marrickville

The Cooks River Sustainability Initiative is working on one subcatchment in the Marrickville local government area.

Subcatchment facts
Name: EC1East (eastern channel 1 east).
Location: This subcatchment covers the suburb of Enmore and is bounded by Enmore Road to the north, the Princes Highway to the south, King Street to the east, and the western boundary cuts through the middle of Enmore Park.
Population: 7,661.
Area: 131 hectares.
Land use: The subcatchment area has a variety of landuses which includes residential, commercial and industrial. There are also a number of park areas, schools and a railway station (St Peters). This subcatchment adjoins the Munni Street subcatchment in the City of Sydney local government area. Part of the catchment was once part of a large swamp area known as Gumbramorra Swamp. The swamp was an important site for the Aboriginal people from the Cadigal and Wangal clans who lived around the Cooks River area prior to European settlement.

The initiative is collecting information about the physical and social characteristics of this area. We are also reviewing the major organisations involved in the management of water and other environmental issues. This information will be used in community forums to help develop a future vision and action plan for your local area.

If you work or live, in this area you can get involved by taking part in the community water survey (available soon) , by attending community forums and/or by being a part of the community working group (available soon) that will be formed as part of the project.