The Rush Creek, a
perennial stream
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of the
Hawkesbury Hawkesbury or Hawksbury may refer to:
People
*Baron Hawkesbury, or Charles Jenkinson, 1st Earl of Liverpool (1727-1808), English statesman
Places
;Geography
*Hawkesbury Island, an island in British Columbia, Canada
* Hawkesbury Island, Queensland ...
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Nepean
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*Nepean Bay, a bay in South Australia,
**Nepean Bay Conservation Park, a protected area in South Australia,
**Nepean Bay, South Australia, a locality
*Nepean Highway, Victoria
*Nepean Island (Norfolk Island) ...
catchment, is located in the
Outer Metropolitan Sydney region of
New South Wales
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Australia
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.
Course
The Rush Creek (officially designated as a
river
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[) rises about south-east of the Parr Spur Ridge Trigonometry Station, near Mile Ridge and east of the ]Putty Road
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. The river flows generally north-east by east before reaching its confluence
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with Webbs Creek
The Webbs Creek, a perennial stream of the Hawkesbury-Nepean catchment, is located in the Outer Metropolitan Sydney region of New South Wales, Australia.
Course
The Webbs Creek (officially designated as a river) rises below the Womerah Range, ...
in remote country within the Parr State Conservation Area, south-west of . The river descends over its course.[
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See also
* List of rivers of Australia
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Longest rivers nationally
Longest river by state or territory
Althoug ...
* List of rivers in New South Wales (L-Z)
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* List (surname)
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* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
* SC Germania List, German rugby union ...
* 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 nor ...
References
Rivers of New South Wales
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