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 <h3>Mid-1800s</h3> <p data-rte-fromparser="true">During the 19th century, large areas were successively separated to form the British colonies of Tasmania (proclaimed as separate colony named Van Diemen's Land in 1825), South Australia (1836), New Zealand (1841), Victoria (1851) and Queensland (1859). <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Responsible%20government%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Responsible%20government%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BResponsible%20government%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-17375086646010bc1885100" class="new" title="Responsible government (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvUmVzcG9uc2libGVfZ292ZXJubWVudD9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=">Responsible government</a> was granted to the New South Wales colony in 1855. </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Charles%20Darwin%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Charles%20Darwin%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BCharles%20Darwin%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-17375086646010bc1885100" href="/wiki/Charles_Darwin" title="Charles Darwin" class="mw-redirect">Charles Darwin</a> visited Australia in January 1836 and in “<a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22The%20Voyage%20of%20the%20Beagle%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22The%20Voyage%20of%20the%20Beagle%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BThe%20Voyage%20of%20the%20Beagle%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-17375086646010bc1885100" class="new" title="The Voyage of the Beagle (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvVGhlX1ZveWFnZV9vZl90aGVfQmVhZ2xlP2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ==">The Voyage of the Beagle</a>” (chapter 19 of the 11th edition) records his hesitations about and fascination with New South Wales, including his speculations about the geological origin and formation of the great valleys, the aboriginal population, the situation of the convicts, and the future prospects of the country. </p><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. Insert: – — … ° ≈ ≠ ≤ ≥ ± − × ÷ ← → · § Sign your username: ~~~~ Wiki markup: {{}} | [] [[]] [[Category:]] #REDIRECT [[]] <s></s> <sup></sup> <sub></sub> <code></code> <blockquote></blockquote> <ref></ref> {{Reflist}} <references/> <includeonly></includeonly> <noinclude></noinclude> {{DEFAULTSORT:}} <nowiki></nowiki> <!-- --> <span class="plainlinks"></span> Symbols: ~ | ¡ ¿ † ‡ ↔ ↑ ↓ • ¶ # ¹ ² ³ ½ ⅓ ⅔ ¼ ¾ ⅛ ⅜ ⅝ ⅞ ∞ ‘ “ ’ ” «» ¤ ₳ ฿ ₵ ¢ ₡ ₢ $ ₫ ₯ € ₠ ₣ ƒ ₴ ₭ ₤ ℳ ₥ ₦ № ₧ ₰ £ ៛ ₨ ₪ ৳ ₮ ₩ ¥ ♠ ♣ ♥ ♦ View this template This field is a spam trap. DO NOT fill it in! Edit summary Preview Mobile Desktop Show changes