Moonee Ponds Creek as a stormwater drain at Brunswick West.

The Moonee Ponds Creek is located in the northern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Moonee Ponds Creek at West Brunswick looking south. ... Moonee Ponds Creek at West Brunswick looking south. ... Brunswick West is an inner suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Melbourne is the capital and largest city of the state of Victoria, and the second largest city in Australia, with a population of 52,117 in the City of Melbourne (which covers only the central city area), and 3,488,750 in the Melbourne metropolitan area (census 2001 [1]). The... Motto: Peace and Prosperity Other Australian states and territories Capital Melbourne Governor HE Mr John Landy Premier Steve Bracks (ALP) Area 237,629 km² (6th)  - Land 227,416 km²  - Water 10,213 km² (4. ...

It is rural in its upper sections near Greenvale, passing across basalt plains around Gellibrand Hill Park, just north of Melbourne Airport. Greenvale is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... A Virgin Blue Boeing 737 waits at the Domestic Terminal, Tullamarine International Terminal This is about the Australian airport. ...

Through the heavily urbanised areas it flows through it is best characterised as a concrete stormwater drain. A storm drain, storm sewer, or stormwater drain (in Australia) system is designed to drain excess rain and ground water from an area. ...

It winds its way through the suburbs of Westmeadows, Tullamarine, Broadmeadows, Gowanbrae, Glenroy, Strathmore Heights, Oak Park, Strathmore, Pascoe Vale, Pascoe Vale South, Essendon, Brunswick West, Moonee Ponds, Ascot Vale, Flemington, Parkville, North Melbourne, Footscray, before joining the Yarra River at Melbourne Docklands. Westmeadows is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... The Melbourne suburb of Tullamarine, Victoria, Australia, is a non-descript collection of recent housing estates and light industry. ... Broadmeadows is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Gowenbrae is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Glenroy is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Strathmore Heights is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Oak Park is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Strathmore is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Pascoe Vale is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Pascoe Vale South is an inner suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Essendon is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Brunswick West is an inner suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Moonee Ponds is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Tram running down Union Road, Ascot Vale. ... Flemington is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... An inner northern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, bordered by North Melbourne to the south-west, Carlton and Carlton North to the south and east, Brunswick to the north, and Flemington to the west. ... North Melbourne is a suburb of Melbourne, Australia in the state of Victoria. ... Footscray is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, named after the English village of Foots Cray. ... The Yarras lower reaches travel through central Melbourne. ... The Melbourne Docklands (postcode: 3008) is a massive urban development in Melbourne, Australia. ...

History

Before European settlement, the Moonee Ponds Creek was the home of the Wurundjeri william People of the Kulin nation. The Port Phillip area was first settled by Europeans in 1835. The first land sales in the area of Strathmore on Moonee Ponds Creek were made in 1843 and 1845. The Wurundjeri are Aboriginal people of the Kulin nation, who occupied what is now Melbourne, Australia prior to European settlement of the area. ... This article is about an Australian Aboriginal nation. ... There is also Local Government Area called the City of Port Phillip. ... 1835 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Strathmore is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... 1843 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1845 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

The creek formed a series of marshy ponds on the floodplain, with extensive salt water marshes near its entry to the Yarra river known as Batman's lagoon. With rapid development of Melbourne due to the Victorian gold rush in the 1850s, the swamp quickly became a receptacle for waste waters from Flemington, North Melbourne and Parkville. In geography, a floodplain is an area of relatively level land that is inundated from time to time. ... The Victorian gold rush was a period in the history of Victoria in Australia between approximately 1851 and the early 1860s. ... Events and Trends Crimean war (1854 - 1856) fought between Imperial Russia and an alliance consisting of the United Kingdom, the Second French Empire, the Kingdom of Sardinia and the Ottoman Empire. ... Flemington is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... North Melbourne is a suburb of Melbourne, Australia in the state of Victoria. ... An inner northern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, bordered by North Melbourne to the south-west, Carlton and Carlton North to the south and east, Brunswick to the north, and Flemington to the west. ...

In 1879 Batman and robin's lagoon was drained and filled to make way for the North Melbourne railway yards at its northern end. At its southern area, the filled in marshes were called Dudley Flats, where impoverished people scrounged building material from the land-fill tip to build shelters and huts during the 1930s depression. 1879 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Events and trends Technology Jet engine invented First atom was split with a particle accelerator Golden Age of radio begins in U.S. Science Nuclear fission discovered by Otto Hahn, Lise Meitner and Fritz Strassmann Pluto, the ninth planet from the Sun, is discovered by Clyde Tombaugh British biologist Arthur...

In the 1890s the lower Moonee Ponds Creek was used as a canal access for coal for railway locomotives. The 1890s were sometimes referred to as the Gay Nineties, under the then-current usage of the word gay which referred simply to merriment and frivolity, with no connotation of homosexuality as in current-day usage. ... Categories: Water-transport stubs | Canals | Water transport ...

Between 1940 and the 1980s the Melbourne Metropolitan Board of Works, now called Melbourne Water, realigned and concreted the creek from Strathmore to Flemington Road, in an attempt to stop periodical flooding. The modifications were part of extensive urban development of the lower floodplain. For much of its length through the northern suburbs it is now characterised as a concrete stormwater drain that parallels the Tullamarine Freeway. 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 1960s and 1970s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ... A storm drain, storm sewer, or stormwater drain (in Australia) system is designed to drain excess rain and ground water from an area. ... Tullamarine Freeway is a Melbourne freeway linking the citys international airport to the CBD. History Tullamarine Freeway is the oldest freeway in Melbourne, possibly Australia. ...

In 1998 the The Moonee Ponds Creek Co-ordination Committee (MPCCC) was founded to oversight planning, restoration, education, and development of guidelines and policies aimed at protecting and enhancing the Creek and its tributaries. Each of the four councils (Hume, Moreland, Moonee Valley and Melbourne) are represented along with the Friends of Moonee Ponds Creek and Melbourne Water. 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... The City of Hume is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. ... The City of Moreland is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. ... The City of Moonee Valley is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. ... The City of Melbourne is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. ...

In 2004 a reporter for the Age newspaper described it as "arguably the most abused tributary of the Yarra River, and part of the true underside of Melbourne." 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Yarras lower reaches travel through central Melbourne. ...

Conservation

In recent years some improvement work has focused on enhancing habitat and stabilising, reshaping and replanting the banks of the creek. In 2005 the water quality, aquatic life and flow were all rated as poor; vegetation was rated as very poor; habitat and stability was rated as good.

During 2004 a major stormwater improvement program was embarked upon in the creek's catchment area, and wetlands at Jacana and litter traps have been built. Recent habitat conservation work has resulted in some wildlife returning to the creek, including the Pobblebonk frog around the Strathmore Secondary College, and the rare Nankeen Night Heron (Rufous Night Heron) in the upper catchment. Strathmore is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ...

For much of its length through the northern suburbs of Melbourne the Moonee Ponds Creek Trail provides a recreational path for cyclists and walkers, connecting many reserves, parks and sporting grounds along the creek. The Moonee Ponds Creek Trail is a shared use path for cyclists and pedestrians which follows the Moonee Ponds Creek through the northern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... An Australian park A park is any of a number of geographic features. ...

External Links

• Moonee Ponds Creek Co-ordination Committee (http://www.mpccc.org/)
• Melbourne Water (http://www.melbournewater.com.au/content/water_cycle/rivers_and_creeks/moonee_ponds_creek.asp?bhcp=1)