Gould Creek is an outer northeastern rural suburb of Adelaide

Adelaide

Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...

, South Australia

South Australia

South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...

. Gould Creek is located in the City of Tea Tree Gully

City of Tea Tree Gully

The City of Tea Tree Gully is in the Australian state of South Australia, in the outer north-eastern suburbs of Adelaide. The city has a estimated population of 100,155 people and is one of the most populous local government divisions in Adelaide...

 and City of Playford

City of Playford

The City of Playford is a Local Government Area of South Australia, located in Adelaide's northern suburbs. The name 'Playford' comes from the recognition of Sir Thomas Playford, who played a part in the development of the area, and was South Australia's premier from 1938-1965...

 local government areas, and is adjacent to Greenwith

Greenwith, South Australia

Greenwith is an outer-north-eastern suburb of Adelaide, the capital city of South Australia, and is within the City of Tea Tree Gully local government area. It is adjacent to Golden Grove and Salisbury Heights...

, Salisbury Heights

Salisbury Heights, South Australia

Salisbury Heights is a suburb located in the City of Salisbury, Adelaide, South Australia. The upper section of Salisbury Heights was originally established as Castieu Estate in the 1970s by a private consortium. The blocks of land in this area were typically much larger than surrounding suburbs...

 and Hillbank

Hillbank, South Australia

Hillbank, South Australia is a residential suburb of the City of Playford.It contains such features as Jo Gapper Regional Park, Hillbank Childcare Centre and a Mobil Petrol Station....

, as well as the rural districts of Yatala Vale

Yatala Vale, South Australia

Yatala Vale is an outer northeastern rural suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It is located in the City of Tea Tree Gully local government area, and is adjacent to Golden Grove and Fairview Park, as well as the rural districts of Upper Hermitage and Gould Creek.-History:Yatala is an Aboriginal...

 and Upper Hermitage

Upper Hermitage, South Australia

Upper Hermitage is an outer northeastern rural suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It is located in the City of Tea Tree Gully and Adelaide Hills Council local government areas, and is adjacent to the rural districts of Yatala Vale and Gould Creek.-History:...

 and the town of One Tree Hill

One Tree Hill, South Australia

One Tree Hill is a town on the outskirts of Adelaide, South Australia. It is located in the City of Playford.-History:The suburb takes its name from the 'One Tree Hill Inn' , for many years the meeting place of the District Council of Munno Para. The inn's name, in turn, referred to a giant red gum...

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European settlement

Gould Creek is a creek with several fresh water springs which historically flowed into the Little Para River

Little Para River

The Little Para River is a seasonal creek running across the Adelaide plains of South Australia, whose catchment fills reservoirs that supply some of the water needs of Adelaide’s northern suburbs...

 at Cumberland Farm, owned by pioneer Reuben Richardson (after whom a street in neighbouring Greenwith

Greenwith, South Australia

Greenwith is an outer-north-eastern suburb of Adelaide, the capital city of South Australia, and is within the City of Tea Tree Gully local government area. It is adjacent to Golden Grove and Salisbury Heights...

 has now been named). Agriculture played a key role in Gould Creek's early history, but from the early 1960s onward, Gould Creek played a critical role in Adelaide's utilities.

The Little Para Reservoir was built between 1974 and 1977 and commissioned in 1979, functioning largely as a balancing storage for Murray River

Murray River

The Murray River is Australia's longest river. At in length, the Murray rises in the Australian Alps, draining the western side of Australia's highest mountains and, for most of its length, meanders across Australia's inland plains, forming the border between New South Wales and Victoria as it...

 water, and also serving a flood mitigation role. Gould Creek has a capacity of 20,800 megalitres and almost 300,000 cubic metres of rock was used in Gould Creek's construction.

Geography

The boundaries of Gould Creek are the end of the suburb of Hillbank to the west, the Little Para River to the south, the town of One Tree Hill to the north and One Tree Hill Road and Hannaford Hump Road to the east. Gould Creek is north of the Golden Grove

Golden Grove, South Australia

Golden Grove is an outer north-eastern suburb of Adelaide, South Australia and is within the City of Tea Tree Gully local government area. It is adjacent to Wynn Vale, Surrey Downs, Greenwith, Yatala Vale, Fairview Park, and Salisbury East.- History :...

 conurbation and east of Elizabeth

Elizabeth, South Australia

Elizabeth is a northern suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It is located in the City of Playford.-History:Elizabeth was established in 1955 as part of a planned satellite town by the South Australian Housing Trust on rural land between the older towns of Salisbury and...

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Facilities

There are two scenic lookouts on the Little Para Reservoir with public toilets.(But they are closed to the public until further notice while building work on the reservoir wall is completed)