{"slug": "new-south-wales", "label": "New South Wales", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_South_Wales", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3224", "qid": "Q3224", "description": "state of Australia", "entries": 27, "years": 26, "span": [1770, 2020], "span_label": ["1770 CE", "2020 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 12}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 5}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 4}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 3}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 1}, {"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 1}, {"title": "Economy & Finance", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "victoria-australia", "label": "Victoria (Australia)", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "australia", "label": "Australia", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "south-australia", "label": "South Australia", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "queen-victoria", "label": "Queen Victoria", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "crown-colony", "label": "Crown colony", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "united-kingdom", "label": "United Kingdom", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "prime-minister-of-australia", "label": "Prime Minister of Australia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "western-australia", "label": "Western Australia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "tasmania", "label": "Tasmania", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "boulogne-sur-mer", "label": "Boulogne-sur-Mer", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "sydney", "label": "Sydney", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "brisbane", "label": "Brisbane", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1770, "year_label": "1770 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "August 22", "text": "August 22 (August 23 by Cook's log) – First voyage of James Cook: Captain Cook determines that New Holland (Australia) is not contiguous with New Guinea, and claims the whole of its eastern coast for Great Britain, later naming it all New South Wales.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368310921#July–_September", "title": "1770", "revid": 1368310921, "section": "Events › July– September"}}, {"year": 1804, "year_label": "1804 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 4", "text": "March 4–March 5 – The Castle Hill convict rebellion breaks out in New South Wales, led by Irish convicts in Australia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369393739#January–March", "title": "1804", "revid": 1369393739, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1808, "year_label": "1808 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 26", "text": "January 26 – Rum Rebellion: On the 20th anniversary of the foundation of the colony of New South Wales, disgruntled military officers of the New South Wales Corps (the \"Rum Corps\") overthrow and imprison Governor William Bligh and seize control of the colony.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369185588#January–March", "title": "1808", "revid": 1369185588, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1810, "year_label": "1810 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 1", "text": "January 1 – Major-General Lachlan Macquarie officially becomes Governor of New South Wales.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1357106545#January–March", "title": "1810", "revid": 1357106545, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1811, "year_label": "1811 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "December 2", "text": "December 2 – Reverend Samuel Marsden sends the first commercial shipment of wool from New South Wales to England.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361375672#October–December", "title": "1811", "revid": 1361375672, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1824, "year_label": "1824 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December 28", "text": "December 28 – In Australia, in what is now New South Wales, the Bathurst War comes to an end, with the defeat of the Wiradjuri indigenous nation and the peaceful surrender of their leader, Chief Windradyne, at a feast at Parramatta.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359333471#October–December", "title": "1824", "revid": 1359333471, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1831, "year_label": "1831 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "May 31", "text": "May 31 – Auxiliary paddle steamer Sophia Jane arrives at Sydney from London, becoming the first steamboat to operate in the coastal waters of New South Wales.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360358594#April–June", "title": "1831", "revid": 1360358594, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1833, "year_label": "1833 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "August 31", "text": "August 31 – The chartered ship Amphitrite sinks off Boulogne-sur-Mer while transporting 108 British female convicts and 12 children from Woolwich in England to New South Wales in what is now Australia. All of the passengers die, along with 13 of the 16 crew, leaving 3 survivors.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369983797#July–September", "title": "1833", "revid": 1369983797, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1851, "year_label": "1851 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "July 1", "text": "July 1 – Port Phillip District separates from New South Wales to become the Colony of Victoria (Australia).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358777790#July–September", "title": "1851", "revid": 1358777790, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1855, "year_label": "1855 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "May 1", "text": "May 1 – Van Diemen's Land is separated administratively from the Australian province of New South Wales and granted self-government.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358982600#April–June", "title": "1855", "revid": 1358982600, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1855, "year_label": "1855 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "May 22", "text": "May 22 – In Australia, the province of Victoria (named for then reigning British monarch, Queen Victoria) to the southeast is separated administratively from the earlier larger province of New South Wales to the north.