| Leycester Creek | |
| Name Other: | Hanging Rock Creek, Terania Creek |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | Australia |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Name2: | New South Wales |
| Subdivision Type3: | Region |
| Subdivision Name3: | South East Queensland (IBRA), Northern Rivers |
| Subdivision Type5: | Local government area |
| Subdivision Name5: | Richmond Valley |
| Length: | 69km (43miles) |
| Source1: | Tweed Range |
| Source1 Location: | near Green Pigeon Mountain, Nimbin |
| Source1 Elevation: | 388m (1,273feet) |
| Mouth: | confluence with the Wilsons River |
| Mouth Location: | Lismore |
| Mouth Elevation: | 3m (10feet) |
| River System: | Richmond River catchment |
| Tributaries Left: | Terania Creek |
| Tributaries Right: | Back Creek, Jeffries Creek (New South Wales) |
| Extra: | [1] |
The Leycester Creek, formerly known as Duck Creek, is a perennial stream of the Richmond River catchment, is located in Northern Rivers region in the state of New South Wales, Australia.
The name of the creek originates from early settler Augustus Adolphus Leycester, who took up the pastoral lease at Tunstall Station with his partner Robert Shaw.[2] Leycester Creek, then known as Duck Creek, was the northern boundary of Tunstall Station (now Tuncester).[3]
Cubawee Aboriginal reserve was situated on the creek near Tuncester.[4] On 7 May 2010, Cubawee was pronounced an Aboriginal Place under the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974.[5]
The creek is prone to flooding at its confluence with Wilsons River at Lismore, and there were devastating floods in 2022 which spilled over both banks near the town of Lismore.[6] The Walsh Bridge on Rosehill Road at Tuncester, formerly a wooden bridge, was rebuilt in concrete in 2023, to better withstand flooding.[7]
Leycester Creek rises below Lofts Pinnacle on the southern extremity of Tweed Range about east by north of Green Pigeon Mountain, in remote country, north northwest of Nimbin. The river flows generally south and then east, joined by three tributaries, including Back Creek, before reaching its confluence with the Wilsons River at the town of Lismore. The river descends over its course.[1]