Blaxland Creek Explained

Blaxland
Name Etymology:In honour of Gregory Blaxland
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:Australia
Subdivision Type3:Region
Subdivision Name3:Sydney basin (IBRA), Greater Western Sydney
Subdivision Type5:Local government area
Subdivision Name5:Penrith
Length:10km (10miles)
Source1 Location:near
Mouth:confluence with South Creek
River System:Hawkesbury-Nepean catchment

Blaxland Creek, a watercourse that is part of the HawkesburyNepean catchment, is located in Greater Western Sydney, Australia.

Course and features

Blaxland Creek rises in the western suburbs of Sydney, about east south-east of and flows generally north by east, and then north-east by east before reaching its confluence with South Creek, in the suburb of . The creek has a course of approximately .

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.[1] [2]

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.[1]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Orchard Hills Cumberland Plain Woodland, The Northern Rd, Orchard Hills, NSW, Australia . . 22 June 2004 . 26 December 2013 . .
  2. Web site: Aquatic macroinvertebrates found in western Sydney: Habitat profile: Blaxland Creek . . . 3 May 2011 . 26 December 2013 .