Overview of New South Wales: History

The home of a large number of Aboriginal tribes for thousands of years, New South Wales was only settled by Europeans in 1788 - spreading outwards from Sydney. The name was given by Captain Cook 18 years earlier during his first voyage of discovery, after the country of Wales. Read More »

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Overview of New South Wales: History is based on New South Wales by doveld, Stefan, Ryan Holliday, Inas, JRG, Cgoodwin, LtPowers, Tatatabot, ViMy, Kimjong, iGuide and others. Travel guides are available under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0. See background image credits.