In the journal covering his survey of the eastern coast of the Australian continent, the then Lt. James Cook (later Captain James Cook) first named the east coast of Australia 'New Wales', which he later corrected in his journal to 'New South Wales'. The original inhabitants of the area were Aboriginal tribes who arrived in Australia approximately forty to sixty thousand years ago.
Discover SYDNEY: Attractions and Culture
The first European colony in Australia, Sydney was established in 1788 at Sydney Cove by Arthur Phillip who led the First Fleet from Britain. Built around Port Jackson, which includes Sydney Harbour, the city has been called the Harbour City. It is Australia's largest financial centre and is also an international tourist destination ...
Discover the BLUE MOUNTAINS
The Blue Mountains are not as the name suggests a range of mountains but rather a series of cliffs surrrounding a plateau with rugged eroded gorges of up to 760 metres depth. A large majority of the Blue Mountains is incorporated in the Greater Blue Mountains Area World Heritage Site ...
Discover BYRON BAY
Byron Bay is a town in the state of New South Wales on the eastern most point of the mainland of Australia. The town is the nucleus of Byron Shire, which has in excess of 30,000 people. Captain James Cook named Cape Byron after circumnavigator John Byron, grandfather of English poet Lord Byron ...
Discover COFFS HARBOUR Coffs Harbour is the hub for a thriving banana industry. One of the biggest attractions is the Big Banana, the first of Australia's Big Things. Coffs Harbour claims a place in the FIFA World Cup records as the venue for the highest scoring match in World Cup qualification history: 31-0 in 2001 ...
Discover the HUNTER VALLEY
The Hunter Valley is a major tourist destination in New South Wales. The Pokolbin area has a large number of vineyards, restaurants, shops, golf courses and country guesthouses. Other parts of the valley are also well known for wine. The Upper Hunter area around Scone is one of the largest horse breeding ...
Discover WAGGA WAGGA
Wagga is known as The Garden City and The City of Good Sports due to the large sporting culture and large list of sporting greats that are from Wagga. Wagga is a Wiradjuri aboriginal language word meaning crow and to create the plural, the Wiradjuri repeat the word, therefore 'the place of many crows' ...
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