Sydney Cove

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cove harbour inlet historic site

Sydney Cove is the historic harbor inlet on Sydney Harbour where the First Fleet landed in 1788, marking the beginning of European settlement in Australia.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
The Rocks	2
Bays of New South Wales	1
Cadi (by the Gadigal people)	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cove ⓘ harbour inlet ⓘ historic site ⓘ
adjacentTo	Bennelong Point ⓘ Bennelong Point ⓘ surface form: Circular Quay Sydney Cove self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: The Rocks
basinCountry	Australia ⓘ
category	Australian heritage sites ⓘ Sydney Cove self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Bays of New South Wales History of Sydney ⓘ
connectedTo	Parramatta River via Sydney Harbour ⓘ
contains	Circular Quay ferry wharves ⓘ Overseas Passenger Terminal vicinity ⓘ
coordinateLocation	33.861°S 151.212°E ⓘ
country	Australia ⓘ
development	Transformed into modern transport hub at Circular Quay ⓘ
governingBody	Sydney ⓘ surface form: City of Sydney Transport for NSW ⓘ
hasHeritageStatus	State Heritage Register listing (New South Wales) ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance	Early administrative and commercial centre of Sydney ⓘ Site of first permanent British settlement on the Australian continent ⓘ
hasMouth	Tank Stream ⓘ
heritageDesignation	Historic precinct ⓘ
inception	1788 ⓘ
locatedIn	Australia ⓘ Eora Nation traditional lands ⓘ New South Wales ⓘ Sydney ⓘ Sydney Harbour ⓘ
mouthOf	Tank Stream ⓘ
namedAfter	Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney ⓘ
namedBy	Arthur Phillip ⓘ
near	Sydney Harbour Bridge ⓘ Sydney Opera House ⓘ
originallyKnownAs	Sydney Cove self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Cadi (by the Gadigal people)
partOf	Sydney Harbour ⓘ surface form: Port Jackson
significantEvent	Landing of the First Fleet ⓘ Proclamation of the Colony of New South Wales ⓘ
startTimeOf	European settlement in Australia ⓘ
touristAttraction	Harbour cruises departure point ⓘ Views of Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge ⓘ
traditionalOwners	Aboriginal Australians ⓘ surface form: Gadigal people
usedFor	maritime transport ⓘ recreation ⓘ tourism ⓘ
waterBody	Sydney Harbour ⓘ
waterType	saltwater inlet ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

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

Bennelong Point → adjacentTo → Sydney Cove ⓘ

Sydney Cove → adjacentTo → Sydney Cove self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Rocks

Tank Stream → associatedWith → Sydney Cove ⓘ

Sydney Cove → category → Sydney Cove self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bays of New South Wales

Tank Stream → flowsInto → Sydney Cove ⓘ

Sydney → hasLandmark → Sydney Cove ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Rocks

Australia Day → location → Sydney Cove ⓘ

Landing of the First Fleet → location → Sydney Cove ⓘ

New South Wales → originalSettlement → Sydney Cove ⓘ

Sydney Cove → originallyKnownAs → Sydney Cove self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cadi (by the Gadigal people)

Proclamation of the Colony of New South Wales → place → Sydney Cove ⓘ

Foundation Day → relatedPlace → Sydney Cove ⓘ

Arthur Phillip → residence → Sydney Cove ⓘ