Colony of New South Wales
The Colony of New South Wales was a colony of the British Empire from 1788 to 1901, when it became a State of the Commonwealth of Australia. At its greatest extent, the colony of New South Wales included the present-day Australian states of New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania, and South Australia, the Northern Territory as well as New Zealand. The first "responsible" self-government of New South Wales was formed on 6 June 1856 with Sir Stuart Alexander Donaldson appointed by Governor Sir William Denison as its first Colonial Secretary.
| Colony of New South Wales | |||||||||||
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| British Crown Colony | |||||||||||
| 1788–1901 | |||||||||||
| Anthem | |||||||||||
| "God Save the King/Queen" | |||||||||||
| Government | |||||||||||
| • Type | Self-governing colony | ||||||||||
| Monarch | |||||||||||
• 1788–1820 | George III (first) | ||||||||||
• 1837–1901 | Victoria (last) | ||||||||||
| Governor | |||||||||||
• 1788–1792 | Arthur Phillip (first) | ||||||||||
• 1899–1901 | William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp (last) | ||||||||||
| Legislature | Parliament of New South Wales | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
• Established | 18 January 1788 | ||||||||||
• Separation of Van Diemen's Land | 3 December 1825 | ||||||||||
• Separation of South Australia | 28 December 1836 | ||||||||||
• Separation of New Zealand | 1 July 1841 | ||||||||||
• Separation of Victoria | 1 July 1851 | ||||||||||
• Separation of Queensland | 6 June 1859 | ||||||||||
• Separation of the Northern Territory | 6 July 1863 | ||||||||||
| 1 January 1901 | |||||||||||
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