Familypedi… Editing (section) New South Wales 0 You are not logged in. The rich text editor does not work with JavaScript switched off. Please either enable it in your browser options, or visit your preferences to switch to the old MediaWiki editor <h2>Economy</h2> <p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1"><img data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22image%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BFile%3ASydney%20Harbour%20Bridge%20from%20Circular%20Quay.jpg%7Cthumb%7CThe%20%5B%5BSydney%20Harbour%20Bridge%5D%5D%20is%20an%20important%20tourist%20attraction%20for%20New%20South%20Wales.%5D%5D%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22Sydney_Harbour_Bridge_from_Circular_Quay.jpg%22%2C%22params%22%3A%7B%22alt%22%3A%22Sydney%20Harbour%20Bridge%20from%20Circular%20Quay%22%2C%22thumbnail%22%3Atrue%2C%22caption%22%3A%22The%20%5B%5BSydney%20Harbour%20Bridge%5D%5D%20is%20an%20important%20tourist%20attraction%20for%20New%20South%20Wales.%22%2C%22captionParsed%22%3A%22The%20%3Ca%20_rte_dataidx%3D%5C%220009%5C%22%20class%3D%5C%22new%5C%22%20title%3D%5C%22Sydney%20Harbour%20Bridge%20%28page%20does%20not%20exist%29%5C%22%20rel%3D%5C%22nofollow%5C%22%20data-uncrawlable-url%3D%5C%22L3dpa2kvU3lkbmV5X0hhcmJvdXJfQnJpZGdlP2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ%3D%3D%5C%22%3ESydney%20Harbour%20Bridge%3C%5C%2Fa%3E%20is%20an%20important%20tourist%20attraction%20for%20New%20South%20Wales.%22%7D%7D" data-rte-instance="40-19808442715e29380601063" alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Sydney_Harbour_Bridge_from_Circular_Quay.jpg/180px-Sydney_Harbour_Bridge_from_Circular_Quay.jpg" width="180" height="82" class="image thumb withCaption" data-image-name="Sydney Harbour Bridge from Circular Quay.jpg" data-image-key="Sydney_Harbour_Bridge_from_Circular_Quay.jpg" type="image" /> <!-- RTE::{"spaces":0,"type":"LINE_BREAK"} --><img data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22image%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BFile%3APtkembla.jpg%7Cthumb%7C%5B%5BPort%20Kembla%5D%5D%20is%20notable%20for%20its%20steelworks%20industry%2C%20with%20many%20ships%20utilising%20the%20port.%5D%5D%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22Ptkembla.jpg%22%2C%22params%22%3A%7B%22alt%22%3A%22Ptkembla%22%2C%22thumbnail%22%3Atrue%2C%22caption%22%3A%22%5B%5BPort%20Kembla%5D%5D%20is%20notable%20for%20its%20steelworks%20industry%2C%20with%20many%20ships%20utilising%20the%20port.%22%2C%22captionParsed%22%3A%22%3Ca%20_rte_dataidx%3D%5C%220011%5C%22%20class%3D%5C%22new%5C%22%20title%3D%5C%22Port%20Kembla%20%28page%20does%20not%20exist%29%5C%22%20rel%3D%5C%22nofollow%5C%22%20data-uncrawlable-url%3D%5C%22L3dpa2kvUG9ydF9LZW1ibGE%5C%2FYWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x%5C%22%3EPort%20Kembla%3C%5C%2Fa%3E%20is%20notable%20for%20its%20steelworks%20industry%2C%20with%20many%20ships%20utilising%20the%20port.%22%7D%7D" data-rte-instance="40-19808442715e29380601063" alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Ptkembla.jpg/180px-Ptkembla.jpg" width="180" height="44" class="image thumb withCaption" data-image-name="Ptkembla.jpg" data-image-key="Ptkembla.jpg" type="image" /> </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Since the 1970s, New South Wales has undergone an increasingly rapid economic and social transformation. <span class="placeholder placeholder-double-brackets" data-rte-instance="40-19808442715e29380601063" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22double-brackets%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%7B%7BCitation%20needed%7Cdate%3DJune%202007%7D%7D%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22Citation%20needed%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%7D" contenteditable="false">​​</span> Old industries such as steel and shipbuilding have largely disappeared; although agriculture remains important, its share of the state's income is smaller than ever before.<span class="placeholder placeholder-double-brackets" data-rte-instance="40-19808442715e29380601063" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22double-brackets%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%7B%7BCitation%20needed%7Cdate%3DFebruary%202007%7D%7D%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22Citation%20needed%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%7D" contenteditable="false">​​</span> </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">New industries such as information technology and financial services are largely centred in Sydney and have risen to take their place, with many companies having their Australian headquarters in <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Sydney%20CBD%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Sydney%20central%20business%20district%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BSydney%20central%20business%20district%7CSydney%20CBD%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-19808442715e29380601063" href="/wiki/Sydney_central_business_district" title="Sydney central business district">Sydney CBD</a>.