Sydney Opera House: Then and Now

Jørn Utzon's shell-roofed opera house on Bennelong Point, opened in 1973 and now the symbol of Australia.

Key facts

Country today	Australia
Status	Standing
Date	1973
Nearest city on the map	Sydney (about 2 km)
Location	33.857° S, 151.215° E

Map showing Sydney Opera House in 1960 — Border map for 1960. See the world in 1960.

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Who ruled this place

Derived from the border maps; each row runs until the next recorded border change.

Period	State
500 BC–1599	Australian aboriginal hunter-gatherers
1600–1814	Eora
1815–1879	New South Wales
1880–1913	New South Wales (UK)
1914–today	Australia

Battles and sites nearby

Botany Bay · 1770

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