Charity Creek

River in New South Wales, Australia

Charity

NASA satellite view of Greater Metropolitan Sydney, with the location of the mouth of the Charity Creek

Location
Country| Australia
State| New South Wales
Municipality| Sydney
Physical characteristics
Source| Denistone Park
• location| West Ryde
• coordinates| 33°47′52.8″S 151°5′34.7994″E﻿ / ﻿33.798000°S 151.092999833°E﻿ / -33.798000; 151.092999833
Mouth| Parramatta River

• location

| Meadowbank Park, Meadowbank

• coordinates

| 33°49′8.94″S 151°5′8.952″E﻿ / ﻿33.8191500°S 151.08582000°E﻿ / -33.8191500; 151.08582000
Basin features
River system| Parramatta River

Charity Creek, a northern tributary of the Parramatta River, is a creek west of Sydney Harbour, located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It joins the Parramatta River at Meadowbank Park, Meadowbank.

## Ecology

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The source of the creek is in the suburb of West Ryde. The Charity Creek catchment area is 237 hectares (590 acres).

The catchment is bounded by Victoria Road, Devlin Street, Blaxland Road, Marlow Avenue and the Main Northern railway line. The catchment boundary crosses the railway line just south of West Ryde railway station. The catchment is predominantly residential with some commercial development in the vicinity of Rhodes Street and Herbert Street. Most of the drainage system in the Charity Creek catchment consists of concrete pipes or boxed culverts. The creek is culverted down to Meadowbank Boys High School. Below this is a short reach of natural open channel to the railway line. Downstream of the railway line the creek is a concrete lined channel. All the tributaries of Charity Creek are piped.[1]

Charity Creek Cascades, named after the creek, is an interconnected series of council parks running from Top Ryde to West Ryde railway station. The area covers approximately 0.48 hectares (1.2 acres), and stretches from Shepherd Street to Linton Lane.[2]

## History

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Charity Point, near Charity Creek, is attributed to William Bennet, an early settler who was both a farmer and South Sea trader. When his ships need repairing, a large number of south-sea islander crew camped on the shore. His kind treatment to them earned the names Charity Creek and Charity Headland.[3]

Dinner Point, now called Charity Point, at the Meadowbank Memorial Park, is said to have acquired its name on 15 February 1788. First Lieutenant William Bradley wrote:

> At 1pm returned to the Boats and after dinner went in the smallest boat over the flats past a mangrove island.

Bradley then followed a creek so narrow that boat oars stuck their struck the sides until they were stopped by fallen trees. Charity Point, once backed by a creek which has been filled in, was originally named Mur-ray-mah, perhaps meaning 'black bream', heard by the linguist Lieutenant William Dawes as karóoma (garuma). Charity Point was also a popular fishing spot. Kent, a nephew of Governor John Hunter, was first granted 170 acres (69 ha) on 12 May 1796. He received a further grant in 1803, when his nephew William Kent Jnr obtained 570 acres (230 ha) in the district of Eastern Farms. It was after the 1840s that the former orchards and farms of the Ryde area began to be subdivided and Charity Creek was filled in.[4]

## See also

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* Smalls Creek, Meadowbank
* Archer Creek, Meadowbank

## References

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1. ^ "Parramatta River Estuary Data Compilation and Review Study" (PDF). Parramatta River Estuary Management Committee. July 2008. p. 15. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
2. ^ "Charity Creek Cascades Playground". Ryde City Council. 14 March 2012. Archived from the original on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
3. ^ "Ryde River Walk Masterplan" (PDF). Ryde City Council. June 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
4. ^ Smith, Keith Vincent (2005). "Wallumedegal – Aboriginal History of Ryde" (PDF). Ryde City Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 4 September 2012.

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Waterways of the Sydney Metropolitan catchment, New South Wales, Australia

Major inlets and harbours|

* Botany Bay
* Broken Bay
* Middle Harbour
* Port Jackson
* Port Hacking

Minor bays and coves|

* Akuna
* Balls Head
* Bantry
* Berrys
* Blackwattle
* Burraneer
* Canada
* Careening Cove
* Cockle
* Dolans
* Double
* Elizabeth
* Gwawley
* Gymea
* Hen & Chicken
* Homebush
* Iron Cove
* Lavender
* Mosman
* Neutral
* Oatley
* Rose
* Rozelle
* Rushcutters
* Towlers
* Watsons
* Weeney
* White
* Woolooware

