Orphans were transported along with convicts to New South Wales primarily as part of a strategy to address the social and labor needs of the colony. The British government aimed to populate the new settlement and create a workforce, and orphans were seen as a means to provide labor while also offering them a chance for a better life. Additionally, transporting orphans helped mitigate the moral concerns surrounding the convicts, as it presented the colony as a place of reform and opportunity rather than just punishment.
Some 82 bluestones from the Preseli mountains, in south-west Wales were transported to the site.
James Ruse was transported to Australia as a convict in 1788 for stealing items in England. He was one of the first convicts to be transported to help establish the new British colony in New South Wales. Ruse later became a successful farmer and is regarded as Australia's first settler to grow a successful crop of wheat.
Yes - of Wales.
South Wales is in Wales not Australia
It's in Wales. I believe 'South Wales' refers specifically to the southernmost part of the principality.
The abbreviation for New South Wales is NSW.
Coal is mined in the South Wales Coalfield (Rhondda Valley, and the South Wales Valleys).
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.
Queensland
South Wales Hornets was created in 2012.
South Wales Railway was created in 1845.
South Wales Railway ended in 1862.