73-672: The Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre is a tennis and multi-purpose sports facility in the Sydney Olympic Park suburb of Sydney , New South Wales , Australia . The centre was built in 1999 and hosted the tennis events for the 2000 Summer Olympics . The venue hosted the Sydney International tournament from 2000 to 2019, the Sydney Tennis Classic in 2022, the ATP Cup in 2020 and 2022, and
146-524: A best practice example of sustainable urban development for the next 20 years of the Park's growth. The Master Plan 2030 vision is that the Park will, by 2030, be home to a daily population of 50,000 residents, students and workers, in addition to 10 million visitors per year. In the 2021 Census, there were 4,848 people in Sydney Olympic Park, an increase of 179% from its population of 1,736 at
219-711: A car park for the abattoir. In 1910, part of the land initially resumed for the State Abattoir was used to build the State Brickworks. Thereafter, the abattoir and the brickworks became the two largest establishments in North Lidcombe. By 1923 the State Abattoir employed 1,600 people and had a killing capacity of 25,000 animals a week, making it one of the largest abattoirs in Australia. The abattoirs continued to expand during World War II and into
292-546: A full-size training field, the facility also has a high-performance centre for indoor training and administration. The Olympic Park area has a humid subtropical climate ( Cfa ) with slightly warmer summers than in coastal Sydney, and mild to cool winters. [REDACTED] This Misplaced Pages article contains material from Olympic Cauldron at Sydney Olympic Park , entry number 01839 in the New South Wales State Heritage Register published by
365-484: A horse stud and a private racetrack adjoining Parramatta Road and was influential among the early government officials and free settlers. He died at Homebush on 7 July 1827. The village and later suburb of Homebush, New South Wales was not part of the Home Bush Estate: the village was subdivided from Edward Powell's estate further south, and took its name from nearby Homebush railway station , which in turn
438-424: A large range of unwanted material - from waste to broken up ships, even toxic industrial waste. Union Carbide had manufactured chemicals, including Agent Orange , on the site and dioxins produced as a by product were buried in landfill or left in drums. A drive to regenerate and rehabilitate the bay began in the 1980s. This led to the construction of Bicentennial Park , including a program to regenerate some of
511-709: A long-term program aimed at documenting Aboriginal connections to the Homebush Bay area before and after the arrival of Europeans launched by the Sydney Olympic Park Authority in April 2002. Today the Homebush Bay area is within the asserted traditional cultural boundary of the Darug language group, of which the Wanngal clan is said to have belonged. The descendants of Darug traditional owners of
584-489: A number of businesses re-locating to the area. Commercial developments now sit alongside sporting facilities with tenants in office buildings such as Commonwealth Bank from September 2007. A five-star Pullman hotel and a two-star Formule 1 hotel were completed in mid-2008. The parklands have undergone redevelopment with Blaxland Riverside Park (formerly Blaxland Common) being transformed into an urban park along Parramatta River . The Park opened on 3 March 2007. In addition
657-408: A number of smaller abandoned or broken up vessel lie nearby. Bicentennial Park is located on the southern shore of the bay, and contains an area of rehabilitated mangrove wetland representative of the native state of the bay. Sydney Olympic Park is a 640 hectares (1,600 acres) area to the south west of Homebush Bay (and within the former suburb of Homebush Bay) which was notable as the site of
730-522: A number of times, currently Accor Stadium. The latter two venues are now very successful in their own right, with the stadium serving as the venue for 49 major sporting events in 2007 and the Arena being the world's second-highest grossing venue of its type in the world in 2005 - behind only New York City's Madison Square Garden . A funeral was held for the Lin family at Sydney Olympic Park on 8 August 2009, with
803-667: A significant land owner in the area, having inherited land that was already owned by the state government or acquired for the purpose of the Olympics. Sydney Olympic Park is served by the Olympic Park railway line and Olympic Park station . There are also regular ferry services to the nearby Sydney Olympic Park ferry wharf , at the end of Hill Road, serviced by Sydney Ferries to and from various points around Sydney Harbour . During major events, Sydney Olympic Park bus routes operate. The two-line Parramatta Light Rail project
