New South Wales–Queensland border

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internationally recognized internal boundary interstate border

The New South Wales–Queensland border is the interstate boundary in eastern Australia separating the states of New South Wales and Queensland, running from the Pacific coast inland across varied terrain.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Queensland–New South Wales border	7
New South Wales–Queensland border canonical	6
New South Wales border	1
New South Wales border region	1
New South Wales–Queensland border at Wallangarra	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2281489 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: New South Wales–Queensland border
Context triple: [North Coast railway line, crossesBorder, New South Wales–Queensland border]

A. New South Wales
New South Wales is a state on Australia’s east coast, centered on the city of Sydney and historically significant as the site of the first permanent British settlement on the continent.
B. North Queensland
North Queensland is a vast, sparsely populated region of northern Australia known for its tropical climate, agriculture, mining, and proximity to the Great Barrier Reef.
C. Northern New South Wales
Northern New South Wales is a coastal and inland region of the Australian state of New South Wales known for its subtropical climate, beaches, hinterland, and regional centres such as Byron Bay and Lismore.
D. Tablelands of New South Wales
The Tablelands of New South Wales are a series of elevated plateau regions in eastern New South Wales, Australia, known for their cool climate, rural landscapes, and mixed agricultural and pastoral land use.
E. Inland New South Wales
Inland New South Wales is the largely rural, non-coastal interior region of the Australian state of New South Wales, encompassing its agricultural heartlands and many sparsely populated areas.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: New South Wales–Queensland border
Target entity description: The New South Wales–Queensland border is the interstate boundary in eastern Australia separating the states of New South Wales and Queensland, running from the Pacific coast inland across varied terrain.

A. New South Wales
New South Wales is a state on Australia’s east coast, centered on the city of Sydney and historically significant as the site of the first permanent British settlement on the continent.
B. North Queensland
North Queensland is a vast, sparsely populated region of northern Australia known for its tropical climate, agriculture, mining, and proximity to the Great Barrier Reef.
C. Northern New South Wales
Northern New South Wales is a coastal and inland region of the Australian state of New South Wales known for its subtropical climate, beaches, hinterland, and regional centres such as Byron Bay and Lismore.
D. Tablelands of New South Wales
The Tablelands of New South Wales are a series of elevated plateau regions in eastern New South Wales, Australia, known for their cool climate, rural landscapes, and mixed agricultural and pastoral land use.
E. Inland New South Wales
Inland New South Wales is the largely rural, non-coastal interior region of the Australian state of New South Wales, encompassing its agricultural heartlands and many sparsely populated areas.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	internationally recognized internal boundary ⓘ interstate border ⓘ
adjacentToCity	Gold Coast ⓘ Tweed Heads ⓘ
adjacentToTown	Goondiwindi ⓘ Mungindi ⓘ Texas, Queensland ⓘ Wallangarra ⓘ
cameIntoExistence	1859 ⓘ
country	Australia ⓘ
crossedBy	Cunningham Highway ⓘ New England Highway ⓘ Pacific Motorway ⓘ railway lines between New South Wales and Queensland ⓘ
crossesRegion	Darling Downs ⓘ surface form: Darling Downs region Granite Belt ⓘ Great Dividing Range (part) ⓘ surface form: Great Dividing Range Northern Rivers ⓘ surface form: Northern Rivers region
definedBy	colonial agreements between New South Wales and Queensland ⓘ
followsParallel	28th parallel south ⓘ
followsRiver	Barwon River ⓘ Culgoa River ⓘ Dumaresq River ⓘ Macintyre River ⓘ
governedBy	New South Wales legislation ⓘ Queensland legislation ⓘ
hasDisputeHistory	minor historical surveying disputes ⓘ
hasEndPoint	South Australia–New South Wales–Queensland tripoint ⓘ
hasFeature	border markers ⓘ survey monuments ⓘ
hasLegalStatus	state boundary under Australian law ⓘ
hasStartPoint	Pacific Ocean ⓘ Point Danger ⓘ
locatedIn	eastern Australia ⓘ
partOf	borders of New South Wales ⓘ borders of Queensland ⓘ
reasonForExistence	separation of Queensland from New South Wales ⓘ
separates	New South Wales ⓘ Queensland ⓘ
terrain	coastal areas ⓘ inland plains ⓘ mountain ranges ⓘ
usedFor	administration of state laws ⓘ education jurisdiction ⓘ health service jurisdiction ⓘ jurisdictional division ⓘ policing jurisdiction ⓘ

How these facts were elicited