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Dry Creek is a mostly industrial suburb north of Adelaide, containing significant wetlands and a substantial area formerly devoted to salt crystallisation pans, managed by Ridley Corporation, which plans to redevelop the site for housing.〔(Ridley to sell most of Dry Creek site, retain 316 hectares for residential development ) ''The Advertiser'', 20 February 2014. Accessed 11 March 2015.〕 It is named for the Dry Creek, a stream and drain which flows through the suburb and into Swan Alley, a tidal distributory of Barker Inlet, Gulf St Vincent. It was the site of the soapworks of W. H. Burford & Son from 1923 (adjacent to the Dry Creek railway station, and formerly used for smelting ore from Broken Hill)〔(A Fine New Factory ) ''The Advertiser'' 16 June 1920 p.9 accessed 8 July 2011〕 and a pioneering "garden suburb" for its employees, designed by W. J. Earle (who also laid out Cadbury's model town at Claremont, Tasmania).〔(An Old-Established Business )''The Register'' 31 May 1922 p.8 accessed 4 July 2011〕 The name Burford Gardens has vanished, but its streets remain: Flame Avenue, Gum Avenue, Wattle Avenue, Grevillea Avenue and Bushwood Avenue.〔(Burford Gardens - Wonderful Public Enthusiasm ) ''The Mail'' 14 April 1923 p.1 accessed 8 July 2011〕 The buildings of the former Dry Creek explosives depot, now State heritage-listed,〔 originally published in Retrieved 10 March 2015.〕 are on Magazine Road between the Salisbury Highway South Road Connector and the salt pans. ==Wetlands== The Dry Creek wetlands are composed of many separate sections running from the eastern edge of the suburb to the sea outlet of Dry Creek. They form part of the storm water management system for the City of Salisbury and the City of Port Adelaide Enfield and are connected to numerous drains that run across the Adelaide Plains including the eponymous Dry Creek, as well as being the outflow point for storm water pipes. Some of the wetlands have been extensively landscaped but have only limited public access. The wetlands form a fauna and flora haven with one of the southern most mangrove habitats in the world, extensive reed and samphire beds and a large bird and fish population. The discharge via North Arm creek into the Barker Inlet of Gulf St Vincent. The wetlands are part of the Gulf St Vincent Important Bird Area. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dry Creek, South Australia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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