Stony Creek Diversion History
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Transcript of Stony Creek Diversion History
Stony CreekTony Smith
for City of Brimbank Heritage Advisory
Committee
26 November
2014
Hoddle Grid c.1840
By 1860, the more recently buried & deleted
section ofStoney Creek,
through what
became Sunshine, appeared on survey
map
• Aerial mapping done across Melbourne around 1946 shows St. Albans and NE Sunshine branches join in the now Kevin Wheelahan Gardens
• Same series further north shows partial watercourses but not clearly enough to bother with today
• Interesting to note St. Albans branch was already straightened ~200m either side of crossing Devonshire
Stony Creek drains theheart of Brimbank or at least it once did
Maribyrnong valleyaside, Brimbank very flatsloping gently N-Swithout deep cut streams
Stony Creek drains theheart of Brimbank or at least it once did
Maribyrnong valleyaside, Brimbank very flatsloping gently N-Swithout deep cut streams
“St. Albans South Drain”joins unnamed east drainforming constructedcreek in park setting
Stony Creek drains theheart of Brimbank or at least it once did
Maribyrnong valleyaside, Brimbank very flatsloping gently N-Swithout deep cut streams
“St. Albans South Drain”joins unnamed east drainforming constructedcreek in park setting
Confined to concretechannel south of Furlong
Diverted undergroundinto Kororoit after 1946 &1950 floods
Stony Creek drains theheart of Brimbank or at least it once did
Maribyrnong valleyaside, Brimbank very flatsloping gently N-Swithout deep cut streams
“St. Albans South Drain”joins unnamed east drainforming constructedcreek in park setting
Confined to concretechannel south of Furlong
Diverted undergroundinto Kororoit after 1946 &1950 floods
Sunshine east branchpast municipal officessurfaces in Matthew HillReserve as boundary
Reference Documents• University of Melbourne 1945 Photo-map 848-b1
• Museum Victoria McKay collection floods 1946-50
• Planning Maps Online (Victorian Government)
• PhotoMaps by nearmap
• Some 1860 Geological Survey Maps published under the direction of Alfred R.C. Selwyn, Govt. Geologist, Dept. of Public Lands available via State Library of Victoria search
• Mill Stream, Stellenbosch, Western Cape, pics from 2007 visit for Philosophy of Complexity workshop