Blaxland Creek
Blaxland | |
Creek[1] | |
Name origin: In honour of Gregory Blaxland[2] | |
Country | Australia |
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Regions | Sydney basin (IBRA), Greater Western Sydney |
Local government area | Penrith |
Part of | Hawkesbury-Nepean catchment |
Source | |
- location | near Mulgoa |
Mouth | confluence with South Creek |
- location | Orchard Hills |
Length | 10 km (6 mi) |
[2] | |
Blaxland Creek, a watercourse[1] that is part of the Hawkesbury–Nepean catchment, is located in Greater Western Sydney, Australia.
Course and features
Blaxland Creek rises in the western suburbs of Sydney, about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) east south-east of Mulgoa and flows generally north by east, and then north-east by east before reaching its confluence with South Creek, in the suburb of Orchard Hills. The creek has a course of approximately 10 kilometres (6.2 mi).
Blaxland Creek, on Department of Defence land near Penrith, is probably the last near-pristine freshwater stream in the Cumberland Plain. Blaxland Creek, because it has been relatively untouched by development, can be used not only as a touchstone for understanding the biodiversity of other freshwater streams on the Cumberland Plain but as a way of reintroducing native species to other streams.[2][3]
The creek in named in honour of Gregory Blaxland, a pioneer farmer and explorer who was granted land in the Orchard Hills area from 1810.[2]
See also
References
- 1 2 "Blaxland Creek". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
- 1 2 3 4 "Orchard Hills Cumberland Plain Woodland, The Northern Rd, Orchard Hills, NSW, Australia". Australian Heritage Database. Department of the Environment. 22 June 2004. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
- ↑ "Aquatic macroinvertebrates found in western Sydney: Habitat profile: Blaxland Creek". Office of Environment & Heritage. Government of New South Wales. 3 May 2011. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
Coordinates: 33°49′S 150°43′E / 33.817°S 150.717°E