Cabramatta Creek, an urban

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of the

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catchment, is located in the

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, in

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, Australia. The catchment area of the creek is approximately , and within the catchment area are the Cabramatta Creek, Hinchinbrook Creek, Maxwells Creek, and Brickmakers Creek.

History

The area around the creek was home to the

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Aboriginal people. European

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began on the site in the 1790s when they found good quality

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. 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

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. Throughout the 1990s to present, substantial residential development have occurred in the west of Cowpasture Road. A number of

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s have also been constructed in conjunction with the development.

Course

Cabramatta Creek flows through established residential suburbs, including

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, Sadlier,

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and Warwick Farm. Cabramatta Creek rises in the rural/residential suburb of

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, east south-east of

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, within the

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. From here the creek flows in a northerly direction under

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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

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with the Georges River, to the east of Warwick Farm.

Features

A more prominent creek "corridor", up to 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

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population; located behind the Sunnybrook Motel and called the Cabrammatta Creek Flying Fox Reserve. 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

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), the

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and the

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References

External links

* {{coord, 33, 56, S, 150, 52, E, display=title, region:AU-NSW_type:river_source:GNS-enwiki City of Liverpool (New South Wales) City of Fairfield Creeks and canals of Sydney Georges River