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#1732780513565876-735: A station at Sydney Olympic Park . Located at Olympic Boulevard and adjacent to the netball arena the Quaycentre , the Tom Wills Oval (known for sponsorship purposes as the WestConnex Centre ) is the training ground and headquarters of professional Australian Football League club the GWS Giants . The Giants play home matches at the nearby Showground Stadium. The club moved into the facility in May 2013. As well as featuring
949-580: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a Summer Olympics venue is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Sydney Olympic Park Sydney Olympic Park is a suburb of Greater Western Sydney , located 13 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district , in the local government area of the City of Parramatta Council . It is commonly known as Olympic Park but officially named Sydney Olympic Park. The area
1022-494: Is across the Parramatta River from Meadowbank . It is the westernmost of the major bays on the Parramatta River. Several tributaries enter Parramatta River at Homebush Bay: Powells Creek is joined by tributaries Boundary Creek and Saleyards Creek not far from the southern shore of the bay, and flows into the bay from the south, while Haslams Creek joins the bay further to the north. The shoreline of Homebush Bay
1095-672: Is held each year at the Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre , and the park also hosts athletics and swimming events, using some venues for concerts during the year, and hosts boxing . It hosts the Big Day Out music festival and has been the venue for free, open air performances as part of the Sydney Festival such as Movies in the Overflow and Music by Moonlight. The Newington Armory has in
1168-620: Is home to a significant arts and cultural program including regular events, the largest single precinct public art collection in Australia, the Armoury Gallery which is the largest single room permanent art exhibition space in the Southern Hemisphere, a new theatre, an artist studio facility at Newington Armoury and a BMX track. The suburb is fully dedicated to environmentally and socially sustainable practices and has committed to 'Master Plan 2030': an opportunity to establish
1241-514: Is in large parts artificial, with large scale land reclamations for industrial purposes occurring throughout the 20th century. Its history of use for industry and as dumping ground has left the bay heavily contaminated, including with dioxin and other chemicals produced by Union Carbide operations. Fishing is prohibited in Homebush Bay for health reasons. Other contamination includes phthalates, lead, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, DDT and heavy metals. Remediation from 2008-2010 removed about 75% of
1314-623: Is the successor of the Homebush Bay Development Corporation, which was originally established to manage the large-scale urban renewal project for the Homebush Bay area after industry moved out. After the site was nominated for the 2000 Olympics bid, in 1995 the Homebush Bay Development Corporation became the Olympic Co-ordination Authority. After the games, in 2001, it became the Sydney Olympic Park Authority. The Authority also remains
1387-631: The 2000 Olympic Games . Since then, there has been much development in the area including office buildings and apartments in the centre of Sydney Olympic Park. Three completed residential developments in the area are Newington , The Waterfront and Mariners Cove. The Sydney Showground relocated from Moore Park in 1998, in preparation for the Olympic Games. The Sydney Showground provided Olympic venues along with Stadium Australia , Sydney Super Dome , Athletics Centre, Aquatic Centre , Tennis Centre , Hockey Stadium and multiple sports halls. On
1460-657: The Greater Western Sydney region in the west and the Inner West region of Sydney in the east, except that the suburb of Wentworth Point , at the northern tip of the western bank, is sometimes marketed as being in the Inner West. Homebush and Homebush West are suburbs to the south, some distance away from the shores of the bay, in the Municipality of Strathfield . The region is a part of
