Lusk Place in Shirley – formerly Lush Street. Developed on farmland previously owned by Arthur William Emmett (d. 1948) and sold after his death. Part of the land was bought by the government for a state housing area “laid out on modern town planning lines”. It was referred to as Emmetts Block. Lush Street was named on 24 June 1948. This never appears in street directories. Lusk Place first appears in street directories in 1953.
A small amount of information from the library website. Papers Past only had a few ads and death notices under Lusk Place. One entry under Lush Place and nothing under Lush Street. Couldn’t found out anything about the name of the street but suspect it was someone’s surname.
All the houses here are still state houses from the 1940s. There is an entrance to McFarlane Park here.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 