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358982600#April–June", "title": "1855", "revid": 1358982600, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1859, "year_label": "1859 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "June 6", "text": "June 6 – The British Crown colony of Queensland in Australia is created, by devolving part of the territory of New South Wales (Queensland Day). Brisbane is declared the capital.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371179353#April–June", "title": "1859", "revid": 1371179353, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1863, "year_label": "1863 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "July 6", "text": "July 6 – Queen Victoria issues Letters Patent, annexing to South Australia the part of the colony of New South Wales that will later become the Northern Territory.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363782030#July", "title": "1863", "revid": 1363782030, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 1879, "year_label": "1879 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "April 26", "text": "April 26 – The National Park, later renamed the Royal National Park, is declared in New South Wales, Australia, the world's second-oldest purposed national park.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365404244#April", "title": "1879", "revid": 1365404244, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1885, "year_label": "1885 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": "July 16", "text": "July 16 – BHP (Broken Hill Proprietary), a worldwide mining and natural gas producer is founded in New South Wales, Australia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366156062#July", "title": "1885", "revid": 1366156062, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 1889, "year_label": "1889 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "October 24", "text": "October 24 – Sir Henry Parkes, Premier of New South Wales, delivers the Tenterfield Oration, calling for the Federation of Australia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367594292#October", "title": "1889", "revid": 1367594292, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1893, "year_label": "1893 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "December 5", "text": "December 5 – Plural voting is abolished in New South Wales.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369946190#December", "title": "1893", "revid": 1369946190, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 1900, "year_label": "1900 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "December 19", "text": "December 19 – Hopetoun Blunder: The first Governor-General of Australia, John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun, appoints Sir William Lyne premier of the new state of New South Wales, but he is unable to persuade other colonial politicians to join his government, and is forced to resign.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373317536#December", "title": "1900", "revid": 1373317536, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 1901, "year_label": "1901 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 1", "text": "January 1 – The British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia federate as the Commonwealth of Australia; Edmund Barton becomes the first Prime Minister of Australia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373318021#January", "title": "1901", "revid": 1373318021, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 1960, "year_label": "1960 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "October 14", "text": "October 14 – The Premier of New South Wales officially opens Warragamba Dam, one of the world's largest domestic water supply dams.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371870774#October", "title": "1960", "revid": 1371870774, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1963, "year_label": "1963 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "March 30", "text": "March 30 – Indigenous Australians are legally allowed to drink alcohol in New South Wales.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370539540#March", "title": "1963", "revid": 1370539540, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 1965, "year_label": "1965 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "May 1", "text": "May 1 – Bob Askin replaces Jack Renshaw as Premier of New South Wales.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368843670#May–June", "title": "1965", "revid": 1368843670, "section": "Events › May–June"}}, {"year": 1978, "year_label": "1978 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "October 7", "text": "October 7 – Wranslide in New South Wales: the Wran government is re-elected with an increased majority.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370022681#October", "title": "1978", "revid": 1370022681, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1979, "year_label": "1979 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "June 23", "text": "June 23 – New South Wales Premier Neville Wran officially opens the Eastern Suburbs Railway in Sydney. It operates as a shuttle between Central and Bondi Junction until full integration with the Illawarra Line in 1980.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371786119#June", "title": "1979", "revid": 1371786119, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 1986, "year_label": "1986 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "August 6", "text": "August 6 – A low-pressure system moving from South Australia and redeveloping off the New South Wales coast dumps a record 328 mm in of rain in a day on Sydney.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373510075#August", "title": "1986", "revid": 1373510075, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 1994, "year_label": "1994 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 5", "text": "September 5 – New South Wales State MP for Cabramatta John Newman is shot outside his home, in Australia's first political assassination since 1977.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369917016#September", "title": "1994", "revid": 1369917016, "section": "Events › September"}}, {"year": 2020, "year_label": "2020 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 2", "text": "January 2 – The Royal Australian Air Force and Navy are deployed to New South Wales and Victoria to assist mass evacuation efforts amidst the 2019–20 Australian bushfire season.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371633312#January", "title": "2020", "revid": 1371633312, "section": "Events › January"}}]}