| Merri Creek | |
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 The Merri Creek passing through Fairfield and Clifton Hill with Melbourne city skyline in the distance. | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Australia |
| State | Victoria |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Length | 70 km (43 mi) |
| Basin size | Unknown |
37°45′35″S 144°58′53″E / 37.759756°S 144.981482°E The Merri Creek is a waterway in southern parts of Victoria, Australia, which flows through the northern suburbs of Melbourne. It begins near Wallan and flows south for 70 km until joining the Yarra River at Dights Falls. The area where the creek meets the river was traditionally the location for large gatherings of the Wurundjeri people and is thought to have been the location for one of the earliest land treaties in Australia between Indigenous Australians and European settlers.
The creek was the site of heavy industrial use throughout much of the 20th century, being home to quarries, landfills and accepting waste runoff from neighbouring factories. This has degraded the riparian ecology of the creek leaving behind pollutants such as heavy metals and various greases. Recent decades have seen some regenerative planting and the foundation of several community groups dedicated to protecting and regenerating the creek's ecology.