Andersons Creek is a creek in Warrandyte and Park Orchards, east of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is a tributary of the Yarra River. For tens of thousands of years it was used as a food and tool source sustainably by the Wurundjeri people, Aboriginal Australians of the Kulin nation, who spoke variations of the Woiwurrung language group.

Andersons Creek
Andersons Creek through Warrandyte
Andersons Creek is located in Victoria
Andersons Creek
Location of Andersons Creek mouth in Victoria
Location
CountryAustralia
StateVictoria
LGACity of Maroondah
City of Manningham
CityMelbourne
Physical characteristics
Mouthconfluence with the Yarra River
 • location
Warrandyte
 • coordinates
37°44′29″S 145°12′28″E / 37.74139°S 145.20778°E / -37.74139; 145.20778
 • elevation
36 m (118 ft)
Length7 km (4.3 mi)
Discharge 
 • locationmouth
Basin features
River systemPort Phillip catchment

The creek begins in the hills north of Ringwood on the boundary of urban metropolitan Melbourne from where it flows for roughly 2–3 km through Park Orchards and around 4 km through Warrandyte, before emptying into the Yarra River. The creek is relatively uninhibited by weirs, dams or reservoirs and it floods often after heavy rain. It provides habitat for significant species, which include: platypus, rakali, koalas, powerful owls, rufous night herons, white-winged choughs and yellow-tailed black cockatoos.

In June 1851 gold was first discovered in Victoria on the banks of Andersons Creek at Fourth Hill in the present day Warrandyte State Park[1] by a small group led by Louis John Michel;[2] the township of Warrandyte was initially named after the creek. Gold can still be found in the creek, and panning is permitted in a small section with a Miners Right.

Geography

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The cairn marking the site of the first recognised discovery of gold in Victoria, Australia in 1851 at Andersons Creek

Tributaries and surrounding geographic features include, upstream to downstream:

  • Unnamed Creek
  • Fourth Hill
  • Unnamed Creek
  • Beauty Gully
  • Harris Gully
  • Melbourne Hill
  • Yarra River

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Fourth Hill - Gold Memorial (Warrandyte State Park)". www.parks.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  2. ^ Cranfield, Louis R., "Michel, Louis John (1825–1904)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 14 April 2023
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