Ropes Creek
Ropes Creek, a watercourse that is part of the Hawkesbury-Nepean catchment, is located in Greater Western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.Course and features
Ropes Creek rises in the south-western suburbs of Sydney, near Devils Back Tunnel, about north north-east of. The creek flows generally north before reaching its confluence with South Creek, in the suburb of, north of the Wianamatta Regional Park. The creek descends over its course.
Ropes Creek is transversed by the Westlink M7 at Cecil Park; the M4 Western Motorway between and ; and the Great Western Highway and the Main Western railway line east of.
The creek in named in honour of Anthony Rope, a First Fleet convict who it is assumed was granted land fronting the creek.
