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