Du Faur Creek Explained

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.

Course

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]

See also

External links

-33.5°N 171°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Place Name Search: Du Faur Creek . Geoscience Australia . . 2010 . 24 December 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131224120055/http://www.ga.gov.au/place-name/PlaceDetails.jsp?fctext=STRM&submit1=NSW69431 . 24 December 2013 .
  2. Web site: Du Faur, Frederick Eccleston (1832–1915) . . . 24 December 2013 .