1533-649: The Homebush Bay area for many thousands of years. When Europeans arrived in 1788, the Homebush Bay area formed part of the traditional lands of the Wanngal clan. The lands of the Wanngal clan extended along the southern shore of the Parramatta River between about Leichhardt and Auburn . The Wanngal clan would have had access rights to the resources of the Homebush Bay area, but would have routinely interacted with neighbouring clan groups. Shortly after
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#17327805135651606-631: The United Cup since 2023. The main stadium in the centre is the Ken Rosewall Arena , which has a seating capacity of 10,500, and is capable of hosting multiple sports, including tennis and netball . In December 2008, the centre court was renamed Ken Rosewall Arena , named in honour of the Sydney-born tennis player and multiple Grand Slam winner Ken Rosewall . The stadium holds 10,500 people. There are also two other show courts in
1679-542: The 1950s with works provided for the treatment of offal, refrigeration, the preparation of tallow, fertilizers, meat for export and canning of pet foods (Godden & Associates 1989: 21ff). By the 1970s the facilities required rebuilding and a decision was taken not to upgrade but to redevelop surplus land for industrial use. The State Abattoir officially closed on 10 June 1988 and the Homebush Abattoir Corporation wound up on 30 June 1992. Throughout
1752-426: The 2010s. In the 2011 census, its population was only 65 people, but by the 2016 census five years later, this had grown dramatically to 1736. By 2021 this number had grown again to 4848. On 10 May 2021, a COVID-19 mass vaccination hub opened in a commercial building in the suburb of Sydney Olympic Park. On 17 July 2023, the suburb boundary was amended with some area surrounding Wentworth Point becoming part of
1825-509: The 2016 Census, and 7,358% in the decade since the 2011 Census, when the suburb had only 65 residents. In 2021, 28.4% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were China 18.1% and South Korea 10.3%. The most common reported ancestries were Chinese 28.8%, Korean 12.6%, English 11.1%, Australian 7.2% and Indian 5.2%. 26.6% of people spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 19.6% and Korean 12.1%. The most common response for religion
1898-718: The ATP Cup, from 2020 until 2022. The upgrade was completed in time for the 2020 ATP Cup in January. Super Netball clubs the New South Wales Swifts and Giants Netball were to have moved all home matches to Ken Rosewall Arena ahead of the 2020 season. However, only three days before the 2020 season commenced the New South Wales - Queensland border was shut due to the COVID-19 pandemic , forcing both
1971-534: The British colonisation of Sydney several smallpox epidemics ravaged the local Aboriginal population, leaving many of the clans seriously depleted. By way of adaptation, members of neighbouring clan groups are known to have joined to ensure their survival. Aboriginal people were still using the Homebush Bay area in the early 1800s even after their lands were granted to Europeans. Several encounters and conflicts between Europeans and Aboriginal people are documented for
2044-486: The Homebush Bay area throughout the 1790s, and in the early 1800s Aboriginal people (perhaps of the Wanngal clan) were working for and supplying fish to Europeans in the area. No references have yet been located which describe Aboriginal people living in the Homebush Bay area for the period after the 1810s; however, this is the subject of ongoing research through the Aboriginal History & Connections Program,
2117-475: The State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) 2018 under CC-BY 4.0 licence , accessed on 29 May 2018. Homebush Bay Homebush Bay is a bay on the south bank of the Parramatta River , in the west of Sydney , Australia. The name is also sometimes used to refer to an area to the west and south of the bay itself, which was formerly an official suburb of Sydney, and has now become
2190-475: The Swifts and Giants out of the state and into a Queensland hub; subsequently, neither club played a single home match at the venue in 2020. Sources This article about a sports venue in Australia is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a tennis venue is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a building or structure in New South Wales
2263-487: The Sydney Botanic Gardens, including the historic formal avenue of trees that is located on the eastern boundary of the Overflow. Consisting of Brush Box ( Lophostemon confertus ) and Spotted Gum ( Eucalyptus maculata) this row of trees is referred to as "the allee". The cauldron is located in the Overflow, a park just west of the former main abattoir administration precinct and allee, on land which formed
