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Cockpit Creek (CREEK), NSW Details
Description
A watercourse about 5 km long. It rises about 1 km NW of New Yards Hill and flows generally SW by S into the Wollondilly River.
Origin
Recent searches were conducted into the fate of two planes that disappeared in the area in the 1940s. There were no results. However information has indicated that a former resident with a property near the creek may have found the wreckage in 1945. (McDonnell B 1997 letter to the GNB)
Cockpit Creek (CREEK), NSW
| title | Cockpit Creek (CREEK) |
| additional | |
| state | NSW |
| reference | 13030 |
| placename | Cockpit Creek |
| designation | CREEK |
| geographical name | |
| previous names | Dog Kennel Creek |
| lga | WOLLONDILLY |
| description | A watercourse about 5 km long. It rises about 1 km NW of New Yards Hill and flows generally SW by S into the Wollondilly River. |
| meaning | |
| origin | Recent searches were conducted into the fate of two planes that disappeared in the area in the 1940s. There were no results. However information has indicated that a former resident with a property near the creek may have found the wreckage in 1945. (McDonnell B 1997 letter to the GNB) |
| history |
