The Upper Canal System, also called the Southern Railway Aqueduct and the Cataract Tunnel, is a heritage-listed operational gravity-fed aqueduct that supplies some of the potable water for Sydney, in New South Wales, Australia. The aqueduct comprises 54 kilometres (34 mi) of open canals, tunnels, and closed pipelines that connect the Upper Nepean Scheme with the Prospect Reservoir.
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Thomas Hassall Anglican College is an independent Anglican co-educational day school located in Middleton Grange, a south-western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Established in 2000 by the Sydney Anglican Schools Corporation, the College provides education from early learning through Prep to Year 12. As of 2025, it serves approximately 1,850 students.
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Middleton Grange is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Middleton Grange is located 40 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Liverpool and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region.
Middleton Grange consists of approx 2550 lots with provision made by Council. Major land developers are now developing and selling housing blocks, along with some smaller land individual holders/farmers.
Middleton Grange has recycled water and high Council infrastructure contributions.
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Clancy Catholic College is an independent Roman Catholic comprehensive co-educational school located in West Hoxton, Australia.
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West Hoxton is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. West Hoxton is located 40 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Liverpool and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region.
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Len Waters Estate is a small industrial estate of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Len Waters Estate is located 39 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Liverpool.
The aqueduct is managed by the Sydney Catchment Authority on behalf of WaterNSW, an agency of the Government of New South Wales. It was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 18 November 1999.