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.
this entity surface form:
Circular Quay
this entity surface form:
Sydney Harbour headlands