Du Faur | |
Name Etymology: | In honour of Frederick Du Faur |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | Australia |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | New South Wales |
Subdivision Type3: | Region |
Subdivision Name3: | Sydney Basin (IBRA), Blue Mountains |
Subdivision Type5: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name5: | City of Lithgow |
Length: | 8km (05miles) |
Source1: | Bell Range, Blue Mountains National Park |
Source1 Location: | near |
Mouth: | confluence with Bell Creek |
Mouth Location: | near |
River System: | Hawkesbury-Nepean catchment |
Custom Label: | National park |
Custom Data: | Blue Mountains NP |
Extra: | [1] |
The Du Faur Creek, a perennial stream of the Hawkesbury-Nepean catchment, is located in the Blue Mountains region of New South Wales, Australia.
The Du Faur Creek (officially designated as a river) rises on the Bell Range, about south-east of, and flows generally north north-east before reaching its confluence with Bell Creek, in remote country within the Blue Mountains National Park, west of . The river has an 8km (05miles) course.
The river is named in honour of Frederick Du Faur (1832–1915), an early Chief Draftsman of the NSW Department of Lands, a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and a Trustee of the Art Gallery of New South Wales.[2]