Gardiners Creek
| Gardiners Creek | ||
 Gardiners Creek in Blackburn |
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| location | Victoria , Australia | |
| River system | Yarra River | |
| Drain over | Yarra River → Port Phillip Bay → Bass Strait | |
| source | at Woodstock 37 ° 49 ′ 20 ″ S , 145 ° 10 ′ 29 ″ O |
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| Source height | 95.2 m | |
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Yarra River Coordinates: 37 ° 50 ′ 0 ″ S , 145 ° 2 ′ 0 ″ E 37 ° 50 ′ 0 ″ S , 145 ° 2 ′ 0 ″ E |
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| Mouth height | 12.3 m | |
| Height difference | 82.9 m | |
| Bottom slope | 4.9 ‰ | |
| length | 17 km | |
| Left tributaries | Damper Creek, Scotsmans Creek | |
| Right tributaries | Back Creek | |
| Flowing lakes | Blackburn Lake | |
| Big cities | Melbourne | |
 Map of Gardiners Creek and its tributaries |
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The Gardiners Creek (originally Kooyongkoot Creek ) is a stream in southern Australian state of Victoria . It runs through the eastern districts of Melbourne and flows into the Yarra River .
In a few places on its banks there is still original alluvial forest , but for the most part it runs through urbanized areas and so the stream was regulated in the same way as other streams in the urban area, e.g. B. Mullum Mullum Creek or Koonung Creek . The Gardiners Creek Trail follows the stream for almost its entire length.
Origin of name
The stream was originally called Kooyongkoot . This is a word from the Woiwurrung language of the Wurundjeri-Baluk Aboriginal tribe , which can be translated as 'whereabouts of the water birds'. The creek got its current name in honor of the former banker John Gardiner from Melbourne, who settled in 1836 at the confluence of Kooyongkoot Creek in the Yarra River.
geography
Run
Gardiners Creek is 17 km long.
The creek rises in the suburb of Blackburn , where many small streams and rivulets pour into Blackburn Lake . It then flows south through Box Hill South and Burwood to Ashwood . Around the mouth of Scotchmans Creek in Malvern East , it turns its course to the northwest and flows through Ashburton , Glen Iris , Malvern and Kooyong , to flow into the Yarra River at Hawthorne .
Tributaries
- A creek without a name through Blackburn / Forest Hill
- A creek without a name through the Wurundjeri Wetlands
- Damper Creek
- A creek without a name through Ashwood / Mount Waverley
- Murrumbeena Creek
- Scotchmans Creek
- Hercules Creek
- Back Creek
Parks
There are a number of parks on the banks of Gardiners Creek:
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traffic
The Gardiners Creek Trail , a combined foot and bike path, generally follows the course of Gardiners Creek from Blackburn to the Yarra River, where a bridge over the river connects it to the Main Yarra Trail .
The Monash Freeway / Citylink follows the valley of Gardiners Creek from Malvern East to the Yarra River.
bridges
in flow direction:
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See also
Web links
- Gardiners Creek. Melbourne Water.
- Friends of Gardiners Creek
- History of Gardiners Creek. Boroondara Council (English)
- Blackburn Creeklands
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Map of Gardiners Creek, VIC . Bonzle.com
- ↑ a b Aboriginal Settlement . City of Boroondara ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Gardiners Creek . City of Boroondara ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ A b c d e Melway - Greater Melbourne Street Directory 2007 . Melway Publishing. Mt. Waverly (2006). ISBN 0-909439-24-9
