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New South Wales

New South Wales is first and most populous state. Its capital, is the country's oldest, largest and most cosmopolitan city, centred on its spectacular harbour.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Sydney and Mungo National Park.

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is the Harbour City, and is the oldest and most cosmopolitan city in with an enviable reputation as one of the world's most beautiful and livable cities.

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No other national park in the Outback is comparable to — not even Uluru. The dunes of the Walls of China, archeological discoveries and fossil sites all make unique.

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is a city at the mouth of the Hunter River, approximately 150 km north of in the region of New South Wales. The city is the focal point for the diverse Hunter region that encompasses beaches and mountains, restaurants and wineries.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as New England and Outback New South Wales.

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is a region in the north-eastern area of New South Wales north of the Hunter Valley and inland from the north coast of New South Wales and the .

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may be a small region tucked in the southeastern corner of New South Wales, but geographically, it is one the most diverse; beaches characterise the least visited regions of the NSW South Coast, while mountains and snow characterise the inland, making it a popular destination for snowsports.

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is a region in New South Wales directly to the north of . It is also often referred to as the "Hunter Valley", though it only forms a specific part of the region.

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The is an inland region in the state of New South Wales, with parts of it being in the great widely known Outback.

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The of the state of New South Wales stretches for some 300 km along the Pacific Ocean shoreline from Port Stephens in the south to in the north and inland to and neighbouring towns.

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The region is on the far North Coast of New South Wales, stretching from to the Tweed on the border.

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The is an inland region in the south of New South Wales, producing a good deal of the nation's agriculture.

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The , also locally referred to as the Highlands, is a geographical region and district in New South Wales, Australia and is 110 km south-west of .

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The , immediately to the west of the sprawling metropolitan area of , constitute one of the most accessible areas of relatively unspoilt natural highland beauty in New South Wales.

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Wedged between beach and mountains, the is a coastal region in the state of New South Wales. This chain of laidback beach towns, anchored by the city of , has lots of outdoor recreation and a quieter pace of life than nearby .

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The is a large rural region in the state of New South Wales south of the and north of .

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is a UNESCO world heritage declared island around 600 km off the coast of New South Wales. A place of unique beauty with volcanic mountains and rainforest lying between surf and lagoon beaches.
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New South Wales

