Sullivans Creek

Sullivans Creek, a partly perennial stream of the Murrumbidgee catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, is located in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.

Photo: Nick-D, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include National Botanic Gardens and Australian Academy of Science.

National Botanic Gardens

Garden

Photo: Fir0002, GFDL.

The Australian National Botanic Gardens is a heritage-listed botanical garden located in Acton, Canberra, in the Australian Capital Territory, Australia.

The Australian Academy of Science is a scientific academy. It was founded in 1954 by a group of distinguished Australians, including Australian Fellows of the Royal Society of London, after its forerunner, the Australian National Research Council had been dissolved.

Springbank Island

Islet

Photo: Percita Dittmar, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Springbank Island is an island located on Lake Burley Griffin in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. Springbank Island is named after a former agricultural property that was partially submerged to create Lake Burley Griffin.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Acton and Acton Peninsula.

Acton

Photo: Fir0002, GFDL.

Acton is a small affluent suburb west of Civic and is Canberra's university district, mostly taken up by the Australian National University. Right next to the ANU is the Australian National Botanic Gardens, containing some of the most diverse ranges…

Acton Peninsula

Locality

The Acton Peninsula is located on the northern shore of Lake Burley Griffin, in the centre of Canberra, the capital of Australia. It was created when the lake was artificially built by damming the Molonglo River and excavating around it to create the desired shape.

Civic

Photo: JJ Harrison, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Canberra's downtown area, Civic is what is now Walter Burley Griffin's design for a Civic Centre. Established in 1927, this is Canberra's central business district and one of its oldest centres, surrounded by the rest of North Canberra, Acton and Lake Burley Griffin.

Sullivans Creek

Type: Body of water
Description: Canberra watercourse
Category: river
Location: Australian Capital Territory, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude

-35.28192° or 35° 16′ 55″ south

Longitude

149.114° or 149° 6′ 50″ east

Elevation

558 metres (1,831 feet)

Open location code

4RPFP497+6H

OpenStreetMap ID

way 4688019

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

GeoNames ID

2147938

Wikidata ID

Q7636450

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Sullivans Creek” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Sullivans Creek”
Hausa: “Sullivans Creek”
Japanese: “サリバンス川”
Swedish: “Sullivans Creek”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include South Pavilion - 88 and McPherson Bridge.

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