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New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a state on the east coast of Australia. ... Map of the south eastern portion of Australia, 1850.
Features. [edit] The area of New South Wales is 801,150 km 2 (309,326 sq mi). [ 1 ] The coastline is 2,137 km (1,328 mi) in length. [ 2 ] Cape Byron, in the north-east of the state, is Australia's most easterly mainland point. The state is bordered on the north by Queensland, on the west by South Australia, and on the south by Victoria.
The Crown Lands Act of 1884 further divided New South Wales into three land divisions; Western, Central and Eastern; as well as Land Boards and Land Districts. This 1890 map shows 14 land boards and 95 land districts; while a 1907 map shows 13 land boards and 103 land districts. The new land districts were different from the previous land ...
In the state of New South Wales, Australia, there are many areas which are commonly known by regional names. Regions are areas that share similar characteristics. These characteristics may be natural such as the Murray River, the coastline, or the Snowy Mountains. Alternatively, the characteristics may be cultural, such as a viticulture land use.
Longest rivers in New South Wales by length (September 2008) Order River name Length Region(s) Notes km mi; 1: Murray: 2,508 1,558: Riverina: Approx. 1,808 kilometres (1,123 mi) of the river course is located within NSW.
Sydney is the capital city of the state of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia.Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about 80 km (50 mi) from the Pacific Ocean in the east to the Blue Mountains in the west, and about 80 km (50 mi) from the Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park and the Hawkesbury River in the north and north-west ...
The history of New South Wales refers to the history of the Australian state of New South Wales and the area's preceding Indigenous and British colonial societies. The Mungo Lake remains indicate occupation of parts of the New South Wales area by Indigenous Australians for at least 40,000 years. The British navigator James Cook became the first ...
The metropolitan area of Newcastle is the second-most-populous area in New South Wales to Sydney. What is generally labelled as the 'Greater Newcastle Area' includes the LGAs of Newcastle, Lake Macquarie, Maitland, Cessnock and Port Stephens. In 2021 this region had a total population of 682,465. [ 41 ]