Coordinates 32°0'S 147°0'E? / ?32°S 147°E? / -32; 147When Britain annexed New Zealand in 1840 it was briefly a part of New South Wales.[2] During the 19th century large areas were successively separated to form the British colonies of Tasmania (proclaimed as a separate colony named Van Diemen's Land in 1825), South Australia (1836), Victoria (1851) and Queensland (1859).
Inhabitants of New South Wales are referred to as being New South Welsh or New South Welshmen. New South Wales's largest city and capital is Sydney.
The original inhabitants of the area were Aboriginal tribes who arrived in Australia approximately forty to sixty thousand years ago.
