Cup and Saucer Creek

Cup and Saucer Creek, an urban watercourse of the Cooks River catchment, is located in the Canterbury-Bankstown region of Sydney, in New South Wales, Australia.

Cup and Saucer Creek
Cup and Saucer Creek, at its confluence with the Cooks River.
Location
Country	Australia
State	New South Wales
IBRA	Sydney Basin, Canterbury-Bankstown
District	Southern Sydney
Municipality	Canterbury
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	near Wiley Park railway station
Mouth	confluence with the Cooks River
• location	Earlwood
Length	4 km (2.5 mi)
[1]

Course and features

Cup and Saucer Creek, 1901

Cup and Saucer Creek rises in Canterbury local government area, near Wiley Park railway station and flows in an east north-easterly direction through the suburbs of Roselands, Kingsgrove, and Clemton Park, where it makes its confluence with the Cooks River, within the suburb of Earlwood. The upper reaches of the creek are a piped drainage system, which becomes part drain and part creek in the lower reaches. The Cup and Saucer Creek Catchment Management Study by the Water Board in 1992 showed extensive toxic organics in the form of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and organochlorines.[2]

The creek is so named because of sandstone formations in the former bed of the creek.[3]

A concrete culvert over Bexley Road constructed in 1920 is listed on the NSW State Heritage Register.[3]

References

1. "Cup and Saucer Creek". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
2. "Existing Catchment Conditions: Cup and Saucer Creek" (PDF). Cooks River Stormwater Management Plan. Canterbury City Council. 1999. p. 46. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
3. "Cup and Saucer Creek Culvert". Office of Environment & Heritage. Roads and Maritime Services. 29 October 2004. Retrieved 9 April 2013.

External links

• "Cooks River catchment" (map). Office of Environment and Heritage. Government of New South Wales.