But it appears there are plenty of School Street residents who are opposed to the name change.

Robert Robilliard has lived on the street for 17 years, and argued the name change would be more than just an inconvenience.

“I want to know who is going to pick up the tab for all the extra effort that comes with renaming the street,” he said.

“Driver’s licences, passports, legal documents. It’s going to create a nightmare for people.”

With more than 50 properties on the street, Mr Robilliard said the change would affect more than one hundred people.

“People are in what I call survival mode, with repayments on houses going up,” he said.

“All the fees created from changing the street name change will be a real problem.”

Victor Pisan’s children have lived their entire lives on School Street, and he worries about the impact the change will have on them.

“Our kids have been taught that they live on School Street, so if they ever get lost, they know where they live,” Mr Pisan said.

“For a name change like Vaughan Street, how are the kids going to remember that?”

Mr Pisan is angry council passed the motion to change the name without informing the residents of the street.

“They haven’t consulted the people who live on this street,” he said.

“They just took it on themselves to say yes to this submission.”

Life-long Hanwood resident Norm Murphy submitted the request for the name change, but said he doesn’t want the street’s residents to be put off side.

“We’re just trying to get the Vaughan family properly recognised,” he said.

“We certainly don’t want to upset the people in Hanwood in any shape or form.”

The Vaughan family were one of the pioneering families in Hanwood, with patriarch John Jenkins Vaughan arriving with his four sons in 1913.

Three of the four sons became farmers, while the fourth became a teacher at Hanwood Public School.

“I can understand some of the residents being put out, but the Vaughans had a great deal to do with the school, so we thought it would be an appropriate name for the street,” Mr Murphy said.

“It doesn't necessarily have to be School Street that we name after the Vaughans.

“It’s up to the people who live there.”

The road was named School Street in 1913, after Hanwood Public became the first school in the Griffith area.

Concerned residents have 18 days with which to register an objection to the council.

Local residents have started a petition to retain the original name.