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2336-610: The Sydney Olympic Park Authority (SOPA). Sydney won the right to host the Olympic Games on 23 September 1993, after being selected over Beijing , Berlin , Istanbul and Manchester at the 101st IOC Session in Monte Carlo, Monaco. The industrial activities in the area resulted in a highly contaminated site with little natural ecology and a fragmented stream corridor. Sixty-five percent of the soils were required to be excavated and contained on-site. The site did have some positive attributes that PWP Landscape Architecture enhanced in
2409-595: The Sydney area play a custodial role in the preservation of Aboriginal cultural heritage and are actively involved with archaeological and historical research in and around the Homebush Bay area. The area also falls within the administrative boundary of the Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council which also plays a major role in the investigation and preservation of Aboriginal culture and heritage. The Sydney Olympic Park locality
2482-497: The Wentworth Common area was upgraded with significant adventure playground facilities for children aged 8–13 years. The former Auburn Council sought public comment on a proposal to rename the Homebush Bay area, to remove confusion with its namesake suburb Homebush . The area encompassing Sydney Olympic Park, which made up most of the suburb of Homebush Bay, was given autonomy as a suburb, the waterfront residential area
2555-465: The Wentworth family - the bay has now disappeared due to land reclamation. Mud Island was an island in the bay, which became connected with the western mainland due to land reclamation. In the 20th century, Homebush Bay became a centre of heavy industry, with large scale land reclamations to accommodate industrial facilities. When industrial operations scaled down, the bay became a dumping ground for
2628-584: The Wentworths. The Home Bush Estate was established in the 1800s by the colony's assistant surgeon D'arcy Wentworth . According to local government historian Michael Jones, "Wentworth is popularly credited with having called the area after his 'home in the bush', although Homebush is also a place in Kent ." The Wentworth family's estate lay on the southwestern shore of the bay, between Powell's Creek and Haslam's Creek, and south to Parramatta Road. Further to
2701-402: The bay was contaminated with dioxins and other chemicals by the local Union Carbide chemical plant, which has led to commercial fishing bans in most of Sydney Harbour , and health advisories about limiting the quantity of fish eaten from the Parramatta River. Other contaminants in the bay include phthalates, lead, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons , DDT, and heavy metals. The eastern shore of
2774-404: The bay was remediated starting in 2008 to remove about 75% of the dioxins from the bay. Remediation was completed in mid-2010, however fishing is still prohibited in Homebush Bay. The western shore of Homebush Bay is in the local government area of the City of Parramatta , while its eastern shore is in the City of Canada Bay . As a result, the bay forms part of the geographical boundary between
2847-399: The bay, which will connect Olympic Park railway station with the centre of Parramatta , to the west. The line was initially planned to run alongside the parkland on the southern shore and connect with Strathfield railway station, but in the current plans the line will terminate in nearby Lidcombe. For more information see Stadium Australia The Brickpit at Sydney Olympic Park was used as
2920-517: The design: 15 miles of continuous waterfront; various historic buildings and landscapes; an almost unspoiled 124-acre aboriginal forest; major areas of mangrove swamp ; bird sanctuaries; and surviving endangered species like Golden orb spiders and the Green and golden bell frogs that resided in a 70-acre historic limestone quarry, the Brick Pit. Millennium Parklands was and is a project that matches
2993-402: The dioxin from the bay. A number of ships' hulls are visible in Homebush Bay, remains of the ship-breaking operations in the bay during the mid-20th century. These are the steam colliers SS Ayrfield and SS Mortlake Bank , steam tugboat SS Heroic , and boom defence vessel HMAS Karangi , all broken up in the early 1970s and now lying near the south-western shore of the bay. Remains of
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3066-418: The eastern shore, within the suburb of Rhodes , lies the large Rhodes Waterside shopping centre. The Novotel Hotel features cafes, restaurants and bars with outdoor facilities that cater for special events held at Sydney Olympic Park. Bennelong Bridge , a bridge open to pedestrians, cyclists and buses but not to cars, crosses the bay near its mouth (between Rhodes on the east bank and Wentworth Point on
