Hunts Creek
{{about|the watercourse|the suburb|Carlingford, New South Wales|the waterfall on the creek|Balaka Falls}}
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Hunts Creek, an urban watercourse{{NSW GNR|id=MackoeKmuj|title=Hunts Creek|accessdate=29 August 2016}} that is part of the Parramatta River catchment, is located in Greater Western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Course
Hunts Creek rises in the northern suburbs of Sydney, near the south-west corner of the intersection of North Rocks Road and Pennant Hills Road within the suburb of {{NSWcity|Carlingford}} and generally flows south-west through Lake Parramatta to its confluence with Darling Mills Creek near the intersection of North Rocks Road and Church Street {{NSWcity|North Parramatta}}.{{Cite web|url=http://www.gnb.nsw.gov.au/place_naming/placename_search/extract?id=MackoeKmuj|title=Extract - Geographical Names Board of NSW|last=Wales|first=Geographical Name Board of New South|website=www.gnb.nsw.gov.au|access-date=2016-08-28|archive-date=13 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160913215438/http://www.gnb.nsw.gov.au/place_naming/placename_search/extract?id=MackoeKmuj|url-status=dead}}
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.{{Cite web|url=http://historyservicesnswblog.blogspot.com.au/2015/07/hunts-creek-reserve-waterfall-and-some.html|title = History Services Blog: Hunts Creek Reserve - A Waterfall and Some Local History|date = 13 July 2015}}
Hunts Creek provided the water supply for Parramatta and the surrounding district between 1856 and 1909.{{Cite web|url=http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/heritageapp/ViewHeritageItemDetails.aspx?ID=5056348|title=Lake Parramatta Dam {{!}} NSW Environment & Heritage|website=www.environment.nsw.gov.au|access-date=2016-08-29}}
See also
{{portal|New South Wales|Water}}
References
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{{Geography of Parramatta River|state=autocollapse}}
{{Waterways of Sydney|state=autocollapse}}
{{Rivers of the Sydney Basin|state=autocollapse}}
Category:Creeks and canals of Sydney
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