Ellen Hancock Born Fort Denison Sydney Harbour

Fort Denison, part of the Sydney Harbour National Park, is a protected national park that is a heritage-listed former penal site and defensive facility occupying a small island located north-east of the Royal Botanic Garden and approximately 1 kilometre east of the Opera House in Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, Australia. The island is also known as M…
Fort Denison, part of the Sydney Harbour National Park, is a protected national park that is a heritage-listed former penal site and defensive facility occupying a small island located north-east of the Royal Botanic Garden and approximately 1 kilometre east of the Opera House in Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, Australia. The island is also known as Mattewanye or Muddawahnyuh in the Eora language, and as Pinchgut Island.
  • Architectural style: Colonial fortification, castellated style
  • Location: Sydney Harbour
  • Completed: 14 November 1857
  • Former names: Pinchgut
  • Etymology: Sir William Thomas Denison
  • Status: Built as a fortress. Decommissioned circa 1930s. Now used as a national park; reserve; tourist facility; function space
  • Address: North of Woolloomooloo

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