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 Hawkesbury–Nepean catchment, is located in Greater Western Sydney, Australia.
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]