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 New South Wales Colony of New Zealand
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]