Ropes Creek Explained

Ropes
Name Etymology:In honour of Anthony Rope
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:Australia
Subdivision Type2:State
Subdivision Name2:New South Wales
Subdivision Type3:Region
Subdivision Name3:Sydney basin (IBRA), Greater Western Sydney
Subdivision Type5:Local government areas
Subdivision Name5:Liverpool, Fairfield, Penrith, Blacktown
Length:23km (14miles)
Source1 Location:near
Source1 Elevation:103m (338feet)
Mouth:confluence with South Creek
Mouth Elevation:35m (115feet)
River System:Hawkesbury-Nepean catchment
Custom Label:Nature reserve
Custom Data:Wianamatta Regional Park

Ropes Creek, a watercourse that is part of the Hawkesbury-Nepean catchment, is located in Greater Western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Course and features

Ropes Creek rises in the south-western suburbs of Sydney, near Devils Back Tunnel, about north north-east of . The creek flows generally north before reaching its confluence with South Creek, in the suburb of, north of the Wianamatta Regional Park. The creek descends over its course.

Ropes Creek is transversed by the Westlink M7 at Cecil Park; the M4 Western Motorway between and ; and the Great Western Highway and the Main Western railway line east of .

The creek in named in honour of Anthony Rope, a First Fleet convict who it is assumed was granted land fronting the creek.

Part of surrounding area to the north-west professionally assessed for its ecological values in 2015, documenting occurrences of threatened species.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: EcoLogical Australia . Ropes Creek Precinct - Biodiversity and Riparian Assessment .