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New South Wales
New South Wales is the most populous state of Australia with 7,238,819 people (as of 2010). It is the fifth largest Australian state with a total area of 312,528 square miles (809,444 square kilometers).
494 Questions
What were the names of gold fields in New South Wales?
Operating Gold Mine towns and regions in New South Wales:
- Endeavour 42, Lake Cowal, West Wyalong
- New Occidental, Occidental
- Hill End Project, Hill End
- Cadia, Cadia Ridgeway - Newcrest
If the question refers to goldrush towns and regions of the mid to late 1800s, they included:
Bathurst
Lucknow
Ophir
Cowra
Young
Tingha
Upper Bingara
West Wyalong
Gulgong
Hill End
Sofala
Kiandra
Braidwood
Bell's Point
Monaro
Turon
Why is it difficult to build new businesses in the south?
There were not many banks to finance businesses.
What river flows through the New South Wales territory?
Some of the more significant rivers in the northern part of New South Wales include the Clarence, Tweed, Richmond, Namoi, MacIntyre, Dumaresq, Severn, Barwon, Gwydir, Bogan and Castlereagh Rivers.
What is new south wales well known for?
New South Wales is one of the most economically large and wealthy states in Australia. It houses one of the largest, most popular cities in Australia, Sydney. It has many famous land marks such as the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Sydney opera house.
When did lots of people come to new south wales and Victoria to find gold?
The official year of discovery of gold in New South Wales and, four months later, Victoria, was 1851. These were the discoveries that sparked the gold rush in Australia.
New South Wales has a moderate temperate climate. It has four distinct seasons. With the exception of the higher regions in which subzero temperatures may occur even during the summer. During the autumn and spring large amounts of rain may fall. Especially when air streams from the sea collide with the mountain ranges in New South Wales.
Postal code of New South Wales in Australia?
The area code for New South Wales is (02), or +61 2 in international format. Note also that the telephone area code boundaries do not exactly follow state lines; there are a few towns along the Victoria and South Australia state borders that are in the area code of the adjoining state.
(The plus sign means "insert your international access prefix here." From a GSM mobile phone, you can enter the number in full international format, starting with the plus sign. The most common prefix is 00, but North America (USA, Canada, etc.) uses 011, Japan uses 010, Australia uses 0011, and many other countries use different prefixes.)
According to the Australian Government Geoscience website, the area of New South Wales is about 800,628 square kilometres, with an additional 14 sq km in islands. The total is 800,642 km2.
The length of its borders is 4635 km. Its mainland coastline length is 2007 km, and the length of the coastline for its islands is 30km.
What was the old south and the new south?
former agricultural workers moved to the city It diversified to include industry.
It had eliminated slavery
What is a town in western New South Wales that starts with a B?
Bordertown, Blythe, Brinkworth, Balaklava.
Where is the boundary between New South Wales and Victoria?
The NSW/VIC border runs along the Murray River from the SA border to its headwaters in the Great Dividing Range about 125 km sw. of Cooma.From here it goes in a straight line se. across the range to Cape Howe on the coast.
What is the distance from Newcastle NSW to Coonabarabran NSW?
The distance by road from Newcastle, NSW to Coonabarabran is 360 km.
In the Northern hemisphere, winter is defined meteorologically as December, January, and February.
Winter ends and Spring begins in the Northern Hemisphere at the Vernal Equinox, which is at March 20, 2010, at precisely 1:32 P.M. EDT for this year (2010).
For more information on the Vernal Equinox, see related links.
What are 4 major rivers in northern NSW?
Four major rivers in northern New South Wales, Australia, would be the Macquarie, Castlereagh, Namoi and the Clarence River. All of these rivers provide a vital source of water for agriculture and stock in northern New South Wales.
How can i join a touch football club in quakers hill nsw?
To join a Touch Football Club in Quakers Hill NSW you have t attend their trials and impress their scouts.
What is the distance from Forster NSW to Penrith NSW?
From http://www.greatlakes.org.au/pages/maps-routes: Distance from Sydney to Forster/Tuncurry is 305km
Is Canberra in New South Wales?
Strictly speaking, Canberra is neither in New South Wales nor Victoria. It lies within the Australian Capital Territory, a quite separate territory from any of the states. However, the ACT is a territory completely encompassed by NSW, utilising territory ceded by NSW for the purpose of a federal capital in 1911.
What city is the capital and a major port for the Australian state of New South Wales?
Sydney is the capital of New South Wales, which was the state of the first European colony in Australia.
1. New South Wales was the first colony to be settled by the British in Australia.
2. It was established in 1788 with the arrival of the First Fleet of convicts, officers and marines from Great Britain.
3. It is Australia's most populous state.
4. The capital of New South Wales is Sydney, which is also the most populated city in Australia.
5. New South Wales gained its name when James Cook, who was the first European to chart the area, named the entire eastern coast of Australia New South Wales because the countryside bore a resemblance to parts of southern Wales.
6. New South Wales adopts daylight saving time during the summer months, but the far western city of Broken Hill runs on South Australian time.
7. NSW has the longest land border of any of Australia's states.
8. NSW entirely encompasses the Australian Capital Territory, which is Australia's federal territory, including the national capital city of Canberra.
9. NSW has an extensive inland river network, consisting of the Lachlan and Murrumbidgee Rivers, which flow to the Murray River, the state's southern border, and the westward flowing rivers of the Macquarie, Castlereagh, Bogan, etc, which meet the Darling River, which in turn also flows into the Murray.
10. The official emblems of New South Wales are the waratah (Floral emblem), platypus (Faunal mammal emblem) and kookaburra (Faunal avian emblem).
New South Wales is a state in Australia, originally named by Lieutenant James Cook as it reminded him of southern Wales. The entire eastern coast of Australia was given this name, but now New South Wales refers to just one of the states in the eastern half of the continent. The capital city of New South Wales is Sydney.
What are 2 natural features of New South Wales?
* Blue mountains * Jenolan Caves * Wellington Caves * Mt Kosciuszko, Australia's highest mainland mountain * Murrumbidgee River * Lachlan River * Darling River * Kiama blowhole * Cape Byron, the most easterly point on the Australian mainland
What is the largest lake in New South Wales?
The largest lake in New South Wales is Lake Garnpung, with an area of 542 sq km or 37000 hectares. It is in the Willandra Lakes region of far southwestern New South Wales.
