Colony of New South Wales

Colony of New South Wales
British Crown Colony
1788–1901
Flag (1876–1901) Coat of arms
Anthem
"God Save the King/Queen"
Government
• Type	Self-governing colony
Monarch
• 1788–1820	George III (first)
• 1837–1901	Victoria (last)
Governor
• 1788–1792	Arthur Phillip (first)
• 1899–1901	William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp (last)
Legislature	Parliament of New South Wales
History
• Established	18 January 1788
• Separation of Van Diemen's Land	3 December 1825
• Separation of South Australia	28 December 1836
• Separation of New Zealand	1 July 1841
• Separation of Victoria	1 July 1851
• Separation of Queensland	6 June 1859
• Separation of the Northern Territory	6 July 1863
• Federation of Australia	1 January 1901
Preceded by Succeeded by Southland Colony of Tasmania Colony of South Australia Colony of New Zealand Colony of Victoria Colony of Queensland New South Wales
Today part of	Australia New Zealand

The Colony of New South Wales was a colony of the British Empire from 1788 to 1901, when it became a State of the Commonwealth of Australia. At its greatest extent, the colony of New South Wales included the present-day Australian states of New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania, and South Australia, the Northern Territory as well as New Zealand. The first "responsible" self-government of New South Wales was formed on 6 June 1856 with Sir Stuart Alexander Donaldson appointed by Governor Sir William Denison as its first Colonial Secretary.^[1]