Salt Pan Creek
| Salt Pan Creek | |
|---|---|
| Etymology | Early settlers took salt from the swampland by evaporating the salt water. |
| Location | |
| Country | Australia |
| State | New South Wales |
| Region | Sydney Basin (IBRA), Canterbury-Bankstown, Southern Sydney |
| Local government areas | City of Canterbury-Bankstown, Georges River |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | west of Mount Lewis |
| Mouth | confluence with the Georges River |
• location | Lugarno |
| Length | 7 km (4.3 mi) |
| Basin size | 26 km2 (10 sq mi) |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Georges River |
Salt Pan Creek is an urban watercourse of the Georges River catchment, located in the Canterbury-Bankstown region of Sydney, in New South Wales, Australia. The banks of the creek are of historical importance to Aboriginal Australians, being one of the few places where some Aboriginal families owned land, the site also becoming a focal point for Indigenous rights in the early 20th century.