RDA, via RDA toolkit, March 19, 2013: Appendix B.11 (New South Wales; N.S.W.)
Wikipedia, March 19, 2013 (New South Wales (abbreviated as NSW) is a state in the east of Australia; colony of New South Wales was founded in 1788 and originally comprised much of the Australian mainland, as well as Lord Howe Island, New Zealand, Norfolk Island and Van Diemen's Land in addition to the area currently referred to as the state of New South Wales, which was formed during Federation in 1901. During the 19th century, large areas were successively separated to form the British colonies of Tasmania (established as a separate colony named Van Diemen's Land in 1825), South Australia (1836), New Zealand (1849), Victoria (1851) and Queensland (1859); established as colony: 26 January 1788; became state: 1 January 1901. The Swan River colony (later Western Australia) was never part of New South Wales; 32°0ʹS 147°0ʹE) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_South_Wales