Gould Creek, South Australia

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Gould Creek is an outer northeastern rural suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. Gould Creek is located in the City of Tea Tree Gully and City of Playford local government areas, and is adjacent to Greenwith, Salisbury Heights and Hillbank, as well as the rural districts of Yatala Vale and Upper Hermitage and the town of One Tree Hill.

[edit] History

[edit] European settlement

Gould Creek is a creek with several fresh water springs which historically flowed into the Little Para River at Cumberland Farm, owned by pioneer Reuben Richardson (after whom a street in neighbouring Greenwith has now been named). Agriculture played a key role in Gould Creek's early history, but from the early 1960s onward, Gould Creek played a critical role in Adelaide's utilities.^[1]

The Little Para Reservoir was built between 1974 and 1977 and commissioned in 1979, functioning largely as a balancing storage for Murray River water, and also serving a flood mitigation role. Gould Creek has a capacity of 20,800 megalitres and almost 300,000 cubic metres of rock was used in Gould Creek's construction.^[2]

[edit] Geography

The boundaries of Gould Creek are the end of the suburb of Hillbank to the west, the Little Para River to the south, the town of One Tree Hill to the north and One Tree Hill Road and Hannaford Hump Road to the east.^[3] Gould Creek is north of the Golden Grove conurbation and east of Elizabeth.

[edit] Facilities

There are two scenic lookouts on the Little Para Reservoir.

[edit] Transport

The area is not serviced by Adelaide public transport.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Gould Creek, South Australia is at coordinates 34°44′56″S 138°43′16″E / -34.749, 138.721 (Gould Creek, South Australia)Coordinates: 34°44′56″S 138°43′16″E / -34.749, 138.721 (Gould Creek, South Australia)