Gould Creek, South Australia

Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Gould Creek
city = Adelaide
state = sa


imgsize =
lga = City of Tea Tree Gully
lga2 = City of Playford
postcode = 5114
fedgov = Makin
stategov = Little Para
dist1 = 8 |location1 = Elizabeth
near-nw =
near-n = One Tree Hill
near-ne =
near-w = Hillbank
near-e = Sampson Flat
near-sw = Greenwith
near-s = Yatala Vale
near-se = Upper Hermitage

Gould Creek is an outer northeastern rural suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. Gould Creek is located in the City of Tea Tree Gully and City of Playford local government areas, and is adjacent to Greenwith, Salisbury Heights and Hillbank, as well as the rural districts of Yatala Vale and Upper Hermitage and the town of One Tree Hill.

History

European settlement

Gould Creek is a creek with several fresh water springs which historically flowed into the Little Para River at Cumberland Farm, owned by pioneer Reuben Richardson (after whom a street in neighbouring Greenwith has now been named). Agriculture played a key role in Gould Creek's early history, but from the early 1960s onward, Gould Creek played a critical role in Adelaide's utilities. [ [http://au.geocities.com/ttg_historical_society/wellsandwaterways.html Tea Tree Gully Historical Society - Wells and Waterways] Beryl Gould (ed.). Accessed 15 June 2006.]

The Little Para Reservoir was built between 1974 and 1977 and commissioned in 1979, functioning largely as a balancing storage for Murray River water, and also serving a flood mitigation role. Gould Creek has a capacity of 20,800 megalitres and almost 300,000 cubic metres of rock was used in Gould Creek's construction. [ [http://www.sawater.com.au/SAWater/Education/OurWaterSystems/Water+Storage+(Reservoirs).htm SA Water - Little Para Reservoir] ]

Geography

The boundaries of Gould Creek are the end of the suburb of Hillbank to the west, the Little Para River to the south, the town of One Tree Hill to the north and One Tree Hill Road and Hannaford Hump Road to the east. [UBD Adelaide directory (1999; 47th ed.) Universal Press. ISBN 0-7319-1033-8] Gould Creek is north of the Golden Grove conurbation and east of Elizabeth.

Facilities

There are two scenic lookouts on the Little Para Reservoir.

Transport

The area is not serviced by Adelaide public transport.

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