Everything about The Cumberland Plain totally explained
The
Cumberland Plain is a region in the
Sydney Basin of
New South Wales,
Australia. The plain extends from 10 kilometres north of
Windsor to
Picton in the south; and along the
Parramatta River into the city's
Inner West. The plain is today the site of much of
Greater Western Sydney.
The plain takes its name from
Cumberland, one of the 39 traditional counties of
England—a name it shares with
Cumberland County Council, a now-defunct regional government agency covering much of present-day Sydney and the
Cumberland Highway.
Geography
The Cumberland Plain is located within the local government areas of
Auburn Council,
Baulkham Hills Shire,
City of Blacktown,
Camden Council,,
City of Canada Bay City of Fairfield,
City of Hawkesbury,
Hornsby Shire,
City of Holroyd,
City of Liverpool,
City of Parramatta,
City of Penrith,
City of Ryde and
Wollondilly Shire; and parts of
City of Campbelltown and several inner-western councils.
The
Hawkesbury, Parramatta and
Cooks rivers run through parts of the plain.
Ecology
At the time of European settlement, the Cumberland Plain contained 1,070 km² of woodlands. The westward expansion of
Sydney over the plain has placed enormous pressure on the woodlands and other local ecological communities, only 13 per cent of which remain intact.
Cleared and used first for agriculture and then for urban development, most of the ecological communities that originally flourished on the plain are now considered endangered. They include:
Cumberland Plain communities are protected in a number of council reserves, plus the
Lower Prospect Canal Reserve,
Scheyville National Park,
Windsor Downs Nature Reserve,
Leacock Regional Park and
Mulgoa Nature Reserve and
Mount Annan Botanic Garden.
References and links
New South Wales Government: Department of Environment and Conservation
- Map of the Cumberland Plain
New South Wales Government: Department of Environment and Conservation -Endangered ecological communities of the Cumberland Plain
Botanic Gardens Trust - Mount Anna Botanic Garden webpage
Australian Government: Department of the Environment and Heritage - Cumberland Plain Woodland: Woodlands Vanishing from Sydney's Outskirts
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