Keswick Creek

{{Use Australian English|date=January 2018}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}} {{Infobox river | name = | name_native = | name_native_lang = | name_other = | name_etymology = | nickname =  | image = | image_size = | image_caption = | image_alt =  | map = | map_size = | map_caption = | map_alt = | pushpin_map = Australia South Australia | pushpin_map_size = | pushpin_map_caption= | pushpin_map_alt =  | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = [[Australia]] | subdivision_type2 = State | subdivision_name2 = [[South Australia]] | subdivision_type3 = Region | subdivision_name3 = Metropolitan Adelaide | subdivision_type4 = | subdivision_name4 = | subdivision_type5 = Suburb | subdivision_name5 = [[Wayville, South Australia|Wayville]]  | length = | width_min = | width_avg = | width_max = | depth_min = | depth_avg = | depth_max = | discharge1_location= | discharge1_min = | discharge1_avg = | discharge1_max =  | source1 = Confluence of South Parklands Creek and Glen Osmond Creek | source1_location = [[Wayville, South Australia|Wayville]] | source1_coordinates= {{Coord|-34.9476| 138.5970}} | source1_elevation = | mouth = [[Patawalonga River]] | mouth_location = [[Glenelg North, South Australia|Glenelg North]] | mouth_coordinates = {{Coord|-34.9615| 138.5161|display=inline,title}} | mouth_elevation = | progression = | river_system = [[Patawalonga River]] | basin_size = | basin_landmarks = | basin_population = | tributaries_left = [[Brown Hill Creek]] | tributaries_right = | waterbodies = | waterfalls = | bridges = | ports = | custom_label = | custom_data = | extra = }} '''Keswick Creek''' and '''Glen Osmond Creek''' together form a watercourse flowing through the inner south-eastern, south-western and western suburbs of the [[Adelaide]] metropolitan area, in the Australian state of [[South Australia]]. The watercourse is part of the [[Patawalonga River]] catchment.<ref name="PLB">{{Cite web |url=http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb |work=Property Location Browser |title=Placename Details: Keswick Creek |id=SA0036390 |publisher=[[Government of South Australia]] |date=19 September 2007 |accessdate=10 January 2018 |archive-date=7 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151207082745/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="PLBGlenOsmond">{{Cite web |url=http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb |work=Property Location Browser |title=Placename Details: Glen Osmond Creek |id=SA0026314 |publisher=[[Government of South Australia]] |date=19 September 2007 |accessdate=10 January 2018 |archive-date=7 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151207082745/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The water course has been extensively altered since European settlement to manage stormwater flows and avoid flooding in the heavily populated urban areas through which it passes.<ref name="PLB"/>

==Course and features== The source of Glen Osmond Creek is in the south-eastern suburb of [[Glen Osmond, South Australia|Glen Osmond]], abutting the [[Adelaide Hills]]. Its original course through [[Myrtle Bank, South Australia|Myrtle Bank]], [[Fullarton, South Australia|Fullarton]] and [[Unley, South Australia|Unley]] is obscured due to the construction of drains along the original creek line.<ref name="PLBGlenOsmond"/>

A second stream known as Parklands Creek flows through the southern [[Adelaide Parklands]] and once ran roughly parallel to the Glen Osmond from an adjacent source in the hillside suburb.{{Citation needed|date=January 2018}} Following extensive drainage works in the south-eastern suburbs it is only now visible in the parklands, draining from the south-easterly adjacent suburb of [[Glenside, South Australia|Glenside]]. These two streams originally from Glen Osmond join at [[Wayville, South Australia|Wayville]].<ref name="stormwater">{{Citation |url=https://www.mitchamcouncil.sa.gov.au/webdata/resources/files/Brown%20Hill%20Keswick%20Creek%20Catchment%20Stormwater%20Management%20Plan%20Part%201.pdf |title=Brown Hill Keswick Creek Catchment Stormwater Management Plan 2016 |publisher=[[City of Mitcham]] |date=March 2016 |accessdate=10 January 2018 |archive-date=8 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180408001946/http://www.mitchamcouncil.sa.gov.au/webdata/resources/files/Brown%20Hill%20Keswick%20Creek%20Catchment%20Stormwater%20Management%20Plan%20Part%201.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Downstream from Wayville the watercourse is known as Keswick Creek. From there flows are typically directed via a constructed drain through the inner western suburbs of [[Keswick, South Australia|Keswick]], [[Mile End South, South Australia|Mile End South]], [[Richmond, South Australia|Richmond]], [[Cowandilla, South Australia|Cowandilla]], [[West Richmond, South Australia|West Richmond]] and [[Brooklyn Park, South Australia|Brooklyn Park]] before draining along the eastern edge of [[Adelaide Airport]] to join [[Brown Hill Creek]] near [[Netley, South Australia|Netley]] and ultimately the sea via drains to the [[Patawalonga River]]. To manage stormwater volumes the flows may alternatively be diverted into Brown Hill Creek earlier at the inner south suburb of [[Forestville, South Australia|Forestville]], at which point Brown Hill Creek also takes the form of a constructed drain.<ref name="stormwater"/>

State government records state that, as with Glen Osmond Creek, the full downstream extent of the original Keswick Creek watercourse is unknown due to the construction of drains along the creek line.<ref name="PLB"/>

==See also== {{stack|}} * {{Section link|List of rivers of Australia|South Australia}}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * Map showing Keswick and Glen Osmond creeks and drains within the Patawalonga catchment: {{Cite web |url=http://bhkcstormwater.com.au/?p=319 |title=Brown Hill Keswick Creek Stormwater Project |accessdate=10 January 2018}} * Map showing Keswick and Glen Osmond creeks and drains within the Patawalonga catchment: {{Citation |url=https://bhkcstormwater.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/bhkc20160311d-smp-figures.pdf |title=Brown Hill Keswick Creek Catchment Stormwater Management Plan 2016 |publisher=[[City of Mitcham]] |page=202 |date=March 2016 |accessdate=10 January 2018}}

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