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Cooks River Bridge, Tempe c1890

Cooks River Bridge, Tempe c1890

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Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences

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From a fine stream to an industrial watercourse

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Bridges Rivers and Catchments

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Arncliffe Tempe Wolli Creek

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Cooks River Wolli Creek

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Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences

Established in 1879, the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences' venues include the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney Observatory and Museums Discovery Centre at Castle Hill.

From a fine stream to an industrial watercourse

As Sydney expanded in the nineteenth century the picturesque waterways and valleys of the Cooks River were to host a network of waterworks and rail and road infrastructure that were to degrade the landscape forever.

Bridges

Rivers and Catchments

Arncliffe

Largely residential southern suburb, close to Sydney Airport and bordering Wolli Creek. It was named after a village in North Yorkshire, England.

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Wolli Creek

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Watercourse about 9 kilometres long rising south of Narwee and flowing generally north east into the Cooks River.

Cooks River

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River that flows through south-west Sydney, starting at Graf Park, Yagoona, through to Botany Bay at Kyeemagh. The river was extensively polluted by industry and its course was changed to accommodate the runways of Sydney Airport.

Tempe

Inner-west suburb on the northern bank of Cooks River which grew from the workers camp established to build the Cooks River dam in 1839. By the 1850s it was also home to limeburners, woodsmen and fishermen.

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Wolli Creek

Southern suburb with an industrial heritage now being redeveloped as a residential and commercial centre. It was separated from Arncliffe in 2002.

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