Colony of New South Wales

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British colony former colony

The Colony of New South Wales was a British penal and later free settlement in Australia that became the foundation for several modern Australian states and territories.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Colony of New South Wales canonical	13
colonial New South Wales	2
British colonists in New South Wales	1
New South Wales colonial government	1
New South Wales colony	1
Penal colony of New South Wales	1
colonial New South Wales government	1
colonial government of New South Wales	1

Statements (63)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British colony ⓘ former colony ⓘ
capital	Sydney ⓘ
continent	Australia ⓘ
country	British Empire ⓘ
currency	Pound sterling ⓘ surface form: pound sterling
dissolved	1901-01-01 ⓘ
establishedAs	penal colony ⓘ
establishedBy	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
firstFleetArrived	1788-01-26 ⓘ
firstGovernor	Arthur Phillip ⓘ
flagUsed	Union Flag ⓘ surface form: Union Jack
foundationFor	Commonwealth of Australia ⓘ
governor	Charles FitzRoy ONNED1 ⓘ George Gipps ⓘ Hercules Robinson ⓘ Lachlan Macquarie ⓘ Ralph Darling ⓘ William Denison ⓘ
inception	1788-01-26 ⓘ
indigenousPeoplesAffected	Aboriginal Australians ⓘ
joinedFederation	1901-01-01 ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
laterBecame	free settlement ⓘ
legalSystem	English law ⓘ
legislature	New South Wales Legislative Assembly ⓘ New South Wales Legislative Council ⓘ
locatedIn	Australia ⓘ Oceania ⓘ Southern Hemisphere ⓘ
majorPort	Sydney Cove ONNED1 ⓘ
namedAfter	Wales ⓘ
namedBy	James Cook ⓘ
originalTerritoryIncluded	New Zealand ⓘ present-day New South Wales ⓘ present-day Northern Territory ⓘ present-day Queensland ⓘ present-day South Australia ⓘ present-day Tasmania ⓘ present-day Victoria ⓘ
partOf	Asia-Pacific ⓘ surface form: Australasia
primaryEconomicActivity	convict labour ⓘ pastoralism ⓘ wool production ⓘ
religion	Anglicanism ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ
responsibleGovernmentIntroduced	1856 ⓘ
significantEvent	Myall Creek massacre ⓘ Rum Rebellion ⓘ introduction of responsible government ⓘ
sovereign	George III of the United Kingdom ⓘ surface form: King George III George IV of the United Kingdom ⓘ surface form: King George IV William IV ⓘ surface form: King William IV Queen Victoria NERFINISHED ⓘ
successor	New South Wales ⓘ surface form: State of New South Wales
territorySeparatedToForm	Colony of Queensland NERFINISHED ⓘ Colony of South Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ Colony of Tasmania NERFINISHED ⓘ Colony of Victoria NERFINISHED ⓘ Moreton Bay District ONNED1 ⓘ Colony of New Zealand ⓘ surface form: New Zealand Colony Port Phillip region ⓘ surface form: Port Phillip District Van Diemen's Land ONNED1 ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Colonial Secretary of New South Wales → appliesToJurisdiction → Colony of New South Wales ⓘ

Colonial Secretary of New South Wales → positionHeldIn → Colony of New South Wales ⓘ

this entity surface form: colonial government of New South Wales

Charlotte (ship) → arrivalColony → Colony of New South Wales ⓘ

Prince of Wales (ship) → destination → Colony of New South Wales ⓘ

this entity surface form: New South Wales colony

Letters Patent of 1787 → appliesToTerritory → Colony of New South Wales ⓘ

Letters Patent of 1787 → jurisdiction → Colony of New South Wales ⓘ

Governor Arthur Phillip → founded → Colony of New South Wales ⓘ

subject surface form: Arthur Phillip

this entity surface form: Penal colony of New South Wales

Mortimer Lewis → sphereOfInfluence → Colony of New South Wales ⓘ

this entity surface form: New South Wales colonial government

Colony of Victoria → separatedFrom → Colony of New South Wales ⓘ

Colony of Victoria → borderWith → Colony of New South Wales ⓘ

Colony of Queensland → precededBy → Colony of New South Wales ⓘ

Colony of Queensland → separatedFrom → Colony of New South Wales ⓘ

Colony of Queensland → borderedBy → Colony of New South Wales ⓘ

Ned Kelly raid of 1879 → location → Colony of New South Wales ⓘ

William Romaine Govett → placeOfActivity → Colony of New South Wales ⓘ

this entity surface form: colonial New South Wales

Lambing Flat → locatedInJurisdiction → Colony of New South Wales ⓘ

Australian federation movement → appliesToJurisdiction → Colony of New South Wales ⓘ

Maria Lock → associatedWith → Colony of New South Wales ⓘ

this entity surface form: colonial New South Wales government

Gandangara → historicalInteractionWith → Colony of New South Wales ⓘ

this entity surface form: British colonists in New South Wales

Mitchell Library → hasSubjectStrength → Colony of New South Wales ⓘ

this entity surface form: colonial New South Wales

Colony of New Zealand → precededBy → Colony of New South Wales ⓘ