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| New South Wales | |||||
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| Slogan or nickname | The First State The Premier State | ||||
| Motto(s) | Orta Recens Quam Pura Nites (Newly Risen, How Brightly You Shine) | ||||
 Other Australian states and territories | |||||
| Capital city | Sydney | ||||
| Government | Constitutional monarchy | ||||
| • Governor | Margaret Beazley | ||||
| • Premier | Chris Minns (Labor) | ||||
| Australian state | |||||
| • Established as Colony | 26 January 1788 | ||||
| • Responsible government | 6 June 1856 | ||||
| • Became Australian state | 1 January 1901 | ||||
| • Australia Act | 3 March 1986 | ||||
| Area | |||||
| • Total | 809,444 km² (5th) 312,528 sq mi | ||||
| • Land | 800,642 km² 309,130 sq mi | ||||
| • Water | 8,802 km² (1.09%) 3,398 sq mi | ||||
| Population (March 2019)[1] | |||||
| • Population | 8,071,071 (1st) | ||||
| • Density | 10.08/km² (3rd) 26.1 /sq mi | ||||
| Elevation | |||||
| • Highest point | Mount Kosciuszko 2,228 m (7,310 ft) | ||||
| Gross state product (2017–18) | |||||
| • Product ($m) | $593,275[2] (1st) | ||||
| • Product per capita | $74,955 (3rd) | ||||
| Time zone(s) | UTC+10 (AEST) UTC+11 (AEDT) UTC+9:30 (ACST) (Broken Hill) UTC+10:30 (ACDT) (Broken Hill) UTC+10:30 (LHST) (Lord Howe Island) UTC+11 (LHDT) (Lord Howe Island) | ||||
| Federal representation | |||||
| • House seats | 48/150 | ||||
| • Senate seats | 12/76 | ||||
| Abbreviations | |||||
| • Postal | NSW | ||||
| • ISO 3166-2 | AU-NSW | ||||
| Emblems | |||||
| • Floral | Waratah (Telopea speciosissima)[3] | ||||
| • Animal | Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) | ||||
| • Bird | Kookaburra (Dacelo gigas) | ||||
| • Fish | Blue groper (Achoerodus viridis) | ||||
| • Mineral or gemstone | Black Opal | ||||
| • Fossil | Mandageria fairfaxi | ||||
| • Colours | Sky blue (Pantone 291)[4] | ||||
| Website | www | ||||
| Footnotes | Coordinates[5] Emblems[6] | ||||
New South Wales is one of the states of Australia. It is the oldest state in Australia and is sometimes called the "Premier State". Of all Australian states, New South Wales has the most people. The capital city of New South Wales is Sydney. Sydney is the biggest city in Australia.
New South Wales was named by Lieutenant James Cook (later Captain Cook), who sailed up the east coast of Australia in 1770.
New South Wales was founded (begun) in 1788, by the British who set up a small penal colony on the land of various Aboriginal tribes who had been there for tens of thousands of years. The British colony of New South Wales originally included more than half of the Australian mainland, as well as New Zealand, Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island. During the 19th century large areas were separated to form the British colonies of Tasmania, South Australia, Victoria, Queensland and New Zealand.
- ↑ "Australian Demographic Statistics, Mar 2019". 19 September 2019. Retrieved 19 September 2019. Estimated Resident Population – 1 March 2019
- ↑ "5220.0 – Australian National Accounts: State Accounts, 2017–18". Australian Bureau of Statistics. 16 November 2018. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
- ↑ "Floral Emblem of New South Wales". www.anbg.gov.auhi. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
- ↑ "New South Wales". Parliament@Work. Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
- ↑ "New South Wales". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
- ↑ "NSW State Flag & Emblems". NSW Government. Archived from the original on 18 September 2015. Retrieved 5 October 2015.