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Whites Creek Wetlands

"The Mayor for annandale (Alderman Allen Taylor) brought up a special minute at the last meeting of the Annandale council respecting the question of the consruction of the whites creek storm water channel..." - The Sydney Morning Herald 18 February 1898 page 8

Between 1898 and 1938 Whites Creek was converted into one of the earliest Concrete Storm Water Channels in Australia. In 2002, Wetlands were constructed adjacent to the creek.

The wetlands are now looking great with vigorous growth and a steady development of the aquatic ecosystem. Insects, tadpoles and many more little creatures are now breeding in the wetlands.
There are three known species of frogs making a loud cacophony of noise at night. Larger water birds are gradually finding the wetlands are a good place to have dinner.
Visitors enjoy the experience of a rare urban wildspace in a crowded highly developed inner Sydney suburb.

Whites Creek Wetlands, 10 October 2009, Eco-Annandale Artists' October Walk, Photo: Marghanita da Cruz

Local residents appreciate the fact the pump is quiet, tadpoles eat mosquito larvae, no smells except in the polluted canal water and the flowering water plants give a stunning colour display.

During construction some people complained and now opinions have changed and few people object to the wetlands. (Source: Ted Floyd, Friends of the Earth, Eco-Sydney Campaign.)

More about the Wetlands

Ted Floyd, whose work on Whites Creek Wetlands is featured in Green Urbanism Down Under: Learning from sustainable communities in Australia, with authors Peter Newman and Timothy Beatley at Current Thinking Seminar (Photograph: Marghanita da Cruz 31 March 2009)

Location of Wetlands
Whites Creek Wetland, April 2007
Joel Tarling's Photostream of Whites Creek
More about Whites Creek Wetland at ramin.com.au/creekcare/whitescreek.shtml
Water Cycle: ramin.com.au/creekcare/water-cycle.shtml
Catchment Care: ramin.com.au/creekcare/catchment-care.shtml
Whites Creek Wetland A Mini Aquatic Sanctuary In Sydney
FRIENDS of the EARTH FRIENDS of the EARTH LIVING WATER PROJECT LIVING WATER PROJECT LIVING WATER PROJECT LIVING WATER PROJECT - WHITES CREEK WETLAND - A small ripple in Lilyfield creates waves all over planet earth.
Leichhardt Council: Whites Creek Wetland
02- Drainage Tunnels
Sydney Water S170 Heritage Register Whites Creek SWC No. 95 (560kb PDF)
Conserving Sydney's Whites Creek Wetlands, NSW, Page 23, Wetlands Australia National Wetlands Update 2009, Issue No. 17, Annual update for Australia's wetland community, January 2009, ISSN 1446-4843
Think globally while walking locally on World Wetlands Day
What Causes Stormwater Pollution?
Listen to the Frogs. If you can't hear them, you will need to download an Ogg player
Creating an urban wild space

Whites Creek Parklands

Community Centre

The Whites Creek Cottage Community Centre was opened in March 2009.

More at

Whites Creek Aqueduct by Joel Tarling
The Aqueduct built was the first reinforced concrete structure to be built in Australia

Joel Tarling's Photostreams of the Treehouse and Community Garden
Leichhardt Council: BRIEF FOR CONSULTANCY SERVICES 31 WHITE STREET FEASIBILITY STUDY AUGUST 2005
Leichhardt Council: Community Gardens Map
"OUR PARK was meant to be a nice quiet film about the filmmaker's local park, an essay on the notion of the wild and the tame in the inner city suburb of Leichhardt -AFC. Instead it turned into a documentary about an all out brawl, see Clips from Our Park
Development Application: D/2007/31 31 White Street $500,000 Alterations and additions to existing building

Nisswn Huts (Annandale side of the Creek) - A new home for Rozelle Bay Community Native Nursery

"Following a report to Council in June of this year [2008], consultation has been carried out to amend the current Plan of Management at Whites Creek Valley Park to enable the Rozelle Bay Community Native Nursery operations, currently operating at a site in the City of Sydney Council in Chapman Rd to be relocated to the Nissan Hut site in Whites Creek Valley Park." -www.leichhardt.nsw.gov.au

See pages 23/24 of Minutes of June Meeting: pdf and Organisational Implications report October 2008 pdf.

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