New South Wales border

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internationally recognized internal boundary state border

The New South Wales border is the state boundary in southeastern Australia, much of which follows the Murray River and separates New South Wales from Victoria and South Australia.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
New South Wales border canonical	5
Borders of New South Wales	1
South Australian border near Cockburn	1
Victorian border	1
Victorian–New South Wales border region	1
Victoria–New South Wales border	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7754357 — 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 border
Context triple: [Lock 11 and Weir, near, New South Wales border]

A. New South Wales–Queensland 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.
B. New South Wales–Victoria border at Albury–Wodonga
The New South Wales–Victoria border at Albury–Wodonga is a major interstate crossing point between the twin regional cities of Albury (NSW) and Wodonga (Victoria), serving as a key hub for road and rail transport between Australia’s two most populous states.
C. 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.
D. New South Wales South Coast
The New South Wales South Coast is a scenic coastal region of southeastern Australia known for its beaches, national parks, and popular holiday towns stretching south from Sydney toward the Victorian border.
E. 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.
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 border
Target entity description: The New South Wales border is the state boundary in southeastern Australia, much of which follows the Murray River and separates New South Wales from Victoria and South Australia.

A. New South Wales–Queensland 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.
B. New South Wales–Victoria border at Albury–Wodonga
The New South Wales–Victoria border at Albury–Wodonga is a major interstate crossing point between the twin regional cities of Albury (NSW) and Wodonga (Victoria), serving as a key hub for road and rail transport between Australia’s two most populous states.
C. 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.
D. New South Wales South Coast
The New South Wales South Coast is a scenic coastal region of southeastern Australia known for its beaches, national parks, and popular holiday towns stretching south from Sydney toward the Victorian border.
E. 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.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	internationally recognized internal boundary ⓘ state border ⓘ
adjacentTo	Great Dividing Range (in parts) ⓘ linked to: Great Dividing Range (part) Murray–Darling Basin ⓘ
borderOf	New South Wales ⓘ South Australia ⓘ Victoria ⓘ
country	Australia ⓘ
crossedBy	ferries ⓘ railway bridges ⓘ road bridges ⓘ
definedBy	colonial-era proclamations ⓘ interstate agreements ⓘ
followsFeature	Murray River ⓘ
governedBy	Australian constitutional arrangements ⓘ interstate boundary commissions ⓘ
hasBorderSegmentWith	Pacific Ocean ⓘ Queensland ⓘ South Australia ⓘ Tasman Sea ⓘ Victoria ⓘ
hasDisputeHistory	Murray River alignment issues ⓘ riverbank erosion affecting boundary ⓘ
hasEasternBoundaryWith	Pacific Ocean ⓘ Tasman Sea ⓘ
hasNorthernBoundaryWith	Queensland ⓘ
hasSectionType	land boundary ⓘ maritime boundary ⓘ river boundary ⓘ
hasSouthernBoundaryWith	Victoria ⓘ
hasWesternBoundaryWith	South Australia ⓘ
legalStatus	state boundary under Australian law ⓘ
locatedInRegion	southeastern Australia ⓘ
measuredFrom	specific meridians and parallels in legal descriptions ⓘ
partlyDefinedBy	Murray River ⓘ
partOf	internal borders of Australia ⓘ
recognizedBy	Commonwealth of Australia ⓘ Government of New South Wales ⓘ Government of Queensland ⓘ linked to: Queensland Government Government of South Australia ⓘ Government of Victoria ⓘ
separates	New South Wales ⓘ South Australia ⓘ Victoria ⓘ
usedFor	administrative purposes ⓘ electoral boundary delimitation ⓘ jurisdictional delimitation ⓘ law enforcement jurisdiction ⓘ

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