Mrs Macquarie’s Chair

Mrs Macquarie's Chair is an exposed sandstone rock cut into the shape of a bench, on a peninsula in . It was hand carved by convicts in 1810, for Elizabeth Macquarie, the wife of Major-General Lachlan Macquarie, Governor of New South Wales.
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  • Tourist attraction
  • …is also known as “Mrs Maquarie’s chair”
  • Description: sandstone rock in Sydney Harbour

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Government House and Australian Securities Exchange.

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is the heritage-listed vice-regal residence of the governor of New South Wales. is situated 700 metres west of Mrs Macquarie’s Chair.

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Ltd is an Australian… is situated 1½ km southwest of Mrs Macquarie’s Chair.

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, also known as the Eye… is situated 1½ km southwest of Mrs Macquarie’s Chair.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sydney and The Rocks.

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is the Harbour City, and is the oldest and most…

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is sandstone buildings, history, laneways…

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is a harbourside, inner-city …

Mrs Macquarie’s Chair

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Latitude
-33.85971° or 33° 51′ 35″ south
Longitude
151.22257° or 151° 13′ 21″ east
Open location code
4RRH46RF+42
Open­Street­Map ID
node 13887214
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­bench
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­memorial
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
6618741
Wiki­data ID
Q14934922

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Mrs Macquarie’s Chair” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كرسي السيدة ماكواري”
  • Arabic: “كرسي السيدة ماكوري”
  • Cebuano: “Mrs Maquarie’s chair”
  • Chinese: “麥格理夫人椅”
  • Chinese: “麦考利夫人座椅”
  • German: “Mrs Macquarie’s Chair”
  • Korean: “매쿼리 부인의 의자”
  • Korean: “맥쿼리 부인의 의자”
  • Malay: “Mrs Macquarie’s Chair”
  • Swedish: “Mrs Maquarie’s chair”
  • Urdu: “مسز میکوری چیئر”

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