Northern New South Wales?

Question

In Australia, what does it mean when someone says, I am from (Northern NSW)? Or what cities are they talking about?

Answer 1

As "Aussie Bloke" said - Australia is pretty big and is divided into various states.

"Northern New South Wales" means that the person is somewhere is the north of the STATE of New South Wales. This in itself is a fairly large area with many towns and cities. The person might not want to tell you the exact location of their whereabout but at least you know approximately where in the continent of Australia he/she is.

It is better than to say "I am in the north of Australia" which could mean anywhere in Queensland, Northern Territory or even Western Australia (which cover about a third of the west of the continent and stretches from top to bottom)

Hope this helps and thanks for the two points

Answer 2

Maybe they're from Lightning Ridge, or Moree, or Tamworth...basically anywhere north of Newcastle, but still within NSW.

Remember that Australia is about the same size as the US - but it's only broken up into 6 states and 2 territories. Considering how big these states are, it helps to indicate what part of the state. Otherwise, it's like saying "I'm from the South." Does that mean Georgia? Kentucky? Tennissee? Either of the Carolinas? Either of the Virginias? It's the same thing.

Answer 3

Norther NSW can mean different things but mainly your north of Newcastle. Basically the east coast of australia is broken up into several regions:

South coast (south of Sydney)

SYDNEY

Central Coast (Incl Newcastle)

Mid North Coast (Forster, Taree, Port Macqauarie, Coffs Harbour etc)

Far North Coast (Yamba, Lismore, Ballina, Tweed Heads etc)

Pretty much your north coast of NSW will start where the great beaches and tourist spots are around Forster / Great Lakes. I could go into more detail, but there's your basic outline

Answer 4

It usually refers to the area of the Northern Rivers and the Northern Tablelands although much of the Tablelands calls itself New England. A reasonable definition would be the area enclosed by the Clarence River. That flows from the Queensland border through Tabulam and Copmanhurst to Grafton and then to the coast at Yamba. If you added the Rocky River which joins the Clarence at Tabulam, you would include Glen Innes and Tenterfield.

I live on the Clarence and my name comes from my nearest town.

Answer 5

It's usually an area from Evans Head up to the Qld border, covering many towns such as Ballina, Lennox Head, Byron Bay, Lismore etc. A lovely lush part of the state, very green hills and gorgeous beaches along the coast.

Answer 6

Hi, I think when Aussie's say Northern New South Wales they are referring to north of Sydney to the Queensland border.
We also say it as "up North" meaning north of Sydney. Waltz

Answer 7

Could be Coffs Harbour but strictly that's on the Mid North Coast, so it would probably be anywhere north of Woolgoolga up to the Queensland border.

Answer 8

Lismore,Byron Bay,Grafton