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.
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]