South Creek (Hawkesbury River)

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South Creek
Wianamatta Creek
Data
location New South Wales , Australia
River system Hawkesbury River
Drain over Hawkesbury River  → Tasman Sea
source below Oran Park
34 ° 1 ′ 20 ″  S , 150 ° 46 ′ 52 ″  E
Source height 98  m
muzzle Hawkesbury River near Windsor Coordinates: 33 ° 35 ′ 54 "  S , 150 ° 49 ′ 59"  E 33 ° 35 ′ 54 "  S , 150 ° 49 ′ 59"  E
Mouth height 2  m
Height difference 96 m
Bottom slope 1.5 ‰
length 63 km
Left tributaries Werrington Creek, Badgerys Creek, Blaxland Creek, Cosgrove Creek, Thompsons Creek, Lowes Creek
Right tributaries Kemps Creek, Ropes Creek, Eastern Creek, Byrnes Creek, Rileys Creeks
Medium-sized cities St. Marys, Windsor
Small towns Catherine Field, Rossmore , Badgerys Creek, Kemps Creek, St. Clair, Welington, Shanes Park, Windsor Downs, Mulgrave

The South Creek is a 63 km long tributary of the Hawkesbury River in the east of the Australian state of New South Wales .

geography

It rises about two kilometers north of Smeaton Grange , about 45 km southwest of Sydney city ​​center and about 30 km from the coast of the Pacific Ocean . The South Creek runs in a northerly direction, first through agricultural area, before it passes after 10 km Rossmore and after another 25 km the two suburbs of Sydney, St. Clair and St. Marys . After another 25 km it flows into the Hawkesbury River at Windsor .

South Creek Settlement

When the Europeans first settled this area, a small settlement existed at the confluence of South Creek and Hawkesbury River. It only lasted a few years and is now part of Windsor . With one of these first settlers was Thomas Jamison (1753-1811) who arrived with the First Fleet in Australia and in 1801 the Surgeon-General of New South Wales (dt. About: chief doctor of the colony ).

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Map of South Creek, NSW . Bonzle.com
  2. ^ Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing, Archerfield QLD 2007. ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4 . P. 25