3139-467: The eastern shore. The former Auburn Council sought public comment on a proposal to rename the suburb of Homebush Bay, as well as removing connotations and confusion with its namesake suburb Homebush . The waterfront residential area was renamed Wentworth Point on 2 October 2009, consistent with the gazetting of the northern part of the peninsula in 1976. the Carter Street industrial precinct
3212-406: The fourth competition of its type, this was the first Invictus games held in the southern hemisphere. Large hip-hop music festival Rolling Loud was held on January 29, 2019. Performers included Future , Rae Sremmurd , YG , Tyga , Playboi Carti , Gunna , Manu Crooks , Smokepurpp , Lil Uzi Vert , who was billed as a surprise guest, and a tribute set for the late XXXTentacion . The suburb
3285-489: The idea did not catch on and the technology park is now in South Eveleigh . In any event, a decade later the entire area became the main cluster venue for the 2000 Summer Olympics . As part of the regeneration scheme for the area, North Lidcombe was renamed Homebush Bay in 1989, named after the bay to its north and east. After 1992 the abattoir precinct was occupied by a number of organisations that ultimately became
3358-659: The latter. This included the "Jewel Residences" and the adjacent Sydney Olympic Park ferry wharf on the northern side of Burroway Road, as well as the "Sanctuary" development area on the western side of Hill Road. Sydney Olympic Park has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: More than 5000 events are held at Sydney Olympic Park each year, including the Sydney Royal Easter Show , Supanova Pop Culture Expo , Rugby Union , National Rugby League , Australian Football League and Australian Rugby League games at Stadium Australia . The Sydney International
3431-433: The mangrove wetlands and saltmarshes which existed around the bay pre-development. In preparation for the 2000 Sydney Olympics , it was decided to site Sydney Olympic Park at Homebush Bay, which spurred the further regeneration and rehabilitation of the bay. A range of residential and commercial developments also began around the bay, including the development of a large shopping centre and residential district at Rhodes on
3504-420: The names "Homebush Bay" and "Homebush" being used at various times for a large and disparate area ranging from modern-day Wentworth Point in the City of Parramatta , to the seat of the Municipality of Strathfield in modern-day Strathfield , almost 6km away. Wentworth Point, the point on the western extremity of the bay, and Wentworth Bay, the nearby inlet on the western shore of Homebush Bay, are named after
3577-575: The north of - the railway station took its name from the station, and is today partly in the suburb of Homebush and partly in the suburb of Strathfield . Meanwhile, the Home Bush Estate became part of the Municipality of Rookwood in 1891, renamed Lidcombe in 1906. Thereafter, it was part of the suburb of Lidcombe and known as "North Lidcombe". In 1989, North Lidcombe was renamed "Homebush Bay". This history of name borrowing has resulted in
3650-546: The northwest, to the west of Haslam's Creek, the Blaxland family owned the Newington Estate. The bay took its name from the Home Bush Estate. When the railway came through the area south of Parramatta Road in 1855, a station was built in the area to serve the racecourse on the Wentworth estate, and took its name ("Homebush") from the estate also. The village and later suburb that developed to the south of - and later
3723-595: The only surviving member, Brenda Lin, in attendance. Between 2009 and 2016, the Sydney 500 V8 Supercar event was held through the streets of the Olympic precinct. EB Games Expo was also hosted at The Sydney Showgrounds within Sydney Olympic Park between 2012 and 2016 present. During October 2018 the Invictus Games for wounded, injured and ill war veterans was hosted in the Sydney Olympic park as
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#17327805135653796-650: The past been the venue for the now-defunct "Great Escape" and "Acoustica at the Armory" music festivals, both of which were held over the Easter long weekend. Some venues function have changed from the original uses in the 2000 Olympics, such as the baseball stadium which has become the Sydney Showground ; the former Sydney Superdome is now known as Allphones Arena and the Olympic Stadium has been renamed