Lagoons|

* Dee Why
* Curl Curl
* Manly
* Narrabeen

Rivers|

* Cooks
* Duck
* Georges
* Hacking
* Hawkesbury
* Lane Cove
* Lennox (proposed)
* Nepean
* Parramatta
* Pittwater
* Woronora

Creeks|

* A'Becketts
* Angus
* Archer
* Badgerys
* Bardwell
* Bare
* Bedford
* Bellamy Farm
* Bellbird
* Bells
* Berowra
* Bidjigal
* Bilgola
* Blacktown
* Blaxland
* Blue Gum
* Boggywell
* Bonds
* Breakfast
* Brennans
* Brickmakers
* Bunbury Curran
* Bungarribee
* Burdekin
* Byrnes
* Burns
* Cabramatta
* Caddies
* Cahill
* Camp
* Careel
* Carroll
* Charity
* Claremont
* Clear Paddock Creek
* Coal and Candle
* Coopers
* Cosgrove
* Cowan
* Coxs (Belfield)
* Cup and Saucer
* Darling Mills
* Deadmans
* Devlin
* Duck
* Eastern
* Erskine
* Eskdale
* Excelsior
* Finlaysons
* First Ponds
* Forbes
* Green Valley
* Frenchs
* Glenbrook
* Gore
* Grantham
* Greystanes
* Haslams
* Hunts
* Iron Cove
* Johnstons
* Kemps
* Knapsack
* Lalor
* Little
* Lowes
* Marsden
* McCarrs
* McKenzies
* McMahon's
* Maxwells
* Middle Harbour
* Mill
* Minchinbury
* O'Hares
* Orphan School
* Orphan School (Fairfield)
* Pendle Hill
* Powells
* Prospect
* Punchbowl
* Quakers
* Reedy
* Rileys
* Ropes
* Saleyards
* Salt Pan
* Sawmill
* Scout
* Second Ponds
* Smalls
* Smiths
* South
* Still
* Stoney
* Subiaco
* Tarban
* Terrys
* Thompsons
* Toongabbie
* Two
* Vineyard
* Werrington
* Whites
* Williams
* Wolli

Canals and streams|

* Alexandra Canal
* Busby's Bore
* Guildford West pipehead and water supply canal
* Hawthorne Canal
* Tank Stream
* Upper Canal System

Reservoirs|

* Balmain (disused)
* Botany Swamps
* Centennial Park
* Lake Burragorang
* Manly Dam Reserve
* Paddington (disused)
* Penshurst
* Petersham
* Lake Parramatta
* Prospect
* Prospect Hill Reservoir
* Upper Nepean Scheme
* Waverley

Adjoining rivers and bays|

* Akuna
* Brisbane Water
* Burke
* Cataract
* Colo
* Cordeaux
* Coxs
* Grose
* Hollanders
* Jenolan
* Jooriland
* Kedumba
* Kowmung
* Macdonald
* Mooney Mooney
* Mulwaree
* Nattai
* Tarlo
* Warragamba
* Wollondilly

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Geography of Parramatta River

Sources|

* Toongabbie Creek
* Darling Mills Creek
* Greystanes Creek

Tributaries: left|

* Vineyard Creek
* Subiaco Creek
* Archer Creek
* Smalls Creek
* Charity Creek
* Lane Cove River

Tributaries: right|

* Duck River
* Haslams Creek
* Powells Creek
* Iron Cove Creek
* Hawthorne Canal

Islands|

* Rodd Island
* Snapper Island
* Spectacle Island
* Cockatoo Island

Parramatta River ferry services|

* Parramatta
* Rydalmere
* Sydney Olympic Park
* Meadowbank
* Kissing Point
* Cabarita
* Abbotsford
* Chiswick
* Huntleys Point

River crossings|

* Rings Bridge
* Bernie Banton Bridge
* Lennox Bridge
* Barry Wilde Bridge
* Elizabeth Street Footbridge
* Macarthur Bridge
* Clyde-Carlingford railway bridge
* Thackeray Bridge (footbridge)
* Silverwater Bridge
* James Ruse Drive bridge
* John Whitton Bridge
* Meadowbank Railway Bridge
* Ryde Bridge
* Mortlake Ferry
* Gladesville Bridge

River inlets and bays|

* Homebush Bay
* Kissing Point Bay
* Morrisons Bay
* Kendall Bay
* Glades Bay
* France Bay
* Exile Bay
* Canada Bay
* Kings Bay
* Hen and Chicken Bay
* Looking Glass Bay
* Abbotsford Bay
* Wallumatta Bay
* Five Dock Bay
* Lukes Bay
* Drummoyne Bay
* Iron Cove