<span class="placeholder placeholder-double-brackets" data-rte-instance="40-19808442715e29380601063" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22double-brackets%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%7B%7BCitation%20needed%7Cdate%3DFebruary%202007%7D%7D%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22Citation%20needed%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%7D" contenteditable="false">​​</span> In addition, the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Macquarie%20Park%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Macquarie%20Park%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BMacquarie%20Park%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-19808442715e29380601063" href="/wiki/Macquarie_Park" title="Macquarie Park" class="mw-redirect">Macquarie Park</a> area of Sydney has attracted the Australian <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22headquarters%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Macquarie%20Park%23Commerce%20and%20Business%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BMacquarie%20Park%23Commerce%20and%20Business%7Cheadquarters%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-19808442715e29380601063" href="/wiki/Macquarie_Park#Commerce_and_Business" title="Macquarie Park" class="mw-redirect">headquarters</a> of many information technology firms. </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Coal and related products are the state's biggest export. Its value to the state's economy is over A$5<span data-rte-entity="nbsp"> </span>billion, accounting for about 19% of all exports from NSW.<span data-rte-instance="40-19808442715e29380601063" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cref%3Ehttp%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fwww.business.nsw.gov.au%5C%2FPDF%5C%2FTrade%2520and%2520Investment-B3_top10_merch_exports.pdf%20%7B%7BDead%20link%7Cdate%3DMay%202011%7D%7D%3C%5C%2Fref%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22ref%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false"><sup data-rte-washtml="1" id="cite_ref-0" class="reference" data-rte-attribs=" id=cite_ref-0 class=reference"><a 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data-rte-instance="40-19808442715e29380601063" href="#cite_note-0"><span data-rte-instance="40-19808442715e29380601063" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">[​</span>1<span data-rte-instance="40-19808442715e29380601063" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">]​</span></a></sup>​</span> </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Tourism has also become important, with Sydney as its centre, also stimulating growth on the North Coast, around Coffs Harbour and Byron Bay.<span class="placeholder placeholder-double-brackets" data-rte-instance="40-19808442715e29380601063" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22double-brackets%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%7B%7BCitation%20needed%7Cdate%3DFebruary%202007%7D%7D%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22Citation%20needed%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%7D" contenteditable="false">​​</span> Tourism is worth over $40<span data-rte-entity="nbsp"> </span>billion to the New South Wales economy and employs 4.8% of the workforce.<span data-rte-instance="40-19808442715e29380601063" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cref%3E%5Bhttp%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fcorporate.tourism.nsw.gov.au%5C%2FState_Tourism_Statistics_p572.aspx%20New%20South%20Wales%20State%20Tourism%20Statistics%20%5Cu2013%20Key%20Facts%3A%20Value%20of%20Tourism%20to%20the%20New%20South%20Wales%20Economy%5D.%20%27%27NSW%20Tourism%20Satellite%20Accounts%27%27%2C%20August%202007%2C%20cited%20at%3A%20%27%27Tourism%20New%20South%20Wales%27%27%20and%20there%20retrieved%202%20May%202011%3C%5C%2Fref%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22ref%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false"><sup data-rte-washtml="1" id="cite_ref-1" class="reference" data-rte-attribs=" id=cite_ref-1 class=reference"><a 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data-rte-instance="40-19808442715e29380601063" href="#cite_note-1"><span data-rte-instance="40-19808442715e29380601063" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">[​</span>2<span data-rte-instance="40-19808442715e29380601063" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">]​</span></a></sup>​</span> <!-- RTE::{"spaces":0,"type":"LINE_BREAK"} -->In 2007, then-Premier of New South Wales <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Morris%20Iemma%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Morris%20Iemma%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BMorris%20Iemma%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-19808442715e29380601063" class="new" title="Morris Iemma (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvTW9ycmlzX0llbW1hP2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ==">Morris Iemma</a> established <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Events%20New%20South%20Wales%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Events%20New%20South%20Wales%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BEvents%20New%20South%20Wales%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-19808442715e29380601063" class="new" title="Events New South Wales (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvRXZlbnRzX05ld19Tb3V0aF9XYWxlcz9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=">Events New South Wales</a> to "market Sydney and NSW as a leading global events destination". </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">New South Wales had a Gross State Product in 2006 (equivalent to Gross Domestic Product) of $310<span data-rte-entity="nbsp"> </span>billion which equalled $45,584 per capita.