New Sooth Wales (abbreviatit as NSW), is Australie's maist populous state, an is locatit in the sooth-east o the kintra, north o Victoria, sooth o Queensland, east o Sooth Australie, wast o Jervis Bay Territory an encompasses the whole o the Australian Caipital Territory. The colony o New Sooth Wales wis foondit in 1788 an oreeginally comprised muckle o the Australian mainland, as well as Van Diemen's Land, Lord Howe Island an Norfolk Island in addition tae the aurie currently referred tae as the state o New Sooth Wales, which wis formed during the Federation in 1901.
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| New Sooth Wales |
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| Slogan or elk-name | The First State
The Premier State |
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| Motto(s) | Orta Recens Quam Pura Nites
(Newly Risen, How Brightly You Shine) |
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Ither Australie states an territories |
| Coordinates | 32°S 147°E / -32; 147 |
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| Caipital ceety | Sydney |
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| Demonym | New Sooth Welshman[1][2] |
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| Govrenment | Constitutional monarchy |
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| • Govrenor | Margaret Beazley |
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| • Premier | Dominic Perrottet (LP) |
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| Australie state | |
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| • Established as Colony | 26 Januar 1788 |
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| • Responsible govrenment | 6 Juin 1856 |
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| • Became Australie state | 1 Januar 1901 |
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| • Australie Act | 3 Mairch 1986 |
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| Aurie | |
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| • Total | 809,444 km² (5t)
312,528 sq mi |
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| • Laund | 800,642 km²
309,130 sq mi |
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| • Watter | 8,802 km² (1.09%)
3,398 sq mi |
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Population
(Mairch 2016)[3] | |
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| • Population | 7,704,300 (1st) |
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| • Densitie | 9.62/km² (3rd)
24.9 /sq mi |
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| Elevation | |
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| • Heichest point | Mount Kosciuszko
2,228 m (7,310 ft) |
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Gross state product
(2014–15) | |
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| • Product ($m) | $486,482[4] (1st) |
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| • Product per caipita | $67,841 (3rd) |
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| 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+11:00 (LHDT)
(Lord Howe Island) |
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| Federal representation | |
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| • Hoose seats | 48/150 |
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| • Senate seats | 12/76 |
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| • Postal | NSW |
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| • ISO 3166-2 | AU-NSW |
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| • Floral | Waratah
(Telopea speciosissima)[5] |
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| • Ainimal | Platypus
(Ornithorhynchus anatinus) |
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| • Bird | Kookaburra
(Dacelo gigas) |
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| • Fish | Blue groper
(Achoerodus viridis) |
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| • Mineral or gemstane | Black Opal |
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| • Fossil | Mandageria fairfaxi |
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| • Colours | Sky blue
(Pantone 291)[6] |
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| Wabsteid | www.nsw.gov.au |
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| Fuitnotes | Coordinates[7]
Emblems[8] |
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When Breetain annexed New Zealand in 1840, it briefly became a pairt o New Sooth Wales.[9] Durin the 19t century lairge auries wur successively separatit tae form the Breetish colonies o Tasmanie (established as a separate colony named Van Diemen's Land in 1825), Sooth Australie (1836), Victoria (1851) an Queensland (1859).
Inhabitants o New Sooth Wales are referred tae as New Sooth Welsh or New Sooth Welshmen. New Sooth Wales's lairgest ceety an caipital is Sydney.
New Sooth Wales conteens ane third (33%) o Australie's population.
