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  2. Lands administrative divisions of New South Wales - Wikipedia

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    The key from a typical cadastral map from the 1890s showed four types of subdivisions; the parish, county, land district and land division. This one is located in the County of Wallace The Crown Lands Act of 1884 further divided New South Wales into three land divisions; Western , Central and Eastern ; as well as Land Boards and Land Districts.

  3. Freshwater, New South Wales - Wikipedia

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    At the 2021 census, there were 9,186 residents in Freshwater. 67.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common other countries of birth were England 9.1%, New Zealand 2.2%, United States of America 1.7%, Brazil 1.4% and South Africa 1.2%. 84.5% of people only spoke English at home.

  4. Protected areas of New South Wales - Wikipedia

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    In June 2020 the Government of New South Wales acquired 153,415 ha (379,100 acres), [4] or 1,534 km 2 (592 sq mi) [5] of private land for a new national park, when it purchased Narriearra station in the state's far north-west, [4] subsequently named the Narriearra Caryapundy Swamp National Park.

  5. Terra nullius - Wikipedia

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    Frost, Attwood and others argue that even though the term terra nullius was not used in the eighteenth century, there was widespread acceptance of the concept that a state could acquire territory through occupation of land that was not already under sovereignty and was uninhabited or inhabited by peoples who had not developed permanent ...

  6. Castle Hill, New South Wales - Wikipedia

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    According to the 2021 census, there were 40,874 residents in Castle Hill. 53.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were China 9.2%, India 5.4%, England 3.0%, South Korea 2.5% and Hong Kong 1.9%. In Castle Hill 54.4% of people only spoke English at home.

  7. Warnervale - Wikipedia

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    In 1875, the land was purchased by William Alison, whose homestead became the site of the current Wyong District Museum, in Wyong. [5] Warnervale is named after Albert Hamlyn Warner who in 1893 acquired 12,000 acres (49 km 2) of land in the area. Warner was strongly influenced by his travels in Japan and his son Leslie's trip to the United ...

  8. List of population demographics of New South Wales by local ...

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    This is a list of population demographics of New South Wales by local government area as at the 2016 census. a. The local government area with the largest population was City of Canterbury-Bankstown with 346,302 people resident on census night; and the area with the smallest population was Lord Howe Island with 698. a As at census night, the local government area with the largest population ...

  9. Minchinbury, New South Wales - Wikipedia

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    Minchin's brother, George, who resided in Canada, inherited the property. In 1859, George Minchin, appointed John Nodes Dickinson, an NSW Supreme Court official as trustee. In February the Minchin estate, totalling 1220 acres was sold to Dr Charles McKay, a practitioner from Kilrea in Ireland, for £2,100. McKay was already a landowner of ...