Colony of New South Wales
E420232
The Colony of New South Wales was a British penal and later free settlement in Australia that became the foundation for several modern Australian states and territories.
All labels observed (8)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4199125 — 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: Colony of New South Wales Context triple: [Colonial Secretary of New South Wales, appliesToJurisdiction, Colony of New South Wales]
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A.
Colony of Victoria
The Colony of Victoria was a 19th- and early 20th-century British colony in southeastern Australia that later became the Australian state of Victoria.
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B.
Colony of Queensland
The Colony of Queensland was a British colonial territory in northeastern Australia that existed from 1859 until it became the state of Queensland at Australian Federation in 1901.
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C.
Gold Coast Colony
The Gold Coast Colony was a British colonial territory in West Africa that formed the core of what later became the independent nation of Ghana.
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D.
Swan River Colony
Swan River Colony was an early 19th-century British settlement on the west coast of Australia that evolved into the city of Perth and the surrounding region of Western Australia.
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E.
Colony of New Zealand
The Colony of New Zealand was a 19th-century British colonial territory in the South Pacific that formed the political foundation for the modern nation of New Zealand.
- 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: Colony of New South Wales Target entity description: The Colony of New South Wales was a British penal and later free settlement in Australia that became the foundation for several modern Australian states and territories.
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A.
Colony of Victoria
The Colony of Victoria was a 19th- and early 20th-century British colony in southeastern Australia that later became the Australian state of Victoria.
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B.
Colony of Queensland
The Colony of Queensland was a British colonial territory in northeastern Australia that existed from 1859 until it became the state of Queensland at Australian Federation in 1901.
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C.
Gold Coast Colony
The Gold Coast Colony was a British colonial territory in West Africa that formed the core of what later became the independent nation of Ghana.
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D.
Swan River Colony
Swan River Colony was an early 19th-century British settlement on the west coast of Australia that evolved into the city of Perth and the surrounding region of Western Australia.
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E.
Colony of New Zealand
The Colony of New Zealand was a 19th-century British colonial territory in the South Pacific that formed the political foundation for the modern nation of New Zealand.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (63)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British colony
ⓘ
former colony ⓘ |
| capital | Sydney ⓘ |
| continent | Australia ⓘ |
| country | British Empire ⓘ |
| currency |
Pound sterling
ⓘ
surface form:
pound sterling
|
| dissolved | 1901-01-01 ⓘ |
| establishedAs | penal colony ⓘ |
| establishedBy | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| firstFleetArrived | 1788-01-26 ⓘ |
| firstGovernor | Arthur Phillip ⓘ |
| flagUsed |
Union Flag
ⓘ
surface form:
Union Jack
|
| foundationFor | Commonwealth of Australia ⓘ |
| governor |
Charles FitzRoy
ONNED1
ⓘ
George Gipps ⓘ Hercules Robinson ⓘ Lachlan Macquarie ⓘ Ralph Darling ⓘ William Denison ⓘ |
| inception | 1788-01-26 ⓘ |
| indigenousPeoplesAffected | Aboriginal Australians ⓘ |
| joinedFederation | 1901-01-01 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| laterBecame | free settlement ⓘ |
| legalSystem | English law ⓘ |
| legislature |
New South Wales Legislative Assembly
ⓘ
New South Wales Legislative Council ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Australia
ⓘ
Oceania ⓘ Southern Hemisphere ⓘ |
| majorPort | Sydney Cove ONNED1 ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Wales ⓘ |
| namedBy | James Cook ⓘ |
| originalTerritoryIncluded |
New Zealand
ⓘ
present-day New South Wales ⓘ present-day Northern Territory ⓘ present-day Queensland ⓘ present-day South Australia ⓘ present-day Tasmania ⓘ present-day Victoria ⓘ |
| partOf |
Asia-Pacific
ⓘ
surface form:
Australasia
|
| primaryEconomicActivity |
convict labour
ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ wool production ⓘ |
| religion |
Anglicanism
ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| responsibleGovernmentIntroduced | 1856 ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
Myall Creek massacre
ⓘ
Rum Rebellion ⓘ introduction of responsible government ⓘ |
| sovereign |
George III of the United Kingdom
ⓘ
surface form:
King George III
George IV of the United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form:
King George IV
William IV ⓘ
surface form:
King William IV
Queen Victoria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successor |
New South Wales
ⓘ
surface form:
State of New South Wales
|
| territorySeparatedToForm |
Colony of Queensland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Colony of South Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ Colony of Tasmania NERFINISHED ⓘ Colony of Victoria NERFINISHED ⓘ Moreton Bay District ONNED1 ⓘ Colony of New Zealand ⓘ
surface form:
New Zealand Colony
Port Phillip region ⓘ
surface form:
Port Phillip District
Van Diemen's Land ONNED1 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Colony of New South Wales Description of subject: The Colony of New South Wales was a British penal and later free settlement in Australia that became the foundation for several modern Australian states and territories.
Referenced by (21)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
colonial government of New South Wales
this entity surface form:
New South Wales colony
subject surface form:
Arthur Phillip
this entity surface form:
Penal colony of New South Wales
this entity surface form:
New South Wales colonial government
this entity surface form:
colonial New South Wales
this entity surface form:
colonial New South Wales government
this entity surface form:
British colonists in New South Wales
this entity surface form:
colonial New South Wales