rooms collectively demonstrate a former era of travel, communication and trade.
SHR Criteria b) [Associative significance]	The signal box and remaining contemporary railway buildings at Homebush railway station are closely identified with Commissioner Edward Eddy under whose direction the Homebush Railway station and signal box were designed, the station buildings being the first of the new standard type of station buildings.
SHR Criteria c) [Aesthetic significance]	As a group the form, fabric and detailing of the Homebush station buildings characterise the type of construction and architectural style employed in late 19th century railway station buildings in the Sydney region. The 1890s ‘Standard Eddy’ platform buildings all the characteristic features of this type of station building, namely cantilevered awnings with wide fascia and most importantly the purpose-designed location on island platforms. The 1890s overhead booking office is aesthetically significant as it has characteristic features of this type of station building namely the use of brick for construction, the small size of the building and the location of the building on the footbridge. The 1890s signal box is an in-operational signal box, with no signalling equipment and deteriorated interiors but it retains a number of features which typify this type of signal box, including inverted corrugated galvanised iron awnings above the operating level windows and landing and the full building width second floor landing which has a small timber compartment for a toilet at its rear.
SHR Criteria d) [Social significance]	The place has the potential to contribute to the local community's sense of place and can provide a connection to the local community's history.
SHR Criteria e) [Research potential]	Homebush Railway Station has low archaeological research potential. Any evidence pertaining to the former station master’s residence, the 1890s carriage shed, locomotive depot, locomotive watering facilities, and the 1923 nursery has been removed or disturbed by subsequent developments on site. The 1920s telephone exchange building has also been demolished and the site on which it existed has been levelled and planted with vegetation.
SHR Criteria f) [Rarity]	Homebush Railway Station is significant for its rare collection of railway structures dating from 1891 that form a unique and cohesive group. Homebush Railway Station is one of the four known stations including Croydon, Katoomba and Summer Hill which have extant ‘Standard Eddy’ platform buildings. The 1891 overhead booking office is also a rare structure being one of only three known examples of similar pre1910 overhead booking offices in the state, the others being at Newtown and Redfern.
SHR Criteria g) [Representativeness]	The platform buildings at Homebush Station are in a largely intact condition externally and they are good representations of the 'Standard Eddy' building. The Homebush signal box is still able externally to demonstrate the essential design qualities of a late 19th Century elevated signal box of the NSW Government Railways. The design was widely used throughout the system from 1883 until 1911 and some twenty boxes of either full timber or mostly brick load bearing wall construction were built.
Integrity/Intactness:	The integrity of Homebush Station as a whole is considered to be high. The station has a number of original structures in a relatively intact condition namely the platform buildings, overhead booking office, store rooms and signal box. PLATFORM BUILDING (Platform 1/2) The building is largely intact externally although its interiors have been modified considerably to meet ever-changing operational requirements. Some of the original elements retained include the chimney, chimney breast and some windows. Modern services such as air-conditioning, lighting and CCTV have been installed yet they do not detract from the overall integrity of the building. Where the original fabric has been modified or repaired it has been done in an appropriate way that has little impact on the significance of the original building. New build elements are sensitive in their design and do not detract from the integrity of the original building. PLATFORM BUILDING (Platform 5/6) The building has a high level of integrity. It retains a number of original elements including windows, doors, internal weatherboard finish to walls and ceilings, timber floorboards, cast iron ventilators and fitted bench seating. Modifications, repairs and additions of new elements have been done in an appropriate way that has little impact on the significance of the building. STORE ROOM (Platform 1/2) The western end of the store room is new construction. The eastern end is the original brick storage vault that has retained most of its original fabric. STORE ROOM (Platform 3/4) The store is largely intact and has retained a number of original elements such as windows, timber board ceiling, mosaic floor tiles and downpipes integrated within the interior of the room. STORE ROOM (Platform 5/6) The store room is largely intact and original windows, with arched heads, and associated timber mouldings have been retained. PUBLIC TOILET BLOCK This is a new construction. SIGNAL BOX Externally the signal box has retained its original structure and form. However the integrity of the building is greatly reduced by the alterations that have been undertaken to its interiors which have also included the removal of all original signalling equipment. In addition the poor condition of the interiors endangers the original fabric. OVERHEAD BOOKING OFFICE The building has a moderate level of integrity. It retains a number of original elements including windows, doors, internal weatherboard finish to walls and ceilings and timber floorboards. New elements added are sensitive in their design, and do not detract from the significance and integrity of what remains of the original buildings. PLATFORMS Platforms 1-6 are original platforms. Platform 7 is a recent construction. PEDESTRIAN FOOTBRIDGE This is largely a new construction although the original newel posts with cross motifs have been retained at the foot of stairs to Platforms 3-4 and 5-6. CANOPIES The canopies are all new constructions.
Assessment criteria:	Items are assessed against the State Heritage Register (SHR) Criteria to determine the level of significance. Refer to the Listings below for the level of statutory protection.

Recommended management:

Recommendations

Management Category	Description	Date Updated
Recommended Management	Review a Conservation Management Plan (CMP)
Recommended Management	Prepare a maintenance schedule or guidelines
Recommended Management	Carry out interpretation, promotion and/or education

Procedures /Exemptions

Section of act	Description	Title	Comments	Action date
57(2)	Exemption to allow work	Standard Exemptions	HERITAGE ACT 1977 ORDER UNDER SECTION 57(2) TO GRANT STANDARD EXEMPTIONS FROM APPROVAL I, Penny Sharpe, the Minister for Heritage, on the recommendation of the Heritage Council of New South Wales and under section 57(2) of the Heritage Act 1977: revoke the order made on 2 June 2022 and published in the Government Gazette Number 262 of 17 June 2022; and grant an exemption from section 57(1) of the Act in respect of the engaging in or carrying out the class of activities described in clause 2 Schedule A in such circumstances specified by the relevant standards in clause 2 Schedule A and General Conditions in clause 3 Schedule A. This Order takes effect on the date it is published in the NSW Government Gazette. Dated this 29th day of October 2025 The Hon Penny Sharpe MLC Minister for Heritage For more information on standard exemptions click on the link below.	Nov 7 2025

Standard exemptions for engaging in or carrying out activities / works otherwise prohibited by section 57(1) of the Heritage Act 1977

Listings

Heritage Listing	Listing Title	Listing Number	Gazette Date	Gazette Number	Gazette Page
Heritage Act - State Heritage Register		01170	02 Apr 99	27	1546
Heritage Act - s.170 NSW State agency heritage register

References, internet links & images

Type	Author	Year	Title	Internet Links
Tourism	Attraction Homepage	2007	Homebush Railway Station group	View detail
Written	Betteridge, Chris	2002	'Railway Gardens' (entry)	View detail
Written	Longworth, Jim	2012	NSW Railway Conservation Guide: Railway Station Gardens	View detail
Written	Pollen, Frances (ed.) and Healy, Gerald	1988	'Homebush' and 'Strathfield' entries
Written	Sheedy, David (& Ray Love)	2002	Homebush Signal Box - Conservation Management Plan

Note: internet links may be to web pages, documents or images.

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Data source


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Name:	Heritage NSW
Database number:	5012056
File number:	10/08436

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