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**__ New South Wales __**


 * __ Facts __**

New South Wales is in the eastern Time zone which is half an hour in front of the central time zone and two hours in front of the western time zone.
 * __ Time Zones __**

The Floral emblem for New South Wales is the Waratah, its a very odd looking flower that sort of looks like a big red button. **__Population__** New South Wales’ population is roughly 6,889,100. New South Wales’ state flag is still blue with the Jack cross on it but instead of the six stars it has one a red cross with a golden lion with a with four stars surrounding it.
 * __ Waratah __**
 * __State flag [[image:515753-flag_o_NSW-State_of_New_South_Wales.gif width="270" height="135" align="right" caption="New South Wales"]] __**

**__ Mapping and Directions __** The longitude of New South Wales is Roughly forty-five to thirty degrees south and the longitude is roughly one-hundred and forty to one-hundred and fifty degrees east.

**__ Climate __** The climate in New South Wales in July has been a max of sixteen degrees on average.

The Platypus is New South Wales’ signature animal. It is a small amphibian about half the size of an average cat. The platypus has many different features like: it has a long duck bill which it uses to catch its food and dig for worms. It also has an otter tail which it probably uses to flatten things and help it swim faster. The final feature the platypus has is webbed feet and sharp claws which it uses to swim faster, dig and fend off enemies. The nest of a platypus is very maze-like. It digs many different pipes so enemies cannot get to their eggs and eat them.
 * __ Platypus __**

people think that the Aboriginal people had a population of 40,000. The Aboriginals would come together for trade, like food, water hunting tools and firewood. They would also come together for ceremonies like funerals, marriages and sometimes war. The aboriginals would live in tribes and every group would have their own traditions and languages. People think the Aboriginals arrived in Australia over 120.000 years ago.
 * __ History __**
 * __ [[image:aboriginal_flag%5B1%5D.jpg width="106" height="106" align="left"]]Aboriginal History __**

When the Europeans arrived in New South Wales they did not understand the relationship between the land and the Aboriginals so when they arrived they thought the Aboriginals would move away with no problems at all because they did not understand the relationship between the Aboriginals and the land so when they arrived they expected the Aboriginals to move and not care so they cut their land and used it for farm land. When the Europeans arrived in Australia they brought many diseases like smallpox, tuberculosis and leprosy and the Aboriginals did not have resistance to these diseases like vaccines so thousands died. It was thought terrible to die outside ones territory because it would mean their soul could not go to rest.
 * __ The European Settlement __**

There are four levels of court: Local, District, the Supreme Court and the High Court of Australia. The Local Court deals with people aged ten to seventeen and can only deal out up to forty-thousand dollars in fines. The District Court deals with juveniles to adults and can deal out up from forty-thousand to two-hundred and fifty-thousand dollars in fines. The Supreme Court is the highest court in New South Wales and deals with things like murder and other series actions. And finally the High Court of Australia, it is the highest court in Australia and has been since 1901. One of its roles is to apply laws to Australia to put them in force. Parole is the first taste of freedom the prisoners get after gaol but it not actually freedom because the police and government are watching them like hawks.
 * __ New South Wales Today __**
 * __ Law and Order __**

**__ Tourist Attractions __** New South Wales has many tourist attractions like the Murray River, a very, very long river. Its got ones special feature about it, its where the Murray river and the Darling river both meet to make the Murray Darling river. Another thing about New South Wales is that it has the Sydney Opera House. Its one of the most unusual opera houses in the world. One of the special things about the Opera house is if you speak in a normal voice you won’t need a microphone because it will project your voice very loud.