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Geography, demographics, economy, history, and government
- Capital City: Sydney
- Population: 6,699,300 (2003 est.)
- Total area: 800,642 sq. kms
Sources
- Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)
- Geoscience Australia
| Area
of Australia, States, and Territories
- International Lesbian and Gay Association
| Country Survey - New South Wales
| - information for those working to promote
lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) rights
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(Click on map to go to surrounding locations)
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Portals, indexes, guides, searchers, phone directories
- Google Australia
- Central West Regional Gateway
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Executive, legislature, judiciary, ministries, departments, agencies, and commissions
- Government of New South Wales
- NSW Government
Directory - information about the NSW state government,
including the parliament, courts and several hundred organisations
grouped into ministers’ portfolios
- Legislature
- New South Wales Parliament
- Government
of New South Wales Legislation - legislation in force, historical
versions of legislation, and archival collection of NSW legislation
- Judiciary
- NSW Courts System
(Lawlink)
- NSW Supreme
Court
- Judicial Commission
- independent statutory corporation whose principal functions
are to assist the courts to achieve consistency in sentencing,
organise and supervise an appropriate scheme of continuing education
and training of judicial officers, and examine complaints against
judicial officers
- Ministries & Departments
- Department of Aboriginal
Affairs
- Department of Ageing,
Disability and Home Care
- Department of Agriculture
and Fisheries
- Department of
Commerce
- Department of
Community Services
- Department of Corrective
Services
- Department of Education
and Training
- Department of Environment
and Conservation
- Department of Health
- Department of Housing
- Department of Infrastructure,
Planning and Natural Resources
- Department of Juvenile
Justice
- Department of
Mineral Resources
- Department of
the Premier
- Department of State and Regional Development
- Department of Tourism,
Sport and Recreation
- Department of
Transport
- Department for Women
- Department of Youth
- Agencies & Bureaus
- Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) of NSW
- Dairy Corporation - statutory body responsible for the health and safety of milk and dairy products
- Disability Council
of NSW
- Independent Commission
Against Corruption (ICAC) - exposes and minimises corruption
in the New South Wales public sector through investigation,
corruption prevention and education
- Legal Aid Commission
- Marine Parks Authority
- National
Parks and Wildlife Service
- Office of Fair
Trading
- Office
of Industrial Relations
- Ombudsman
- Police Service
- Road Traffic Authority (RTA)
- Rural Assistance Authority
- administers assistance measures, on behalf of the Commonwealth
and State Governments, to rural producers and small businesses
- State Forests
- State government trading enterprise responsible for sustainably
managing public native forests and an estate of hardwood and
softwood planted forests
- State Transit Authority
(STA) - government owned passenger transport operator of
Sydney Buses, Newcastle Buses and Newcastle Ferry
- Waterways Authority
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT
- Department for Local
Government
- Local Government
Association of NSW and the Shires Association of NSW - represents
councils, county councils (with functions like water supply
and noxious plants control), and Aboriginal Land Councils
- The State of New South Wales is divided into the following
regions (clockwise from the centre of the state): Orana, Central
West, Far West, New England-Northwest, Northern Rivers, Holiday
Coast, Hunter, Greater Sydney, Illawarra, South Coast, Capital
Country, Riverina and Murray
- Orana
- Cobar Shire Council
- Dubbo City
- Gilgandra Shire
- Mudgee Shire
- Narromine Shire
- Warren Shire
- Wellington
- Central West
- Bathurst City
Council
- Bland Shire
Council
- Carbonne Council
- Cowra Shire
Council
- Evans Shire
- Forbes Shire
- Greater Lithgow City
- Lachlan Shire
- Oberon
- Orange City
- Parkes Shire
- Rylstone Shire
- Weddin Shire
- Wyong Shire
- Far West
- Bourke Shire
Council
- Broken Hill
City Council
- Central
Darling Shire Council
- New England-Northwest
- Armidale Dumaresq
Council
- Bingara Shire Council
- Blayney
Shire Council
- Glen Innes Municipal
Shire
- Gunnedah Shire
- Guyra Shire
- Inverell Shire
- Moree Plains Shire
- Narrabri Shire
- Parry Shire
- Quirindi Shire
- Severn Shire
- Tamworth City
- Tenterfield Shire
- Uralla Shire
- Walcha
- Northern Rivers
- Ballina Shire
Council
- Byron Shire Council
- Clarence
Valley Council
- Grafton City
- Kyogle
- Lismore City
- Maclean Shire
- Pristine Waters
- Richmond Valley
- Tweed Shire
- Holiday Coast
- Bellingen Shire
Council
- Coffs Harbour City
Council
- Greater Taree City
- Kempsey Shire
- Hastings
- Nambucca Shire
- Hunter
- Cessnock City
Council
- Dungog Shire
- Gloucester Shire
- Gosford City
- Great Lakes
- Lake Macquarie City
- Maitland City
- Merriwa Shire
- Murrurundi Shire
- Muswellbrook Shire
- Newcastle City
- Port Stephens
- Scone Shire
- Singleton Shire
- Greater Sydney
- Hornsby Shire Council
- Parramatta City Council
- Ryde City Council
- Ilawarra
- Bega Valley
Shire Council
- Kiama Municipality
- Shellharbour City
- Shoalhaven City
- Wingecarribee Shire
- Wollongong City
- Capital Country
- Boorowa Shire Council
- Cooma-Monaro Shire
Council
- Crookwell Shire
Council
- Eurobodalla Shire
- Goulburn City Council
- Gunning Shire
- Harden Shire
- Mulwaree Shire
- Murrumbidgee Shire
- Queanbeyan City
- Snowy River Shire
- Tallaganda Shire
- Yarrowlumla Shire
- Yass Shire
- Young Shire
- Murray
- Albury City Council
- Corowa Shire
Council
- Culcairn Shire
- Deniliquin
- Holbrook Shire
- Hume Shire
- Jerilderie Shire
- Murray Shire
- Tumbarumba Shire
- Wakool Shire
- Wentworth Shire
- Riverina
- Berrigan Shire
Council
- Carrathool Shire
Council
- Cootamundra
Shire Council
- Griffith City
- Gundagai Shire
- Hay Shire
- Junee Shire
- Leeton Shire
- Lockhart Shire
- Narrandera Shire
- Temora Shire
- Tumut Shire
- Wagga Wagga City
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