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Wetlands

The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

Wetlands

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Blackwattle Swamp

Botany Wetlands

Du Faur Wetland

Gumbramorra Swamp

Lachlan Swamps

Veterans' swamp

Waterloo Swamp

Dee Why Lagoon Wildlife Refuge

Part of the wetlands area in Sydney Park September 2011

Wetlands in Sydney Park September 2011

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Wetlands

Blackwattle Swamp

Mangrove swamp at the head of the Blackwattle Bay filled partly by tides and Blackwattle creek running from Surry Hills.

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Botany Wetlands

Series of ponds to the east of Sydney Airport. Draining the area from Lachlan Swamp (now Centennial Park) into Botany Bay, they provided fresh water to colonial Sydney before pollution and neglect forced construction of other sources in the 1880s. They are now valued for flood mitigation and as a wildlife habitat.

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Du Faur Wetland

Wetland in North Turramurra which forms part of Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park and is named after Eccleston du Faur.

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Gumbramorra Swamp

Swamp on the north of the Cooks River in the Marrickville valley between Marrickville and Sydenham. Most of the swamp had been drained and the land resumed and developed by the early 20th century, but flooding in the area continues to be an issue. Sydenham Road, that runs from Sydenham through Marrickville, was originally called Swamp Road.

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Lachlan Swamps

Swamps and ponds south-east of Sydney town which became the city's water supply from 1830, via Busby's Bore. In 1888 the land became part of Centennial Park and the swamps were incorporated into the park design.

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Veterans' swamp

Swamp which drained south from the Matraville area into Botany Bay.

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Waterloo Swamp

Swamp area bounded by present day Epsom Road, South Dowling and Bourke streets which was dammed to provide water for the high pressure pipes which drove the first hydraulic lifts and presses in Sydney.

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