Fort Denison Sydney Harbour

Fort Denison has been at the heart of Sydney Harbour for over 150 years and over that time has had a varied past – it has been used as a fishing spot, defence structure, navigational guide, tide gauge station, weather station, time marker and now a restaurant, event space, battery lawn and historic museum.

The island was named Fort Denison after Sir William Thomas Denison who was the Governor of New South Wales at the time.