Hunts Creek, an urban
watercourse
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that is part of the
Parramatta River
The Parramatta River is an intermediate tide-dominated, drowned valley estuary located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. With an average depth of , the Parramatta River is the main tributary of Sydney Harbour, a branch of Port Jackson. S ...
catchment, is located in
Greater Western Sydney,
New South Wales
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Australia.
Course
Hunts Creek rises in the
northern suburbs
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of
Sydney, near the south-west corner of the intersection of North Rocks Road and Pennant Hills Road within the suburb of and generally flows south-west through
Lake Parramatta
Lake Parramatta is a heritage-listed man-made reservoir and a recreational area located in North Parramatta, City of Parramatta, in the Western Sydney region of New South Wales, Australia. The masonry arch-walled dam across Hunts Creek was ...
to its confluence with
Darling Mills Creek
The Darling Mills Creek, an urban watercourse that is part of the Parramatta River catchment, is located in Greater Western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Course and features
The Darling Mills Creek rises in the north-western suburbs of ...
near the intersection of North Rocks Road and Church Street .
History
In 1818 William Seville was 'granted fifty acres of land at Broken Back Ridge' bounded by the creek. Following the death of William, his son Joseph Seville was granted the land and transferred 25 acres to his sister, Elizabeth Hunt (née Seville) in 1833. He subsequently granted land in 1836 to his brother-in-law Samuel Hunt, after whom the creek is named.
Hunts Creek provided the water supply for
Parramatta
Parramatta () is a suburb and major Central business district, commercial centre in Greater Western Sydney, located in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located approximately west of the Sydney central business district on the ban ...
and the surrounding district between 1856 and 1909.
See also
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Rivers of New South Wales
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The principal topographic feature of New South Wales is the series of low highlands and plateaus called the Great Dividing Range, which extend from no ...
References
Creeks and canals of Sydney
Parramatta River
The Hills Shire
City of Parramatta
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