Historical place archive

New South Wales in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at New South Wales in Great Britain. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

2 records2 event labels2 people1769–1821

Historical events in New South Wales

1769

1769
Discovery of New South Wales
James Cook · Exploration and Discovery

Names New South Wales

1821

1821
Governor
Thomas MacDougall Brisbane · Tory Party Government

Appointed Governor of New South Wales

Provenance

About these place records

These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match Great Britain and New South Wales. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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