Olinda Creek

Olinda Creek
(Gnurt-bille-worrun)
Olinda Creek Main street crossing from pedestrian footbridge
Map
EtymologyNamed after Alice Olinda Hodgkinson, daughter of Deputy Surveyor-General Clement Hodgkinson
Location
CountryAustralia
StateVictoria
RegionCentral Victoria
CityMelbourne
Physical characteristics
SourceMount Dandenong
 • locationGreat Dividing Range, Victoria
 • elevation580 m (1,900 ft)
Mouth 
 • location
Yarra River, Coldstream, Victoria, Australia
 • elevation
76 m (249 ft)
Length21.4 km (13.3 mi)
Discharge 
 • locationmouth

Olinda Creek (Woiwurrung: Gnurt-bille-worrun)[1] is a major tributary of the Yarra River in Victoria, Australia. Its origins are in the Dandenong Ranges, and it is notable for passing through the settlement of Lilydale (now a suburb of Melbourne) before joining with the Yarra near Coldstream.[2][3]

  1. ^ Smyth, R. Brough (Robert Brough) (1878). "The aborigines of Victoria: with notes relating to the habits of the natives of other parts of Australia and Tasmania". Melbourne : J. Ferres, gov't printer; [etc., etc.] Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Map of Olinda Creek in Victoria - Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia".
  3. ^ "Our Yarra : What's in my neighbourhood : Olinda Creek". Archived from the original on 13 September 2009. Retrieved 31 March 2010.