New South Wales

New South Wales
New South Wales
Flag	Coat of arms
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)
• 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 (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+11:00 (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)
• 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)
Website	www.nsw.gov.au
Footnotes	Coordinates; Emblems

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.

[ABSPop-1] "Australian Demographic Statistics, Mar 2019". 19 September 2019. Retrieved 19 September 2019. Estimated Resident Population – 1 March 2019

[2] "5220.0 – Australian National Accounts: State Accounts, 2017–18". Australian Bureau of Statistics. 16 November 2018. Retrieved 19 April 2019.

[3] "Floral Emblem of New South Wales". www.anbg.gov.auhi. Retrieved 23 January 2013.

[4] "New South Wales". Parliament@Work. Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2013.

[state-5] "New South Wales". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 December 2013.

[emblems-6] "NSW State Flag & Emblems". NSW Government. Archived from the original on 18 September 2015. Retrieved 5 October 2015.

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