Blaxland Creek

Blaxland
Creek[1]
Name origin: In honour of Gregory Blaxland[2]
Country Australia
State New South Wales
Regions Sydney basin (IBRA), Greater Western Sydney
Local government area Penrith
Part of Hawkesbury-Nepean catchment
Source
 - location near Mulgoa
Mouth confluence with South Creek
 - location Orchard Hills
Length 10 km (6 mi)
[2]

Blaxland Creek, a watercourse[1] that is part of the Hawkesbury-Nepean catchment, is located in Greater Western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Course and features

Blaxland Creek rises in the western suburbs of Sydney, about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) east south-east of Mulgoa and flows generally north by east, and then north-east by east before reaching its confluence with South Creek, in the suburb of Orchard Hills. The creek has a course of approximately 10 kilometres (6.2 mi).

Blaxland Creek, on Department of Defence land near Penrith, is probably the last near-pristine freshwater stream in the Cumberland Plain. Blaxland Creek, because it has been relatively untouched by development, can be used not only as a touchstone for understanding the biodiversity of other freshwater streams on the Cumberland Plain but as a way of reintroducing native species to other streams.[2][3]

The creek in named in honour of Gregory Blaxland, a pioneer farmer and explorer who was granted land in the Orchard Hills area from 1810.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Blaxland Creek". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Orchard Hills Cumberland Plain Woodland, The Northern Rd, Orchard Hills, NSW, Australia". Australian Heritage Database. Department of the Environment. 22 June 2004. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  3. ↑ "Aquatic macroinvertebrates found in western Sydney: Habitat profile: Blaxland Creek". Office of Environment & Heritage. Government of New South Wales. 3 May 2011. Retrieved 26 December 2013.

Coordinates: 33°49′S 150°43′E / 33.817°S 150.717°E