<span data-rte-instance="40-19808442715e29380601063" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cref%3E%5Bhttp%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fwww.abs.gov.au%5C%2Fausstats%5C%2Fabs%40.nsf%5C%2FLatestproducts%5C%2F1338.1Main%2520Features1202007%3Fopendocument%26tabname%3DSummary%26prodno%3D1338.1%26issue%3D2007%26num%3D%26view%3D%201338.1%20%5Cu2013%20New%20South%20Wales%20in%20Focus%2C%202007%5D%3C%5C%2Fref%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22ref%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false"><sup data-rte-washtml="1" id="cite_ref-2" class="reference" data-rte-attribs=" id=cite_ref-2 class=reference"><a 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data-rte-instance="40-19808442715e29380601063" href="#cite_note-2"><span data-rte-instance="40-19808442715e29380601063" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">[​</span>3<span data-rte-instance="40-19808442715e29380601063" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">]​</span></a></sup>​</span> </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">On 9 October 2007, NSW announced plans to build a 1,000 <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22MW%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Watt%23Megawatt%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BWatt%23Megawatt%7CMW%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-19808442715e29380601063" class="new" title="Watt (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvV2F0dD9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=">MW</a> bank of wind powered turbines. The output of these is anticipated to be able to power up to 400,000 homes. The cost of this project will be $1.8<span data-rte-entity="nbsp"> </span>billion for 500 turbines.<span data-rte-instance="40-19808442715e29380601063" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cref%3E%5Bhttp%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fwww.theregister.com%5C%2F2007%5C%2F10%5C%2F09%5C%2Fwind_farm%20Australia%20to%20get%201%2C000%20megawatt%20wind%20farm%5D.%3C%5C%2Fref%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22ref%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false"><sup data-rte-washtml="1" id="cite_ref-3" class="reference" data-rte-attribs=" id=cite_ref-3 class=reference"><a 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data-rte-instance="40-19808442715e29380601063" href="#cite_note-3"><span data-rte-instance="40-19808442715e29380601063" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">[​</span>4<span data-rte-instance="40-19808442715e29380601063" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">]​</span></a></sup>​</span> On 28 August 2008, the New South Wales cabinet voted to privatise <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22electricity%20retail%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22electricity%20retail%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Belectricity%20retail%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-19808442715e29380601063" class="new" title="Electricity retail (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvRWxlY3RyaWNpdHlfcmV0YWlsP2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ==">electricity retail</a>, causing 1,500 electrical workers to strike after a large anti-privatisation campaign.<span data-rte-instance="40-19808442715e29380601063" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cref%3E%7B%7Bcite%20news%20%7Cauthor%3DSusan%20Price%20%7Ctitle%3DNSW%20power%20workers%20strike%20against%20privatisation%20%7Curl%3Dhttp%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fwww.greenleft.org.au%5C%2F2008%5C%2F765%5C%2F39506%3D%20%7Cwork%3Dgreenleft.org.au%20%7Cdate%3D30%20August%202008%20%7Caccessdate%3D31%20August%202008%20%7D%7D%3C%5C%2Fref%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22ref%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false"><sup data-rte-washtml="1" id="cite_ref-4" class="reference" data-rte-attribs=" id=cite_ref-4 class=reference"><a 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data-rte-instance="40-19808442715e29380601063" href="#cite_note-4"><span data-rte-instance="40-19808442715e29380601063" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">[​</span>5<span data-rte-instance="40-19808442715e29380601063" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">]​</span></a></sup>​</span> </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">The NSW business community is represented by the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22NSW%20Business%20Chamber%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22NSW%20Business%20Chamber%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BNSW%20Business%20Chamber%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-19808442715e29380601063" class="new" title="NSW Business Chamber (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvTlNXX0J1c2luZXNzX0NoYW1iZXI/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x">NSW Business Chamber</a> which has 30,000 members. </p> <h3 data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Agriculture</h3> <p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1"><img 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height="101" class="image thumb alignRight withCaption" data-image-name="Murray Grey cows and calves.JPG" data-image-key="Murray_Grey_cows_and_calves.JPG" type="image" /> <!