Suburbs: north|

* North Parramatta
* Rydalmere
* Ermington
* Melrose Park
* Meadowbank
* Putney
* Tennyson Point
* Gladesville
* Henley
* Huntleys Point
* Huntleys Cove
* Hunters Hill
* Woolwich
* Greenwich

Suburbs: south|

* Parramatta
* Camellia
* Silverwater
* Newington
* Wentworth Point
* Sydney Olympic Park
* Liberty Grove
* Rhodes
* Concord
* Mortlake
* Breakfast Point
* Cabarita
* Canada Bay
* Five Dock
* Wareemba
* Abbotsford
* Chiswick
* Drummoyne
* Russell Lea
* Rodd Point
* Haberfield
* Lilyfield
* Rozelle
* Birchgrove

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River systems and rivers of New South Wales, Australia

Rivers flowing towards the Coral and Tasman seas of the South Pacific Ocean

| Rivers of the Northern Rivers catchment|

* Aberfoyle
* Apsley
* Back
* Barcoongere
* Bellinger
* Beaury
* Bielsdown
* Blicks
* Blue Mountain
* Bobo
* Boonoo Boonoo
* Boundary (Glen Fernaigh)
* Boundary (Nymboida)
* Boyd
* Brunswick
* Byrrill
* Camden Haven
* Cataract
* Chandler
* Chandlers
* Christmas
* Clarence
* Clouds
* Coldstream
* Commissioners Waters
* Coopers
* Corindi
* Doyles
* Dyke
* Eden
* Ellenborough
* Esk
* Evans
* Forbes
* Gara
* Georges
* Glen Fernaigh
* Guy Fawkes
* Hastings
* Henry
* Kalang
* Kangaroo
* Kunderang
* Leycester
* Little Murray
* Little Nymboida
* Macleay
* Mann
* Maria
* Maryland
* Nambucca
* Never Never
* Nowlands
* Nymboida
* Oaky
* Oban
* Orara
* Oxley
* Pappinbarra
* Pipers
* Ralfes
* Richmond
* Rosewood
* Rous
* Sandon
* Sandy
* Sara
* Shannon
* Stewarts
* Styx
* Taylors Arm
* Thone
* Tia
* Timbarra
* Tobins
* Tooloom
* Towallum
* Tweed
* Urumbilum
* Warnes
* Wilson
* Wilsons
* Wollomombi
* Wooli Wooli
* Yarrow
* Yarrowitch

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Rivers of the Hunter-Central Rivers catchment|

* Allyn
* Avon
* Back
* Baerami
* Barigan
* Barnard
* Barrington
* Blackwater
* Bobin
* Bow
* Bowman
* Burns
* Bylong
* Caparra
* Cattle Creek
* Cedar
* Cedar Party
* Cells
* Chichester
* Cobark
* Congewai
* Connollys
* Cooba Bulga
* Coolongolook
* Cooplacurripa
* Crawford
* Curricabark
* Dawson
* Dilgry
* Dingo
* Gloucester
* Goulburn
* Growee
* Hunter
* Isis
* Karuah
* Kerripit
* Krui
* Lansdowne
* Mammy Johnsons
* Manning
* Merriwa
* Moonan
* Moppy
* Mummel
* Munmurra
* Myall
* Nowendoc
* Pages Creek
* Pages River
* Paterson
* Pigna Barney
* Rouchel
* Rowleys
* Stewarts
* Telegherry
* The Branch
* Walcrow
* Wallamba
* Wallingat
* Wangat
* Wang Wauk
* Wards
* Widden
* Williams
* Wollombi
* Worondi

Rivers of the Sydney Basin|

* Avoca Lake
* Avon
* Bargo
* Bedford
* Budgewoi Lake
* Burke
* Capertee
* Cataract
* Colo
* Cooks
* Coorongooba
* Cordeaux
* Coxs
* Duck
* Du Faur
* Erskine
* Georges
* Grose
* Hacking
* Hawkesbury
* Hollanders
* Jenolan
* Jooriland
* Kanangra
* Kedumba
* Kowmung
* Lake Macquarie
* Lake Munmorah
* Lane Cove
* Little (Oberon)
* Little (Wingecarribee)
* Little (Wollondilly)
* Macdonald
* Mangrove
* Mogo
* Mooney Mooney
* Mulwaree
* Nattai
* Nepean
* Ourimbah
* Paddys
* Parramatta
* Pittwater
* River Lett
* Rush
* Tarlo
* Terrigal Lagoon
* Tonalli
* Tuggerah Lake
* Tuglow
* Wamberal Lagoon
* Warragamba
* Webbs
* Wingecarribee
* Wolgan
* Wollangambe
* Wollemi
* Wollondilly
* Woronora
* Wyong