3869-570: The precinct during the 2000 Sydney Olympics , and is especially heavily used for special events in the Olympic Park precinct. It is serviced by a shuttle connecting Olympic Park to Lidcombe railway station . On the eastern shore, Rhodes railway station is on the T9 Northern line . Sydney Ferries ' Parramatta River ferry services run to the Sydney Olympic Park ferry wharf on the bay. Originally designed to service Sydney Olympic Park,
3942-587: The precinct seating 4,000 and 2,000 spectators respectively, as well as ten other match courts and six practice courts. In January 2019, the New South Wales Government announced a $ 50.5 million upgrade of the Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre, to improve facilities for players and spectators ahead of the ATP Cup multi-nation tennis tournament, which began being held at the venue in 2020. The biggest change to
4015-471: The scale of the city, dealing with landscape as the system that sustains urban life, the Olmstedian "lungs" known these days as " green infrastructure " a component of the urban condition rather than its native opposition. With the successful completion of the 2000 Olympics, Sydney Olympic Park has undergone a significant amount of development work to support its conversion to a multipurpose facility with
4088-474: The south, was proclaimed the Borough of Rookwood on 8 December 1891. The borough became a municipality in 1906, and was renamed the "Municipality of Lidcomb " in 1913. Addresses in the area were subsequently listed under the suburb of Lidcombe and the area was sometimes referred to as "North Lidcombe" Lidcombe merged into the Municipality of Auburn in 1948. In 1907 367 hectares, most of the Wentworth estate,
4161-548: The southeast, in the Municipality of Strathfield . Sydney Olympic Park features a large sports and entertainment area, originally redeveloped for the Sydney 2000 Olympic and Paralympic Games . The stadiums, arenas and venues continue to be used for sporting, musical, and cultural events, including the Sydney Royal Easter Show , Sydney Festival and a number of world-class sporting fixtures. The suburb also contains commercial developments, residential buildings and extensive parklands . Aboriginal people have been associated with
4234-404: The suburbs of Sydney Olympic Park , Wentworth Point and part of the neighbouring suburb of Lidcombe , all part of the City of Parramatta . Homebush Bay is located 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) west of the Sydney central business district . The bay has a natural and artificial shoreline on the southern side of the Parramatta River between the suburbs of Wentworth Point and Rhodes . In the 1900s
4307-518: The traditional land of the Wann-gal people who lived in Homebush Bay thousands of years ago and survived on the resources offered by the estuary. The first European settlers arrived here in 1793 and declared the land as 'Flats' whose grants were given to free men. For this reason, it came to be known as the 'Liberty Plains'. The land was dominated by two families during this period - the Blaxlands and
4380-487: The twentieth century, much of the current land of the site was reclaimed from the river and wetlands by landfill. In the mid-1980s, an area bounded by Australia Avenue and what are now Herb Elliott Avenue and Sarah Durack Avenue was promoted as a 'technology park' called the Australia Centre. However, apart from a few relatively electronic businesses like AWA Microelectronics, BASF , Philips and Sanyo ,
4453-409: The venue was the construction of a large permanent roof over Ken Rosewall Arena, allowing play to continue on the arena irrespective of the weather conditions. In addition a hardwood playing surface was added to the floor of Ken Rosewall Arena, giving the venue the capability to host sports such as netball and basketball . The arena was chosen to host the finals matches of the first three editions of
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#17327805135654526-482: The west bank). The bridge opened on 22 May 2016. Between 2014 and 2016, during construction, the low bridge was protected by a "maritime exclusion zone", meaning that watercraft was not able to enter or leave Homebush Bay. Two stations on the Sydney Trains metropolitan passenger rail network sit near the shores of the bay. To the south-west, Olympic Park railway station was built to cater for large crowds to