-- RTE::{"spaces":0,"type":"LINE_BREAK"} --><img 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thumb alignRight withCaption" data-image-name="Hunter panorama-1b-web-l.jpg" data-image-key="Hunter_panorama-1b-web-l.jpg" type="image" /> </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Agriculture is spread throughout the eastern two-thirds of New South Wales. Cattle, sheep and pigs are the predominant types of livestock produced in NSW and they have been present since their importation during the earliest days of European settlement. Economically the state is the most important state in Australia, with about one-third of the country's sheep, one-fifth of its cattle, and one-third of its small number of pigs. <!-- RTE::{"spaces":0,"type":"LINE_BREAK"} -->New South Wales produces a large share of Australia's hay, fruit, <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22legume%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22legume%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Blegume%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-19808442715e29380601063" class="new" title="Legume (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvTGVndW1lP2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ==">legumes</a>, <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22lucerne%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22lucerne%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Blucerne%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-19808442715e29380601063" class="new" title="Lucerne (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvTHVjZXJuZT9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=">lucerne</a>, maize, nuts, wool, wheat, oats, <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22oilseed%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22oilseed%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Boilseed%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-19808442715e29380601063" class="new" title="Oilseed (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvT2lsc2VlZD9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=">oilseeds</a> (about 51%), poultry, rice (about 99%),<span data-rte-instance="40-19808442715e29380601063" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cref%3E%5Bhttp%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fwww.abs.gov.au%5C%2FAUSSTATS%5C%2Fabs%40.nsf%5C%2F7d12b0f6763c78caca257061001cc588%5C%2F3310BE70A640767DCA2573D20010BB7D%3Fopendocument%20Agricultural%20Production%5D%20Retrieved%20on%207%20March%202009.%3C%5C%2Fref%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22ref%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false"><sup data-rte-washtml="1" id="cite_ref-5" class="reference" data-rte-attribs=" id=cite_ref-5 class=reference"><a 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data-rte-instance="40-19808442715e29380601063" href="#cite_note-5"><span data-rte-instance="40-19808442715e29380601063" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">[​</span>6<span data-rte-instance="40-19808442715e29380601063" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">]​</span></a></sup>​</span> vegetables, fishing including oyster farming, and forestry including wood chips.<span data-rte-instance="40-19808442715e29380601063" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cref%3E%5Bhttp%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fwww.anra.gov.au%5C%2Ftopics%5C%2Fagriculture%5C%2Foverview%5C%2Findex.html%20Agriculture%20%5Cu2013%20Overview%20%5Cu2013%20Australia%5D.%3C%5C%2Fref%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22ref%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false"><sup data-rte-washtml="1" id="cite_ref-6" class="reference" data-rte-attribs=" id=cite_ref-6 class=reference"><a 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data-rte-instance="40-19808442715e29380601063" href="#cite_note-6"><span data-rte-instance="40-19808442715e29380601063" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">[​</span>7<span data-rte-instance="40-19808442715e29380601063" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">]​</span></a></sup>​</span> Bananas and sugar are grown chiefly in the Clarence, Richmond and Tweed River areas. </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">The world's finest wools are produced on the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Northern%20Tablelands%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Northern%20Tablelands%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BNorthern%20Tablelands%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-19808442715e29380601063" href="/wiki/Northern_Tablelands" title="Northern Tablelands">Northern Tablelands</a> as well as prime lambs and beef cattle. The cotton industry is centred in the Namoi Valley in northwestern New South Wales. On the central slopes there are many orchards, with the principal fruits grown being apples, cherries and pears. </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Approximately 40,200 ha of vineyards lie across the eastern region of the state, with excellent wines produced in the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Hunter%20Valley%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Hunter%20Region%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BHunter%20Region%7CHunter%20Valley%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-19808442715e29380601063" href="/wiki/Hunter_Region" title="Hunter Region" class="mw-redirect">Hunter Valley</a>, with the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Riverina%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Riverina%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BRiverina%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-19808442715e29380601063" href="/wiki/Riverina" title="Riverina">Riverina</a> being the largest wine producer in New South Wales.