User:52 Pickup/Drafts/New South Wales (colony)
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| Capital | Sydney |
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| Government | Constitutional monarchy | |||
| Monarch | ||||
| - 1760–1801 | George III | |||
| - 1837-1901 | Victoria | |||
| Governor | ||||
| - 1788-1792 | Arthur Phillip | |||
| - 1899-1901 | William Lygon | |||
| Premier | ||||
| - 1856 | Stuart Donaldson | |||
| - 1899-1901 | William Lyne | |||
| Legislature | Parliament | |||
| - Upper house | Legislative Council1 | |||
| - Lower house | Legislative Assembly2 | |||
| History | ||||
| - Cook claims territory | 22 August 1770 | |||
| - Penal colony founded | 26 January 1788 | |||
| - Rum Rebellion | 26 January 1808 | |||
| - End of transportation | 1840 | |||
| - Last British troops leave | 1870 | |||
| - Federation | 1 January 1901 | |||
| 1Established 1824 2Established 1856 | ||||
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