4599-401: The wharf now mainly serves the residents of Wentworth Point. Busways run a number of regular bus services to the area around the bay. There are also a number of Sydney Olympic Park bus routes for sporting events, concerts and other major events at the Sydney Olympic Park precinct such as the Sydney Royal Easter Show . A light rail line is planned to be constructed on the western shore of
4672-438: Was No Religion at 43.0%. Sydney Olympic Park was part of Auburn Council at the time of its creation. When Auburn Council was abolished, it was absorbed by the City of Parramatta . However, in practice, the Sydney Olympic Park Authority, the state government body which manages Sydney Olympic Park, has considerable autonomy and in many matters its powers are similar to that of a local government. Sydney Olympic Park Authority
4745-419: Was absorbed by the neighbouring suburb of Lidcombe , and the remaining bulk of the suburb, consisting of Sydney Olympic Park , was renamed to that name as a suburb. Homebush Bay is located on the southern shore of Parramatta River. Immediately to the east is Bray Bay, which is separated from Homebush Bay by a narrow peninsula (considerably expanded through land reclamation) that forms the suburb of Rhodes . It
4818-526: Was announced in 2015. Original plans included a line between Westmead and Strathfield, passing through Sydney Olympic Park. Plans for this line were redesigned and truncated in 2017. The redesigned line will terminate at Sydney Olympic Park instead of continuing to Strathfield. Sydney Metro West is a proposed metro line between the Sydney Central Business District and Westmead . The line was announced in 2016 and would include
4891-422: Was first known to Europeans as "The Flats", as described by Lieutenant Bradley in his charting of the river in 1788. The name "Liberty Plains" was also given to the locality but referred to the higher and drier lands along Parramatta Road and referred to the first group of settlers who were free rather than convict, who established farms there in 1793. The first European settler was Thomas Laycock (1756?-1809), who
4964-616: Was granted 40 hectares between Parramatta Road and Homebush Bay in October 1794. He named his farm, Home Bush and ran sheep and cattle there. Laycock was Quartermaster of the NSW Corps and also held other government positions. D'Arcy Wentworth (c.1762-1827) purchased the 318 hectare holding from the Laycock family in January 1808. With additional grants Wentworth's holdings at Homebush Bay totalled 372 hectares by 1810. Wentworth established
5037-567: Was let to numerous tenants throughout William's ownership, while he lived at Vaucluse House in Sydney. William, who was elected president of the Sydney Turf Club in 1832, gave permission for the existing racetrack to be upgraded for public race meetings. The racetrack included grandstands, stables and spelling paddocks which stretched over the Sydney Olympic Park site. The property was inherited by William Wentworth's son, Fitzwilliam. The Wentworth Estate, together with adjoining areas to
5110-520: Was named after the Home Bush Estate to its north. The Home Bush Estate was inherited by William Wentworth (1790–1872), who continued in his father's tradition of controversial public service. With his neighbour Gregory Blaxland , he was in the first exploration party to find a route through the Blue Mountains . He expanded and developed his father's bequest of properties, becoming one of the colony's richest men by his death in 1872. The property
5183-404: Was part of the suburb of Lidcombe and known as "North Lidcombe", but between 1989 and 2009 was named " Homebush Bay " (part of which is now the separate suburb of Wentworth Point ). The names "Homebush Bay" and, sometimes, "Homebush" are still used colloquially as a metonym for Stadium Australia as well as the Olympic Park precinct as a whole, but Homebush is an older, separate suburb to
5256-425: Was renamed Wentworth Point and the Carter Street industrial precinct was absorbed by the neighbouring suburb of Lidcombe . Prior to the 2010s, Sydney Olympic Park was largely uninhabited. Together with Rookwood and Chullora to the south, it formed part of a string of uninhabited suburbs between Inner West Sydney and Greater Western Sydney . However, the suburb has seen substantial residential development in
5329-550: Was resumed for the building of the State Abattoirs. Specifications for the general arrangement and layout of the site and drawings of the gatehouse, administration buildings, mutton, pork, beef and veal houses were completed in 1909 by the Department of Public Works under Government Architect Walter Liberty Vernon and construction completed in 1913. The gardens were also designed in 1913 by Joseph Maiden, Director of
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