Gore Creek (New South Wales)

For other uses, see Gore Creek (disambiguation).
Gore Creek
Gores Creek[1]
Creek[1]
Name origin: In honour of William Gore (1765–1845), the provost-marshal under Governor Bligh[2]
Country Australia
State New South Wales
Regions Sydney basin (IBRA), Northern Suburbs
Local government area Lane Cove
Part of Parramatta River catchment
Source The Gore Hill
 - location Lane Cove
Mouth confluence with the Lane Cove River
 - location near Greenwich Point ferry wharf
Length 2 km (1 mi)
Nature reserves Lane Cove Bushland Park; Gore Creek Reserve

Gore Creek, an urban watercourse[1] that is part of the Parramatta River catchment, is located in Northern Suburbs region of Sydney, Australia.

Course and features

Gore Creek rises in the suburb of Lane Cove on the western side of the Pacific Highway, south of Epping Road and the Lane Cove Tunnel, and east of Burns Bray Road; near the Lane Cove shopping village. The creek flows generally south then south-east, through the Lane Cove Bushland Park and Gore Creek Reserve before reaching its confluence with the Lane Cove River, near Greenwich Point ferry wharf and west of Wollstonecraft railway station. The course of the creek is approximately 2 kilometres (1.2 mi).[1]

The creek is traversed by River Road at Northwood.

Gore Creek draws its name from the suburb of Gore Hill, named in honour of William Gore (1765–1845), the provost-marshal under Governor William Bligh. Gore received a grant of 150 acres (0.61 km2) in 1810 and named it Artarmon after his family estate in Ireland.[2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Gore Creek". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
  2. 1 2 Pollon, Frances (1990). The Book of Sydney Suburbs. Sydney: Angus & Robertson. p. 6. ISBN 0-207-14495-8.


Coordinates: 33°49′S 151°10′E / 33.817°S 151.167°E / -33.817; 151.167


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