News Articles for "New South Wales"
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Two rescued after boat capsizes on south coast
Emergency services have rescued a man and woman from the ACT whose boat capsized off the New South Wales south coast....
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SA 'days away' from signing Basin deal
Premier Jay Weatherill says he is only days away from signing up to a funding agreement for the Murray-Darling Basin Plan. South Australia along with Quee...
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Search Results for "New South Wales"
| New South Wales | |||||
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| Slogan or nickname: First State, Premier State | |||||
| Motto(s): "Orta Recens Quam Pura Nites" (Newly Risen, How Brightly You Shine) |
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| Capital | Sydney | ||||
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| Demonym | New South Welshmen[1][2] | ||||
| Government | Constitutional monarchy | ||||
| - Governor | Marie Bashir | ||||
| - Premier | Barry O'Farrell (LP) | ||||
| Australian State | |||||
| - Established as Colony | 26 January 1788 | ||||
| - Responsible Government | 1856 | ||||
| - Became State | 1 January 1901 | ||||
| - Australia Act | 3 March 1986 | ||||
| Area | |||||
| - Total | 809,444 km² (5th) 312,528 sq mi |
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| - Land | 800,642 km2 309,130 sq mi |
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| - Water | 8,802 km2 (1.09%) 3,398 sq mi |
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| Population (End of March 2012[3]) | |||||
| - Population | 7,272,800 (1st) | ||||
| - Density | 9.12/km2 (3rd) 23.6 /sq mi |
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| Elevation | |||||
| - Highest | Mount Kosciuszko 2,228 m (7,310 ft) |
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| Gross State Product (2010–11) | |||||
| - Product ($m) | $419.9 billion[4] (1st) | ||||
| - Product per capita | $57,828 (4th) | ||||
| Time zone | 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) |
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| Federal representation | |||||
| - House seats | 48/150 | ||||
| - Senate seats | 12/76 | ||||
| Abbreviations | |||||
| - Postal | NSW | ||||
| - ISO 3166-2 | AU-NSW | ||||
| Emblems | |||||
| - Floral | Waratah (Telopea speciosissima)[5] |
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| - Animal | Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) |
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| - Bird | Kookaburra (Dacelo gigas) |
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| - Fish | Blue groper (Achoerodus viridis) |
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| - Gemstone | Black Opal | ||||
| - Colours | Sky blue (Pantone 291)[6] |
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| Web site | www.nsw.gov.au | ||||
