How was NSW split in 1788?

Answer 1

New South Wales was not split in 1788. It was claimed for England, and its boundaries extended from Cape York, in the latitude of ten degrees thirty-seven minutes south, to South Cape, at forty-three degrees thirty-nine minutes south and west to the one hundred and thirty-fifth degree of east longitude. It included all the islands adjacent in the Pacific Ocean to ten degrees thirty-seven minutes south and forty-three degrees thirty-nine minutes south.