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5 days ago · Sydney, city, capital of the state of New South Wales, Australia. Located on Australia’s southeastern coast, Sydney is the country’s largest city and, with its magnificent harbour and strategic position, is one of the most important ports in the South Pacific.
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Sydney - Arts, Cuisine, Harbour: Sydney is, above all, a...
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Blue Mountains, section of the Great Dividing Range, eastern...
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Hawkesbury River, river rising in the Great Dividing Range...
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Hyde Park, park in the borough of Westminster, London. It...
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1 day ago · The New South Wales Police Force is a law enforcement agency of the state of New South Wales, Australia, established in 1862. With more than 17,000 police officers, it is the largest police organisation in Australia, [6] policing an area of 801,600 square kilometres with a population of more than 8.2 million people. [7][6][8]
5 days ago · With the exploration and settlement of New South Wales, Sydney grew quickly; the British government provided free land, free convict labour, free capital works, and guaranteed markets for the produce of the new colony. Trading links with the rest of the world were quickly established.
2 days ago · This area was then part of the colony of New South Wales, and the colony’s governor, Philip Gidley King, instructed the surveyor-general, Charles Grimes, to examine the shores of the bay with a view to identifying sites for future settlement.
1 day ago · In 1788, Arthur Phillip founded the colony of New South Wales, which included all of what is now Queensland. Queensland was explored in subsequent decades, and the Moreton Bay Penal Settlement was established at Brisbane in 1824 by John Oxley.
3 days ago · After the California Gold Rush began in 1848, many people went there from Australia, so the New South Wales government sought approval from the British Colonial Office for the exploitation of mineral resources, and offered rewards for finding gold.
5 days ago · The first, The State of the Colony of New South Wales, published in June 1822, examined the convict system, the relationship between social classes, Macquarie’s program of public works and the conditions in the colony.
