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Australia (Pp 34-35) 34 Australia New South Wales New South Wales flag Area Population Largest city 800 642 sq km 6 827 700 Sydney, 4 254 900 people (F3) Highest mountain Largest national park Floral emblem Mount Kosciuszko, Kosciuszko National Waratah 2228 m (E1) Park, 6470 sq km (E1) Geofacts Changing Sydney Many changes have taken place around Sydney Cove since Europeans settled there over 200 years ago. Case study Case Sydney, 1879 Darling Harbour Royal Botanic Gardens Farm Cove Sydney Cove Sydney Opera Woolloomooloo House Bay Bennelong Point Sydney Harbour Bridge Sydney today Bathurst 2795 www.lands.nsw.gov.au Bathurst © Department of Lands, Panorama Avenue, Human features Natural features 35 SYDNEY Over 1 000 000 people State/territory border Sea Land New South Newcastle 100 000 to 500 000 people State/territory name Wales Wyong 50 000 to 100 000 people Major road Dubbo 10 000 to 50 000 people Major railway 0 200 500 1000 2000 4000 Wilcannia Under 10 000 people Largest national park Below sea level Height in metres “Korindina” Homestead Round Mtn SYDNEY State/territory capital River Island Lake 1608 m Mountain A 142°E B 144°E C 146°E D 148°E E 150°E F 152°E G Murwillumbah Tweed Queensland Goondiwindi Woodenbong Heads Dirranbandi Clarence River Boggabilla MacintyreDumaresq Mullumbimby Byron Kyogle Bay River Lismore Cape Mungindi Casino Byron "Waverley Downs" Goodooga River 5 Bonshaw Tenterfield Ballina "Thurloo Downs" River "Lake Stewart" Evans 5 Lightning Ridge River Tibooburra "Pindera Downs" Mt Bajimba Head Gwydir Moree River Paroo Collarenebri Emmaville 1446 m "Korindina" Pokataroo Warialda Woody Maclean Head "Mount Browne" Brewarrina Barwon Glen Innes Grafton Bingara 30°S Inverell Bourke Walgett Burren Junction Namoi "Yancannia" Wee Waa RANGE 30°S Castlereagh Woolgoolga Pilliga Mt Kaputar 1508 m Guyra Bogan Carinda Narrabri Dorrigo "Tongo" Louth Mt Gunderbooka River Round Mtn 1608 m Coffs Harbour 498 m Barraba Gwabegar Armidale Sawtell "Nundooka" Byrock Bellingen "Curraweena" Boggabri Uralla Point Lookout River Manilla White Cliffs River Quambone 1566 m Nambucca Heads "Koonawarra" Baradine Macleay Coonamble Walcha River Trial Bay 4 Gunnedah South West Rocks "Corona" WARRUMBUNGLE RANGE Tamworth DIVIDING 4 Coonabarabran Mt Banda Banda 1258 m Kempsey "Waterbag" Werris Creek Nyngan Black Sugarloaf 1494 m Wilcannia Cobar Binnaway BARRIER RANGE Mt Nurri Warren Quirindi GREATNundle Wauchope Port Macquarie Mt Robe 419 m River LIVERPOOL RANGE 473 m Babinda Hill Gilgandra Mt Myra Manning "Wave Hill" Coolah Murrurundi Laurieton Diamond Head Broken Hill Darling 439 m 1128 m Barrington Tops River 32°S Neckarboo Trangie Taree New South Wales Scone 1555 m "Taringo Downs" Narromine Merriwa Gloucester Tuncurry 32°S South South Australia Tottenham Menindee Lake Menindee Dubbo Gulgong Muswellbrook Forster Cape Hawke Denman HunterDungog Bulahdelah Cawndilla Lake "Mount Manara" Wellington "Buckalow" "Moolah" "Melrose" Mudgee River Sugarloaf Point Lake Tandou Singleton Tallebung Peak Hill "Kudgee" Ivanhoe Yeoval Maitland Nelson BayPort Stephens Kurri Kurri Raymond Terrace 3 Moornanyah Lake Condobolin Kandos Mt Coricudgy 1257 m Cessnock Newcastle Lake Mindona Roto Parkes Molong Popiltah Lake Lachlan Lake Macquarie 3 "Ennisvale" Mt Canobolas Lake Cargelligo Forbes Orange Wyong Pooncarie 1397 m Portland Willandra Hillston Burcher Eugowra The Entrance "Canopus" Lakes Bathurst Lithgow Gosford Terrigal Lake Naradhan Canowindra Mungo "Boree Plains" Broken Bay Lake Rankins Springs Windsor "Arumpo" Cowra River Katoomba Victoria Booligal West Wyalong Grenfell Port Jackson 34°S Lake Burragorang SYDNEY Wentworth Dareton Botany Bay Renmark Mildura "Bindura" Barmedman Camden Griffith Picton Helensburgh 34°S MurrumbidgeeArdlethan Young Berri Hay Temora Boorowa Mittagong Darlington Point Leeton Crookwell Bowral Wollongong Balranald Cootamundra Murrumburrah Moss Vale Narrandera Goulburn River Kiama Coolamon Junee Yass Bomaderry 2 Moulamein Creek Gundagai Lake Nowra Ouyen River George Beecroft Peninsula Yanco Lockhart Wagga Wagga Pinnaroo Wanganella RANGE Jervis Bay 2 Murray Canberra Shoalhaven St Georges Head Wakool Jerilderie Urana Tumut Queanbeyan Mt Franklin Ulladulla Deniliquin Bendora Dam TASMAN Barham Berrigan Rand Batlow 1646 m Braidwood Finley Holbrook A.C.T. Mathoura Tocumwal Culcairn Bimberi Peak Mt Gudgenby 1912 m Batemans Bay MulwalaRiver Tumbarumba 1739 m Batemans Bay Corowa Albury Lake Eucumbene Moruya 36°S Echuca Wodonga Mt Jagungal 2061 m SEA Lake Hume Khancoban KosciuszkoDIVIDING Cooma Bordertown Shepparton Wangaratta Narooma 36°S Mt Kosciuszko NP MOUNTAINS 2228 m Jindabyne Cape Dromedary Victoria Charlotte Pass Nimmitabel Mt Bogong River Horsham Bendigo Bega 1 1986 m Tathra Head Naracoorte Falls Creek Bombala Seymour Eden 1 SNOWY Delegate 0 50 100 150 200 km GREAT Omeo Twofold Bay Ararat Lake Eildon Mt Imlay 886 m 1 : 6 000 000 — 1 centimetre on the map Disaster Bay represents 60 kilometres on the ground. Snowy Ballarat Cape Howe A 142°E B 144°E C 146°E D 148°E E 150°E F 152°E G 154°E Sea baths for people to bath in Captain Arthur Phillip and the First Fleet were built in Woolloomooloo Bay arrived at Sydney Cove on 26 January 1788. in 1858. Not many houses had bathrooms in those days. Wharves were constructed along Darling Harbour to export wool, grain, timber The land around Farm Cove was and coal. Today it is a place for Australia’s first farming area. Today it is entertainment, shopping and museums. the site of the Royal Botanic Gardens. The Sydney Harbour Bridge was The Sydney Opera House is built opened on 19 March 1932 to link on Bennelong Point. The site was the northern and southern shores originally occupied by Fort Macquarie. of Sydney Harbour..
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