New Sooth Wales

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.

New Sooth Wales
Flag Coat o airms
Slogan or elk-name	The First State The Premier State
Motto(s)	Orta Recens Quam Pura Nites (Newly Risen, How Brightly You Shine)
Ither Australie states an territories
Coordinates	32°S 147°E / -32; 147
Caipital ceety	Sydney
Demonym	New Sooth Welshman[1][2]
Govrenment	Constitutional monarchy
• Govrenor	Margaret Beazley
• Premier	Dominic Perrottet (LP)
Australie state
• Established as Colony	26 Januar 1788
• Responsible govrenment	6 Juin 1856
• Became Australie state	1 Januar 1901
• Australie Act	3 Mairch 1986
Aurie
• Total	809,444 km² (5t) 312,528 sq mi
• Laund	800,642 km² 309,130 sq mi
• Watter	8,802 km² (1.09%) 3,398 sq mi
Population (Mairch 2016)[3]
• Population	7,704,300 (1st)
• Densitie	9.62/km² (3rd) 24.9 /sq mi
Elevation
• Heichest point	Mount Kosciuszko 2,228 m (7,310 ft)
Gross state product (2014–15)
• Product ($m)	$486,482[4] (1st)
• Product per caipita	$67,841 (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
• Hoose seats	48/150
• Senate seats	12/76
Abbreviations
• Postal	NSW
• ISO 3166-2	AU-NSW
Emblems
• Floral	Waratah (Telopea speciosissima)[5]
• Ainimal	Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
• Bird	Kookaburra (Dacelo gigas)
• Fish	Blue groper (Achoerodus viridis)
• Mineral or gemstane	Black Opal
• Fossil	Mandageria fairfaxi
• Colours	Sky blue (Pantone 291)[6]
Wabsteid	www.nsw.gov.au
Fuitnotes	Coordinates[7] Emblems[8]

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.

References

1. "The origin of the term 'cockroach'". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 13 Juin 2012. Retrieved 29 Januar 2013.
2. Jopson, Debra (23 Mey 2012). "Origin of the species: what a state we're in". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 29 Januar 2013.
3. "3101.0 – Australian Demographic Statistics, Sep 2016". Australian Bureau of Statistics. 6 October 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
4. "5220.0 - Australian National Accounts: State Accounts, 2014-15". Abs.gov.au. Retrieved 17 Julie 2016.
5. "Floral Emblem of New South Wales". www.anbg.gov.auhi. Retrieved 23 Januar 2013.
6. "New South Wales". Parliament@Work. Archived frae the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 22 Januar 2013.
7. "New South Wales". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geografical Names Buird o New Sooth Wales. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
8. "NSW State Flag & Emblems". NSW Government. Archived frae the original on 18 September 2015. Retrieved 5 October 2015. Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (help)
9. A.H. McLintock (ed), An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand”, 3 vols, Wellington, NZ:R.E. Owen, Government Printer, 1966, vol 3 p. 526.

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