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Place nameNew South Wales
Other namesNouvelle Galles du Sud
CountryAustralia
Latitude-28.25
Longitude153.5
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names

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Sighted by British Cook 1770; first European settlement on continent at Botany Bay 1788 (penal colony); name referred to entire continent except W Australia until mid-19th cen.; consolidated into Commonwealth of Australia 1901; principal city is Sydney.
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