Bennelong Point

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Bennelong Point is a prominent headland on Sydney Harbour that forms the site of the iconic Sydney Opera House.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Circular Quay 1
Sydney Harbour headlands 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographic location
headland
landmark
accessVia Macquarie Street, Sydney
surface form: Macquarie Street
adjacentTo Farm Cove
Sydney Cove
administrativeRegion Local government area of City of Sydney
category Headlands of New South Wales
Bennelong Point self-linksurface differs
surface form: Sydney Harbour headlands

Sydney landmarks
continent Australia
coordinateRegion approximate latitude -33.857
approximate longitude 151.215
country Australia
faces Sydney Harbour
formsSiteOf Sydney Opera House
governedBy Sydney
surface form: City of Sydney
hasFeature harbour foreshore
promenade around Sydney Opera House
hasLandmark Sydney Opera House
hasNameOrigin named for Aboriginal man Bennelong who had a hut there in the late 18th century
hasNearbyTransport Circular Quay ferry wharves
Circular Quay railway station
bus interchange at Circular Quay
hasStructure Fort Macquarie (demolished)
hasViewOf Sydney Harbour Bridge
heritageStatus part of Sydney Opera House World Heritage property
historicalUse fortification site
government farm area vicinity
tram depot site
isPartOf Port Jackson shoreline
locatedIn Australia
New South Wales
Sydney
Sydney Harbour
namedAfter Bennelong
Woollarawarre Bennelong
namedFor an Aboriginal interlocutor between the Eora people and British colonists
near Circular Quay ferry wharves
surface form: Circular Quay

Royal Botanic Garden Sydney
partOf Greater Sydney region
Sydney
surface form: Sydney central business district
usedFor performing arts venue site
public recreation
tourism
wasSiteOf Fort Macquarie Tram Depot
waterBody Sydney Harbour

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sydney Cove adjacentTo Bennelong Point
this entity surface form: Circular Quay
Sydney Cove adjacentTo Bennelong Point
Bennelong Point category Bennelong Point self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Sydney Harbour headlands
Drama Theatre locatedIn Bennelong Point
Sydney Opera House locatedOn Bennelong Point