Lake Parramatta

Matti Keentok

doi:10.5130/sj.v2i2.1503

Boys sailing boats on Kippax Lake, Moore Park c1977

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5130/sj.v2i2.1503

Keywords:

Lake Parramatta, Parramatta, Hunts Creek, arch dam, dam, water supply, local history, Australian history

Matti Keentok

Dictionary of Sydney

Abstract

Lake Parramatta is about two kilometres north of Parramatta's central business district, on Hunts Creek. The reserve in which Lake Parramatta lies has gone through significant changes in its short history of European settlement. Originally a place of Aboriginal habitation by the Burramattagal clan, it has since seen occupation by people engaging in illicit production of spirits and by bushrangers (as was the case for neighbouring Darling Mills Creek); a short period of farming; a water reservoir supplying drinking water for Parramatta; and subsequently a place of recreation including swimming. These and other uses have left a number of relics still visible, although not obvious.

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Vol. 2 No. 2 (2010)

Section

Sydney's Suburbs

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Matti Keentok, Dictionary of Sydney

Emma is the full time Editorial Coordinator for the Dictionary of Sydney. She holds a PhD in Cultural Studies from University of Technology, Sydney. She was senior researcher and an editor of Australian Feminism A Companion (OUP, 1998), and has extensive experience in print and online editing and writing.

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