<span data-rte-instance="40-19808442715e29380601063" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cref%20name%3D%5C%22Riverina%5C%22%3E%7B%7Bcite%20web%20%7C%20title%20%3D%20From%20paddock%20to%20plate%20%7C%20work%3DTourism%20New%20South%20Wales%20%7C%20publisher%3DNew%20South%20Wales%20Government%20%7C%20date%20%3D%201%20July%202003%20%7C%20url%20%3D%20http%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fwww.tourism.nsw.gov.au%5C%2Fmedia%5C%2Fnews300603a.html%20%7C%20accessdate%20%3D7%20March%202009%7D%7D%3C%5C%2Fref%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22ref%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false"><sup data-rte-washtml="1" id="cite_ref-Riverina_7-0" class="reference" data-rte-attribs=" id=cite_ref-Riverina_7-0 class=reference"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22%3Cspan%20data-rte-instance%3D%5C%2240-19808442715e29380601063%5C%22%20data-rte-meta%3D%5C%22%257B%2522type%2522%253A%2522ext%2522%252C%2522wikitext%2522%253A%2522%253Cnowiki%253E%255B%253C%255C%252Fnowiki%253E%2522%252C%2522lineStart%2522%253A%2522%2522%252C%2522placeholder%2522%253A1%252C%2522extName%2522%253A%2522nowiki%2522%257D%5C%22%20class%3D%5C%22placeholder%20placeholder-ext%5C%22%20contenteditable%3D%5C%22false%5C%22%3E%7F%27%5C%22%60UNIQ460c14f9fcfe11-nowiki-00000016-QINU%60%5C%22%27%7F%26%23x0200B%3B%3C%5C%2Fspan%3E8%3Cspan%20data-rte-instance%3D%5C%2240-19808442715e29380601063%5C%22%20data-rte-meta%3D%5C%22%257B%2522type%2522%253A%2522ext%2522%252C%2522wikitext%2522%253A%2522%253Cnowiki%253E%255D%253C%255C%252Fnowiki%253E%2522%252C%2522lineStart%2522%253A%2522%2522%252C%2522placeholder%2522%253A1%252C%2522extName%2522%253A%2522nowiki%2522%257D%5C%22%20class%3D%5C%22placeholder%20placeholder-ext%5C%22%20contenteditable%3D%5C%22false%5C%22%3E%7F%27%5C%22%60UNIQ460c14f9fcfe11-nowiki-00000017-QINU%60%5C%22%27%7F%26%23x0200B%3B%3C%5C%2Fspan%3E%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22%23cite_note-Riverina-7%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B%23cite_note-Riverina-7%7C%3Cext%20_rte_wikitextidx%3D%5C%2279%5C%22%3E%3Cname%3Enowiki%3C%5C%2Fname%3E%3Cattr%3E%3C%5C%2Fattr%3E%3Cinner%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Finner%3E%3Cclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%3C%5C%2Fclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fext%3E8%3Cext%20_rte_wikitextidx%3D%5C%2280%5C%22%3E%3Cname%3Enowiki%3C%5C%2Fname%3E%3Cattr%3E%3C%5C%2Fattr%3E%3Cinner%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Finner%3E%3Cclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%3C%5C%2Fclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fext%3E%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-19808442715e29380601063" href="#cite_note-Riverina-7"><span data-rte-instance="40-19808442715e29380601063" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">[​</span>8<span data-rte-instance="40-19808442715e29380601063" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">]​</span></a></sup>​</span> Australia’s largest and most valuable <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Thoroughbred%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Thoroughbred%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BThoroughbred%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-19808442715e29380601063" class="new" title="Thoroughbred (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvVGhvcm91Z2hicmVkP2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ==">Thoroughbred</a> horse breeding area is centred on <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Scone%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Scone%2C%20New%20South%20Wales%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BScone%2C%20New%20South%20Wales%7CScone%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-19808442715e29380601063" href="/wiki/Scone,_New_South_Wales" title="Scone, New South Wales">Scone</a> in the Hunter Valley.<span data-rte-instance="40-19808442715e29380601063" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cref%3E%5Bhttp%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fwww.smh.com.au%5C%2Fnews%5C%2FNew-South-Wales%5C%2FScone%5C%2F2005%5C%2F02%5C%2F17%5C%2F1108500198920.html%20SMH%20Travel%20%5Cu2013%20Scone%5D.%20Retrieved%20on%207%20March%202009.%3C%5C%2Fref%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22ref%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false"><sup data-rte-washtml="1" id="cite_ref-8" class="reference" data-rte-attribs=" id=cite_ref-8 class=reference"><a 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data-rte-instance="40-19808442715e29380601063" href="#cite_note-8"><span data-rte-instance="40-19808442715e29380601063" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">[​</span>9<span data-rte-instance="40-19808442715e29380601063" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">]​</span></a></sup>​</span> </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">About half of Australia's timber production is in New South Wales. Large areas of the state are now being replanted with eucalyptus forests. </p> <br /><strong data-rte-washtml="1" class="error" data-rte-attribs=" class=error">Cite error: <code data-rte-washtml="1"><ref></code> tags exist, but no <code data-rte-washtml="1"><references/></code> tag was found</strong><p /> <!-- Saved in parser cache with key genealogy:rte-parser-cache:73442 --> Loading editor Below are some commonly used wiki markup codes. Simply click on what you want to use and it will appear in the edit box above. 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