Latitude of center
-31.876° or 31° 52′ 34″ south
Longitude of center
147.2869° or 147° 17′ 13″ east
Population
8,410,000
Elevation
160 metres (525 feet)
Abbreviation
“NSW”
Open­Street­Map ID
node 304951004
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
2155400
Wiki­data ID
Q3224
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“New South Wales” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “New South Wales”
  • Afrikaans: “Nieu-Suid-Wallis”
  • Albanian: “Uellsi i Ri Jugor”
  • Amharic: “ኑ ሳውስ ዌልስ”
  • Arabic: “غالة الجديدة”
  • Arabic: “نيو ساوث ويلز”
  • Arabic: “نيوساوث ويلز”
  • Arabic: “ويلز الجنوبية الجديدة”
  • Aragonese: “Nueva Galas d’o Sud”
  • Armenian: “Նոր Հարավային Ուելս”
  • Asturian: “Nueva Gales del Sur”
  • Azerbaijani: “Yeni Cənubi Uels”
  • Balinese: “New South Wales”
  • Basque: “Hegoaldeko Gales Berria”
  • Belarusian: “Новы Паўднёвы Ўэйлз”
  • Belarusian: “Новы Паўднёвы Уэльс”
  • Belarusian: “штат Новы Паўднёвы Уэльс”
  • Bengali: “নিউ সাউথ ওয়েল্স”
  • Betawi: “Walès Kidul Baru”
  • Bosnian: “Novi Južni Vels”
  • Bosnian: “Novi Južni Wales”
  • Breton: “NSW”
  • Breton: “Su-Kembre Nevez”
  • Breton: “Sukembre Nevez”
  • Breton: “Sukembre-Nevez”
  • Bulgarian: “Нов Южен Уелс”
  • Burmese: “နယူးဆောက်ဝေးပြည်နယ်”
  • Catalan: “Nova Gal·les del Sud”
  • Cebuano: “New South Wales”
  • Cebuano: “State of New South Wales”
  • Central Kurdish: “نیو ساوت وێلز”
  • Cherokee: “ᎠᏤ ᏧᎦᎾᏮ Ꮹ⁠Ꮄ⁠Ꮝ”
  • Chinese: “Sin Lâm Wales”
  • Chinese: “新南威尔士”
  • Chinese: “新南威尔士州”
  • Chinese: “新南威尔斯”
  • Chinese: “新南威爾士”
  • Chinese: “新南威爾士州”
  • Chinese: “新南威爾斯”
  • Chinese: “新南威爾斯州”
  • Chinese: “紐修威”
  • Chinese: “紐省”
  • Chuvash: “Çĕнĕ Кăнтăр Уэльс”
  • Corsican: “New South Wales”
  • Corsican: “Novu Galles di u Sudu”
  • Corsican: “NSW”
  • Croatian: “Novi Južni Wales”
  • Czech: “New South Wales”
  • Czech: “Nový Jižní Wales”
  • Danish: “New South Wales”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Galê Verociyê Neweyi”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Gallera Verociya Newi”
  • Dutch: “New South Wales”
  • Dutch: “Nieuw-Zuid-Wales”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “نيو ساوث ويلز”
  • Esperanto: “Nov-Sud-Kimrio”
  • Esperanto: “Nov-Sudkimrio”
  • Esperanto: “Nova Sud-Kimrio”
  • Esperanto: “Nova Sudkimrio”
  • Esperanto: “Novsudkimrio”
  • Esperanto: “NSW”
  • Estonian: “Uus-Lõuna-Wales”
  • Faroese: “Ný Suður Wales”
  • Fiji Hindi: “New South Wales”
  • Fijian: “Niu Ceva Welesi”
  • Finnish: “Uusi Etelä-Wales”
  • French: “New South Wales”
  • French: “Nouvelle Galles du Sud”
  • French: “Nouvelle-Galles du Sud”
  • French: “Nouvelle-Galles méridionale”
  • French: “Nouvelle-Galles-Méridionale”
  • French: “NSW”
  • Galician: “Nova Gales do Sur”
  • Georgian: “ახალი სამხრეთი უელსი”
  • German: “Neu-Süd-Wales”
  • German: “Neu-Südwales”
  • German: “Neusüdwales”
  • German: “New South Wales”
  • German: “NSW”
  • German: “Staat Neusüdwales”
  • Gothic: “𐌽𐌹𐍅𐌹 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌸𐍂𐌰 𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌷𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌳”
  • Greek: “AU-NSW”
  • Greek: “Νέα Νότια Ουαλία”
  • Gujarati: “ન્યૂ સાઉથ વેલ્સ”
  • Hakka Chinese: “New South Wales”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Sîn Nàm Wales”
  • Hawaiian: “Nū Wale Hema”
  • Hebrew: “מדינת ניו סאות‘ ויילס”
  • Hebrew: “ניו סאות ויילס”
  • Hebrew: “ניו סאות‘ ווילס”
  • Hebrew: “ניו סאות‘ ויילס, אוסטרליה”
  • Hebrew: “ניו סאות‘ ויילס”
  • Hebrew: “ניו סאות’ ויילס”
  • Hindi: “न्यू साउथ वेल्स”
  • Hungarian: “Új-Dél-Velsz”
  • Hungarian: “Új-Dél-Wales”
  • Icelandic: “Nýja Suður-Wales”
  • Icelandic: “Nýja-Suður-Wales”
  • Indonesian: “New South Wales”
  • Irish: “New South Wales”
  • Italian: “New South Wales”
  • Italian: “NSW”
  • Italian: “Nuovo Galles del Sud”
  • Japanese: “ニューサウスウェールズ”
  • Japanese: “ニューサウスウェールズ州”
  • Javanese: “New South Wales”
  • Kabyle: “Tamurt n Yigaliyen n Wenẓul”
  • Kadazan Dusun: “New South Wales”
  • Kannada: “ನ್ಯೂ ಸೌತ್ ವೇಲ್ಸ್”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Джангы Къыбыла Уэльс”
  • Kirghiz: “Жаңы Түштүк Уэльс (штат)”
  • Kirghiz: “Жаңы Түштүк Уэльс”
  • Korean: “뉴사우스웨일스주”
  • Korean: “뉴싸우스웨일즈주”
  • Kurdish: “Walesa Başûr a Nû”
