Gore Creek | |
Name Other: | Gores Creek |
Name Etymology: | William Gore |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | Australia |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | New South Wales |
Subdivision Type3: | Region |
Subdivision Name3: | Sydney basin (IBRA), Northern Suburbs |
Subdivision Type5: | Local government area |
Subdivision Name5: | Lane Cove |
Length: | 2km (01miles) |
Source1: | The Gore Hill |
Source1 Location: | Lane Cove |
Mouth: | confluence with the Lane Cove River |
River System: | Lane Cove River catchment |
Custom Label: | Nature reserves |
Custom Data: | Lane Cove Bushland Park; Gore Creek Reserve |
Gore Creek, an urban watercourse that is part of the Parramatta River catchment, is located in Northern Suburbs region of Sydney, Australia.
Gore Creek rises in the suburb of Lane Cove on the western side of the Pacific Highway, south of Epping Road and the Lane Cove Tunnel, and east of Burns Bray Road; near the Lane Cove shopping village. The creek flows generally south then south-east, through the Lane Cove Bushland Park and Gore Creek Reserve before reaching its confluence with the Lane Cove River south of Greenwich Hospital. The course of the creek is approximately .
The creek is traversed by River Road at .
Gore Creek draws its name from the suburb of Gore Hill, named in honour of William Gore, the provost-marshal under Governor William Bligh. Gore received a grant of 150acres in 1810 and named it Artarmon after his family estate in Ireland.[1]