Tuggeranong Creek

Tuggeranong Creek
Spring on Tuggeranong Creek
Map
EtymologyAboriginal: word meaning "cold plain"[1]
Location
CountryAustralia
TerritoryAustralian Capital Territory
IBRASouth Eastern Highlands
DistrictTuggeranong
Town centreTuggeranong
Physical characteristics
SourceTuggeranong Hill
 • locationeast of Theodore
 • elevation700 m (2,300 ft)(approx.)
MouthConfluence with Murrumbidgee River
 • location
South of Greenway
 • elevation
570 m (1,870 ft)(approx.)
Basin features
River systemMurrumbidgee River, Murray–Darling basin
Tributaries 
 • rightDunns Creek
ReservoirsIsabella Pond, Lake Tuggeranong

Tuggeranong Creek, a partly perennial stream of the Murrumbidgee catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, is located in the Tuggeranong district of Canberra, within the Australian Capital Territory, Australia.

Tuggeranong is derived from the Aboriginal word, meaning "cold plain".[1] The traditional custodians of the land surrounding Tuggeranong Creek are the Aboriginal people of the Ngunnawal tribe.

  1. ^ a b "Tuggeranong Creek". Place name search. Government of the Australian Capital Territory. Retrieved 17 February 2013.