  • Kurdish: “Wêlsa Başûr a Nû”
  • Latin: “Nova Cambria Australis”
  • Latvian: “Jaundienvidvelsa”
  • Ligurian: “Neuvo Galles do Sud”
  • Literary Chinese: “新南威爾士州”
  • Lithuanian: “Naujasis Pietų Velsas”
  • Lombard: “Noeuv Galles del Sud”
  • Low German: “New South Wales”
  • Luxembourgish: “New South Wales”
  • Macedonian: “Нов Јужен Велс”
  • Magahi: “न्यू साउथ वेल्स”
  • Malagasy: “Valesa Atsimo Vaovao”
  • Malay: “New South Wales”
  • Malayalam: “ന്യൂ സൗത്ത് വെയ്ൽസ്”
  • Manx: “Bretyn Yiass Noa”
  • Maori: “Niu Haute Wēra”
  • Marathi: “न्यू साउथ वेल्स”
  • Mazanderani: “نو جنوبی ولز”
  • Mazanderani: “نو ساوث ولز”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Sĭng Nàng Wales”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Sin Lâm Wales”
  • Mingrelian: “ახალი ობჟათე უელსი”
  • Moksha: “Од Лямбеширень Уэльс”
  • Mongolian: “Шинэ Өмнөд Вэльс”
  • Mongolian: “Шинэ Өмнөд Уэльс”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “نيو ساوت ويلز”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “نيوساوت ويلز”
  • Nauru: “New South Wales”
  • Nepali: “न्यु साउथ वेल्स”
  • Nepali: “न्यू साउथ वेल्स”
  • Northern Frisian: “New South Wales”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “New South Wales”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “New South Wales”
  • Norwegian: “New South Wales”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Nòva Galas del Sud”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Nīwe Sūþwealas”
  • Ossetian: “Ног Хуссар Уэльс”
  • Pampanga: “New South Wales”
  • Panjabi: “ਨਿਊ ਸਾਊਥ ਵੇਲਜ਼”
  • Persian: “نیو ساوت ولز”
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: “Nyuu Sauth Wiels”
  • Polish: “New South Wales”
  • Polish: “Nowa Południowa Walia”
  • Portuguese: “New South Wales”
  • Portuguese: “Nova Gales do Sul”
  • Pushto: “نیو ساوټ ولز”
  • Romanian: “Noul Wales de Sud”
  • Romansh: “Nova Valisa dal Sid”
  • Russian: “Новый Южный Уэльс”
  • Russian: “Штат Новый Южный Уэльс”
  • Samoan: “Niu Saute Uelese”
  • Sardinian: “Nou Galles de su Sud”
  • Saterfriesisch: “New South Wales”
  • Scots: “New Sooth Wales”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “A’ Chuimrigh Nuadh a Deas”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “New South Wales”
  • Serbian: “New South Wales”
  • Serbian: “NSW”
  • Serbian: “НЈВ”
  • Serbian: “Нови Јужни Велс”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Novi Južni Wales”
  • Sicilian: “New South Wales”
  • Sicilian: “Novu Galles dû Sud”
  • Sindhi: “نيو سائوٿ ويلز”
  • Sinhala: “නිව් සවුත් වේල්ස්”
  • Slovak: “New South Wales”
  • Slovak: “Nový Južný Wales”
  • Slovenian: “New South Wales”
  • Slovenian: “Novi Južni Wales”
  • Slovenian: “NSW”
  • Somali: “New South Wales”
  • South Azerbaijani: “یئنی جنوبی ولز”
  • South Azerbaijani: “یئنی گونئی ولز”
  • Spanish: “Estado de Nueva Gales del Sur”
  • Spanish: “New South Wales”
  • Spanish: “NSW”
  • Spanish: “Nueva Gales del Sur”
  • Sundanese: “New South Wales”
  • Swahili: “New South Wales”
  • Swedish: “New South Wales”
  • Swedish: “Nya Sydwales”
  • Sylheti: “ꠘꠄꠀ ꠖꠇꠘꠞ ꠅꠄꠟꠍ”
  • Sylheti: “ꠘꠤꠃ ꠍꠣꠃꠔ ꠅꠄꠟꠍ”
  • Tagalog: “New South Wales”
  • Tajik: “Уэлси Ҷанубии Нав”
  • Tamil: “நியூ சவுத் வேல்சு”
  • Tamil: “நியூ சவுத் வேல்ஸ்”
  • Tamil: “நியூ தெற்கு வேல்ஸ்”
  • Tatar: “Яңа Көньяк Велс”
  • Telugu: “న్యూ సౌత్ వేల్స్”
  • Thai: “นิวเซาท์เวลส์”
  • Thai: “รัฐนิวเซาท์เวลส์”
  • Tok Pisin: “Niu Saut Wels”
  • Tonga (Tonga Islands): “Niu Sauele”
  • Turkish: “Yeni Güney Galler”
  • Ukrainian: “Новий Південний Вельс”
  • Ukrainian: “Новий Південний Уельс”
  • Urdu: “نیو ساؤتھ ویلز”
  • Urdu: “نیوساؤتھ ویلز”
  • Uzbek: “Yangi janubiy uels”
  • Uzbek: “Yangi Janubiy Uels”
  • Venetian: “Novo Gales del Sud”
  • Vietnamese: “New South Wales”
  • Vlaams: “New South Wales”
  • Vlax Romani: “New South Wales”
  • Waray (Philippines): “New South Wales”
  • Welsh: “De Cymru Newydd”
  • Western Frisian: “Nij-Súd-Wales”
  • Western Frisian: “NSW”
  • Western Panjabi: “نیو ساؤتھ ویلز”
  • Western Panjabi: “نیو ساؤتہ ویلز”
  • Wu Chinese: “新南威尔士”
  • Wu Chinese: “新南威尔斯”
  • Xhosa: “ENew South Wales”
  • Yakut: “Саҥа Соҕуруу Уэльс”
  • Yiddish: “ניו סאוט וויילס”
  • Yue Chinese: “新南威爾士”

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