Talk:Regions of New South Wales

Finalising the non-Sydney regions
(Discussion continued from Forum:Divisions of Australian states.)

I've done a visual comparison of the ODP regions and the GenWeb regions. Apart from name differences, there seem to be only three or four differences. We can stick with our ODP-based regions but maybe change some names. We also agreed to use the comma style.

So here they are with commas and our "original" (ODP) names and notes about other names etc:
 * Central Coast, New South Wales  (part of GenWeb's "Hunter" and maybe some of its "Sydney Surrounds")
 * Central West, New South Wales (no disagreement)
 * Far West, New South Wales (no disagreement)
 * Greater Sydney, New South Wales (no disagreement except maybe minor - need to check council areas) - population about 5 million needs subdividing itself; GenWeb has only three divisions
 * Hunter Valley, New South Wales (GenWeb calls it just "Hunter" and includes much or all of Central Coast)
 * Illawarra, New South Wales (no disagreement? - GenWeb now calls it "South Coast" and may have moved the boundaries)
 * Murray, New South Wales (no disagreement)
 * North Coast, New South Wales (no disagreement but GenWeb calls it "Mid North Coast", which may be preferable because it does not go to north end)
 * North West, New South Wales (no disagreement but GenWeb calls it "North" and says that some researchers call it "New England"; as Thurstan is one of them, I suggest we use that so as to avoid ambiguity)
 * Northern Rivers, New South Wales (no disagreement but GenWeb calls it "Richmond-Tweed")
 * Orana, New South Wales (no disagreement but GenWeb calls it "North Western", so some possible confusion with "New England")
 * Riverina, New South Wales (GenWeb calls it "Murrumbidgee" and gives its south-eastern council area to "South East"; and "Riverina" may apply to "Murray" too, so I suggest we use "Murrumbidgee")
 * South Coast, New South Wales (part of GenWeb's "South East"? - they changed something there; scrutiny needed)
 * Southern Tablelands, New South Wales (major part of GenWeb's "South East"; GenWeb response suggests that ODP name not ideal; we should compare Wikipedia?)

Robin Patterson 15:08, 14 September 2008 (UTC)