Moore Reserve


Moore Reserve is a park surrounded by the Sydney suburbs of Oatley, Mortdale and Hurstville Grove. It is a public space in the Georges River Council and is on the traditional lands of the Bidjigal people.
The area was originally part of the north west arm of the Georges River, and what is now Moore Reserve was created from the 1930s by infilling with mud dredged from Oatley Bay. This was done in an attempt to remove "unhealthy mosquito breeding swamps" and it was during this period it became known as Moore Reserve. This naming was in honour of Guy Moore, an Oatley resident, wo had been involved in local council and was interested in conservation.
This was further extended between 1967 and 1970 and building materials, refuse and old cars were used to consolidate the mud. Following this consolidation it was used as a municipal rubbish tip between 1970 and 1975 and it is estimated the 375,000 tonnes of waste were deposited during this period.
In 1977 the land became a reserve, with advocacy from the Oatley Bay Residents’ Group, and a capping layer and topsoil was added to encourage plant growth.
An artificial wetland was completed here in 2001 which uses natural processes to treat 95% of all stormwater runoff from the 125 hectare catchment before it enters Oatley Bay.

Features

Moore Reserve has the following features: