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New South Wales

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New South Wales is an Australian state established on January 1, 1788. The current head of state is Margaret Beazley. [1] With a population of 8.5 million people in 2024, [2] New South Wales covers an area of 801,000 square kilometers. [3] The state spans multiple time zones, including UTC+10:00, UTC+11:00, and Australia/Sydney. [4]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Australia[3]
  • Country: Australia[4]
  • Head of government: Chris Minns[5]
  • Continent: Oceania[6]
  • Head of state: Margaret Beazley[7]
  • Capital: Sydney[8]
  • Shares border with: South Australia[9], Australian Capital Territory[10], Victoria[11], Queensland[12]
  • Basic form of government: parliamentary monarchy[13], constitutional monarchy[14], representative democracy[15], parliamentary system[16]
  • Named after: South Wales[17]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: City of Broken Hill[18], Central Darling Shire[19], Bogan Shire[20], Bourke Shire[21], Brewarrina Shire[22], Cobar Shire[23], Coonamble Shire[24], City of Dubbo[25], Gilgandra Shire[26], Narromine Shire[27], Walgett Shire[28], Warren Shire[29], Warrumbungle Shire[30], Wellington Council[31]

Why It Matters

New South Wales has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 62 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . education.parliament.nsw.gov.au. education.parliament.nsw.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . nsw.gov.au. nsw.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [16] ↑ . nsw.gov.au. nsw.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-08-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Continent → Oceania
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  2. 12w ago · J 1982 · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Locations/New_South_Wales
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  4. 18w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → new-south-wales
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: new-south-wales, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289952330|new south wales (#289952330)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper'"
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