Cabramatta Creek

Cabramatta Creek, an urban watercourse of the Georges River catchment, is located in the South Western Sydney, in New South Wales, Australia. The catchment area of the creek is approximately 74 square kilometres (29 sq mi), and within the catchment area are the Cabramatta Creek, Hinchinbrook Creek, Maxwells Creek, and Brickmakers Creek.

Cabramatta Creek
Aerial photograph of Orange Grove Golf Course and Cabramatta Golf Course
Location
Country	Australia
State	New South Wales
Region	Sydney Basin (IBRA), South Western Sydney
Local government areas	Liverpool, Fairfield
Physical characteristics
Source	Denham Court
• location	near Leppington
Mouth	confluence with the Georges River
• location	Warwick Farm
Length	16 km (9.9 mi)
Basin size	74 km2 (29 sq mi)
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History

The area around the creek was home to the Darug Aboriginal people. European settlement began on the site in the 1790s when they found good quality soil.

A concrete beam road bridge that carries the Hume Highway over Cabramatta Creek, constructed in 1951 and commonly known as Ireland's Bridge, is listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register.^[3]

Throughout the 1990s to present, substantial residential development have occurred in the west of Cowpasture Road. A number of detention basins have also been constructed in conjunction with the development.

Course

Cabramatta Creek flows through established residential suburbs, including Miller, Cartwright, Sadlier, Ashcroft, Liverpool, Mount Pritchard and Warwick Farm.^[2]

Cabramatta Creek rises in the rural/residential suburb of Denham Court, east south-east of Leppington, within the Liverpool local government area.^[1] From here the creek flows in a northerly direction under Camden Valley Way towards Hoxton Park, and its junction with Hinchinbrook Creek.

Below Hoxton Park Road, Cabramatta Creek starts to flow in an easterly direction the Fairfield local government area, towards its confluence with the Georges River, to the east of Warwick Farm.

Features

A more prominent creek "corridor", up to 200 metres (660 ft) wide, becomes more evident throughout the lower catchment. This primarily consists of public open space, playing fields and golf courses. The Elouera Nature Reserve, which is an important pocket of native bushland, also forms part of this corridor.

In the area surrounding Cabramatta Creek is a large flying fox population; located behind the Sunnybrook Motel and called the Cabrammatta Creek Flying Fox Reserve.^[4] The Inghams poultry farm also occupies a significant landholding in the area. Major transport routes that cross the catchment includes Hoxton Park Road, Elizabeth Drive, Orange Grove Road (the Cumberland Highway), the Hume Highway and the Main Southern railway line.

References

1. "Cabramatta Creek". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
2. Bewsher Consulting (October 2004). "Cabramatta Creek Floodplain Management Study and Plan" (PDF). Liverpool City Council and Fairfield City Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 April 2013. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
3. "Cabramatta Creek Bridge". Heritage and conservation register. Roads & Maritime Services. 30 September 2004. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
4. Protecting and restoring grey-headed flying-fox habitat (PDF). Department of Environment & Climate Change. October 2008. ISBN 978-1-74122-973-8.

External links

• "Georges River catchment" (map). Office of Environment & Heritage. Government of New South Wales.

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