Rivers of the Southern Rivers catchment|

* Araluen
* Back
* Bega
* Bemboka
* Bendoc
* Bermagui
* Berrima
* Bettowynd
* Bimberamala
* Bombala
* Brogo
* Buckenbowra
* Burrungubugge
* Clyde
* Coolumbooka
* Corang
* Delegate
* Deua
* Endrick
* Eucumbene
* Genoa
* Goobarragandra
* Gungarlin
* Imlay
* Ingeegoodbee
* Jacobs
* Jerrabattgulla
* Kangaroo
* Lake Illawarra
* Little Plains
* Little Thredbo
* Maclaughlin
* Merimbula Lake
* Merrica
* Minnamurra
* Mongarlowe
* Moruya
* Mowamba
* Murrah
* Nadgee
* Nullica
* Nunnock
* Pambula
* Pinch
* Port Kembla
* Queensborough
* Queens Pound
* Shoalhaven
* Snowy
* St Georges Basin
* Thredbo
* Tomaga
* Towamba
* Tuross
* Twofold Bay
* Undowah
* Wadbilliga
* Wallagaraugh
* White Rock
* Wog Wog
* Wonboyn
* Yadboro
* Yowaka
* Yowrie

Rivers of the Murray–Darling basin

| Murray catchment|

* Billabong
* Edward
* Jerra Jerra
* Little Murray
* Murray
* Niemur
* Rufus
* Tooma
* Wakool

| Darling
catchment|

* Bogan
* Culgoa
* Darling
* Little (Parkes)

| Barwon / Macintyre / Macquarie
sub-catchments|

* Abington
* Bakers
* Barwon
* Beardy
* Bell
* Bluff
* Bokhara (QLD/NSW)
* Boomi
* Bundock
* Campbells
* Carole
* Castlereagh
* Cheshire
* Cobrabald
* Cockburn
* Coolaburragundy
* Coolibah Watercourse
* Crudine
* Cudgegong
* Deepwater
* Duckmaloi
* Dumaresq
* Dungowan
* Emu Swamp
* Ewenmar
* Evans Plains
* Fish
* Frazers
* Gwydir
* Halls
* Horsearm
* Horton
* Little Weir
* Little (Dubbo)
* Macdonald
* Macintyre (QLD/NSW)
* Macquarie
* Manilla
* Mehi
* Meroo
* Mole
* Mooki
* Moonie
* Namoi
* Narran
* Peel
* Queen Charlottes
* Quegobla
* Quirindi
* Reedy
* Rocky
* Sandy (Cobar)
* Sandy (Tamworth)
* Severn (NSW)
* Sewells
* Summer Hill
* Talbragar
* Turon

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Murrumbidgee
catchment|

* Adelong
* Adjungbilly
* Balgalal
* Barmedman
* Berthong
* Big Badja
* Billabong (Junee)
* Blakney
* Bland
* Bowning
* Bredbo
* Bulla
* Burkes
* Burra (Palerang)
* Burra (Gundagai)
* Cooks Vale
* Cooma
* Cooma Back
* Cowriga
* Cullinga
* Derringullen
* Flyers
* Goobarragandra
* Goodradigbee
* Goorudee
* Happy Jacks
* Jeir
* Jugiong
* Kindra
* Kybeyan
* Lachlan
* Molonglo (NSW/ACT)
* Murrumbidgee (NSW/ACT)
* MIA
* Numeralla
* Peak
* Pinchgut
* Queanbeyan (NSW/ACT)
* Rock Flat
* Rocky Ponds
* Sandy (Mirrool)
* Strike-a-Light
* Tarcutta
* Tumut
* Yarrangobilly
* Yass

| Lachlan
sub-catchment|

* Abercrombie
* Belubula
* Bolong
* Boorowa
* Cadiangullong
* Crookwell
* Goobang
* Gunningbland
* Isabella
* Jerrara
* Jerrawa
* Mirrool
* Peelwood
* Phils
* Pudman
* Retreat

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