Powells Creek (Sydney)
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{{Use Australian English|date=September 2012}}
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Powells Creek, a southern tributary of the Parramatta River, is an urban stream west of Sydney Harbour, located in Sydney, Australia. It flows through Sydney Olympic Park and joins Parramatta River at Homebush Bay.
Ecology
Powells Creek begins as a concrete stormwater channel in the inner-western suburb of Strathfield, and flows north-west between the suburbs of Homebush and North Strathfield, past Bressington Park, where it joins Saleyards Creek.{{cite web |url=http://www.strathfield.nsw.gov.au/resources/3628/Vertebrate%20Fauna%20Study%202009.pdf |format=PDF |first=Stephen |last=Ambrose |title=Vertebrate Fauna Study for the Strathfield Local Government Area |date=April 2009 |publisher=Strathfield Council |access-date=16 March 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110316000125/http://www.strathfield.nsw.gov.au/resources/3628/Vertebrate%20Fauna%20Study%202009.pdf |archive-date=16 March 2011 |url-status=dead }} Beyond this point its concrete walls do not continue, and it becomes a mangrove-lined stream, flowing through Bicentennial Park and emptying into Homebush Bay.{{cite web |url=http://parramattariver.org.au/wp-content/uploads/Rep2429v3.pdf |format=PDF |title=Parramatta River Estuary Data Compilation and Review Study |publisher=Parramatta River Estuary Management Committee |date=July 2008 |page=15 |access-date=6 September 2012 }}
In 2008 the City of Canada Bay called for community responses to the Powells Creek Renewal Project, that intended to improve the appearance of the creek upstream of the confluence with Saleyards Creek.{{cite web |url=http://www.canadabay.nsw.gov.au/news/powells_creek_renewal_project_news.html |title=Powells Creek Renewal Project |date=13 May 2008 |access-date=6 September 2012 |publisher=City of Canada Bay |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120213004424/http://www.canadabay.nsw.gov.au/news/powells_creek_renewal_project_news.html |archive-date=13 February 2012 |url-status=dead }} Canalisation of Powells Creek and Saleyards Creek in the 1930s affected salinity and pollution levels in nearby tidal wetlands. A drop board weir installed in 1998 has partly restored natural tidal flows.{{cite web |url=http://www.strathfield.nsw.gov.au/system/files/f2/f39/o1900/Mason%20Park%20Plan%20of%20Management%20Final%20June%202008%20STD.pdf |format=PDF |publisher=Strathfield Council |title=Mason Park Plan of Management |date=June 2008 |access-date=6 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615045313/http://www.strathfield.nsw.gov.au/system/files/f2/f39/o1900/Mason%20Park%20Plan%20of%20Management%20Final%20June%202008%20STD.pdf |archive-date=15 June 2011 |url-status=dead }}
Once extensive, salt marsh borders of Powell's Creek have largely vanished with infilling and urbanisation. A local project seeking, and compiling information on the past of the land bordering Powell's Creek has been ongoing since 2008.[http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/5737284/powells-ck-wetlands.htm Past land use bordering Powell's Creek]
See also
References
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External links
- [https://maps.google.com/maps?sll=-33.852032,151.082022&sspn=0.003947,0.009334&ie=UTF8&t=h&ll=-33.852032,151.082022&spn=0.004206,0.009291&z=17 Confluence of Saleyards Creek (left) and Powells Creek (right)]: GoogleMaps.
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110315130110/http://www.strathfield.nsw.gov.au/resources/4812/Powells%20Creek%20Masterplan.pdf Powells Creek Master Plan for Powells Creek Open Space Corridor, Homebush]: Strathfield Council, 15 August 2008.
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