Bennelong Australian House of Representatives Division | |
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Created | 1949 |
MP | Jerome Laxale |
Party | Labor |
Namesake | Bennelong |
Electors | 98,915 (2010) |
Area | 58 km2 (22.4 sq mi) |
Demographic | Inner Metropolitan |
The Division of Bennelong is an Australian electorate in New South Wales. The division was set up in 1949. It is named for Bennelong, an Indigenous Australian man who became a friend of the first Governor of New South Wales, Arthur Phillip. Bennelong includes the suburbs of Eastwood, Carlingford, Epping and Ryde.