Andersons Creek, Brook in City of Maroondah, Australia

Andersons Creek is a waterway flowing through eastern Melbourne suburbs across approximately 7 kilometers within the City of Maroondah area. It eventually merges with the Yarra River near Warrandyte State Park.

The creek became notable in June 1851 when gold was first discovered along its banks at Fourth Hill, marking Victoria's earliest recorded gold finding. This event triggered major changes to the region and drew settlers seeking wealth.

For tens of thousands of years the creek supplied food and tool materials to the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nation, who spoke variants of the Woiwurrung language. The township of Warrandyte was first named after the creek, and gold panning is still permitted in a short stretch for holders of a Miner's Right.

The creek has no weirs, dams or reservoirs along its course, so it rises fast and floods often after heavy rain. Gold panning is allowed only in a small section of the creek, and only for holders of a Miner's Right. Access is from the Warrandyte and Park Orchards side, where the creek runs about 4 km through Warrandyte before reaching the Yarra River.

The creek's species list is broader than usually cited: besides platypus and rakali it also holds koalas, powerful owls, rufous night herons, white-winged choughs and yellow-tailed black cockatoos. Gold panning is still permitted on a short stretch of the creek with a Miner's Right, so prospectors work the same banks where Victoria's first gold was found.