Du Faur Creek

Du Faur
Creek[1]
Name origin: In honour of Frederick Du Faur[1][2]
Country Australia
State New South Wales
Regions Sydney Basin (IBRA), Blue Mountains
Municipality City of Lithgow
Part of Hawkesbury-Nepean catchment
Source Bell Range, Blue Mountains National Park
 - location near Bell
Mouth confluence with Bell Creek
 - location near Mount Wilson
Length 8 km (5 mi)
National park Blue Mountains NP
[3]

The Du Faur Creek, a perennial stream of the Hawkesbury-Nepean catchment, is located in the Blue Mountains region of New South Wales, Australia.

Course

The Du Faur Creek (officially designated as a river[1]) rises on the Bell Range, about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) south-east of Bell, and flows generally north north-east before reaching its confluence with Bell Creek, in remote country within the Blue Mountains National Park, west of Mount Wilson. The river has an 8-kilometre (5.0 mi) course.[1]

The river is named in honour of Frederick Du Faur (1832-1915), an early Chief Draftsman of the NSW Department of Lands, a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and a Trustee of the Art Gallery of New South Wales.[1][2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Du Faur Creek". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Du Faur, Frederick Eccleston (1832–1915)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
  3. ↑ "Place Name Search: Du Faur Creek". Geoscience Australia. Commonwealth of Australia. 2010. Retrieved 24 December 2013.

Coordinates: 33°30′S 150°21′E / 33.500°S 150.350°E / -33.500; 150.350


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