Why is New South Wales named New South Wales?

Answer 1

James Cook, who was the first European to chart the area, named the entire eastern coast of Australia New South Walesbecause the countryside bore a resemblance to parts of southern Wales.

Answer 2

It was a newly discovered territory in the south named for Wales, hence, New South Wales.

Specifically, James Cook, who was the first European to chart the area, named the entire eastern coast of Australia New South Wales because the countryside bore a resemblance (in his mind) to parts of southern Wales.

Answer 3

New South Wales was named by Lieutenant James Cook on his famous voyage in the Endeavour in 1770. When he saw the east coast of what is now called Australia, he named it after Wales, now part of the UK. New because it was, for him at least, and South because of its location. Hence, New South Wales.

Answer 4

James Cook, who was the first European to chart the area, named the entire eastern coast of Australia New South Walesbecause the countryside bore a resemblance to parts of southern Wales. He named it and claimed it for England in 1770.

Answer 5

New South Wales is not named after Henry Parkes, who was a passionate advocate of federation of the Australian colonies.

James Cook, who was the first European to chart the area, named the entire eastern coast of Australia New South Wales because the countryside bore a resemblance to parts of southern Wales.

The New South Wales town of Parkes is named after statesman Sir Henry Parkes. In Canberra, the suburb of Parkes and the road Parkes Way are both named after him also.

Answer 6

New South Wales was given its name when James Cook formally claimed Australia's eastern half from Possession Island in August 1770.