Category:New South Wales
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New South Wales (abbreviated as NSW) is a state on the east coast of Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria to the south, South Australia to the west, the Tasman Sea to the east and surrounds the whole of the Australian Capital Territory. New South Wales' capital city is Sydney, which is also the nation's most populous city.The colony of New South Wales was founded in 1788. It originally comprised a larger area of the Australian mainland also including Lord Howe Island, New Zealand, Norfolk Island and Van Diemen's Land. During the 19th century, large areas were separated to form the British colonies of Tasmania, South Australia, New Zealand, Victoria, Queensland and the Northern Territory (1863). The European discovery of New South Wales was made by Captain James Cook during his 1770 survey along the unmapped eastern coast of the Dutch-named continent of New Holland, now Australia. In his original journal(s) covering the survey, in triplicate to satisfy Admiralty Orders, Cook first named the land "New Wales". However, in the copy held by the Admiralty, he "revised the wording" to "New South Wales". The first British settlement was made by what is known in Australian history as the First Fleet; this was led by Captain Arthur Phillip, who assumed the role of governor of the settlement on arrival in 1788 until 1792.
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Pages in category "New South Wales"
The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total.
- New South Wales 1850 badge of colony
- New South Wales 1851 Laureate
- New South Wales 1851 Plate I Laureate positions
- New South Wales 1855 Plate III Laureate positions
- New South Wales 1854 Laurated with double line wmrk
- New South Wales 1854-1859 Queen Victoria with diadem
- New South Wales 1860-1872
- New South Wales 1863-1869 single line value wmrk
- New South Wales 1871-1893 wmrk Crown on NSW
- New South Wales 1888 Centenary of NSW
- New South Wales 1888-1889 Official Service
- New South Wales 1891-1897
- New South Wales 1891 Official overprints
- New South Wales 1891 Surcharges
- New South Wales 1897 - 1903 Definitives - Arms and Queen Victoria
- New South Wales 1905-1907 other watermarks