In the state of New South Wales , Australia , there are many areas which are commonly known by regional names. Regions are areas that share similar characteristics. These characteristics may be natural such as the Murray River, the coastline, or the Snowy Mountains. Alternatively, the characteristics may be cultural, such as a viticulture land use. New South Wales is divided by numerous regional boundaries, based on different characteristics. In many cases boundaries defined by different agencies are coterminous.
17-626: The Southern Tablelands is a geographic area of New South Wales , Australia , located south-west of Sydney and west of the Great Dividing Range . The area is characterised by high, flat country which has generally been extensively cleared and used for grazing purposes. The area is easily accessible to the Australian federal capital city of Canberra in the Australian Capital Territory . The area
34-535: A major part of the Australasia biogeographic realm, as developed by the World Wide Fund for Nature . Based on this system, the world is also split into 14 terrestrial habitats , of which eight are shared by Australia. The Australian land mass is divided into 89 bioregions and 419 subregions. Each region is a land area made up of a group of interacting ecosystems that are repeated in similar form across
51-678: A small number of non-geographic specialty networks cover paediatric health, justice and forensic health, and the St' Vincent's Health network. The New South Wales Police Force is organised into approximately 81 local area commands, which are aggregated into six regions: The NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service uses the Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia bioregions based on ecological factors. These bioregions extend into neighbouring States. Yet another subdivision of New South Wales into regions
68-401: Is a biogeographic regionalisation of Australia developed by the Australian government's Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population, and Communities . It was developed for use as a planning tool, for example for the establishment of a national reserve system . The first version of IBRA was developed in 1993–94 and published in 1995. Within the broadest scale, Australia is
85-525: Is a land area made up of a group of interacting ecosystems that are repeated in similar form across the landscape. Regions and subregion cross state and territory boundaries. The bioregions that are located within all or part of New South Wales include: New South Wales is also informally divided into a smaller number of regions. These regions have no general administrative function or status. Many of them are only vaguely defined, or are defined in different ways for different purposes. For example, departments of
102-560: Is a non-capital, urban region of one or more adjoining areas, with a population of 25,000 or more. The SDist is defined with consideration of a 20-year growth forecast. The SDist does not need to conform to LGA boundaries or to state territory boundaries. The thirteen Statistical Districts in New South Wales are: The Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) is a biogeographic regionalisation of Australia; divided into 89 bioregions and 419 subregions. Each region
119-423: Is as follows: This classification subdivides the most commonly accepted notion of "The Riverina" into two separate regions, "Riverina" and "The Murray". The "Blue Mountains" is also included as it own distinct region, which is usually considered a district of the state capital "Sydney". Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia The Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia ( IBRA )
136-657: Is included with the Southern Highlands and parts of the South West Slopes in the district that is known as Capital Country . In a wider sense, the term "Southern Tablelands" is also sometimes used to describe a broader region that includes the Monaro , the Southern Highlands and Australia's capital Canberra. The Southern Tablelands Temperate Grassland is a prominent vegetation community in
153-457: The local government areas . The types of LGAs in New South Wales are cities , municipalities , shires and regions . New South Wales has more than 150 local government areas which have an elected council and carry out various functions delegated to them by the Government of New South Wales . The Australian Bureau of Statistics has moved towards a new Geographical Classification called
170-728: The Australian Bureau of Statistics has multiple regional structures for which it analyses and reports data. These regional structures derive from the Australian Standard Geographical Classification (AGSC). The AGSC defines at the very smallest level, the Census Collection District (CCD). These CCD's aggregate to form the Statistical Local Area (SLA), which is the common base unit for each of
187-557: The Australian Statistical Geography Standard. Geography is now divided into Statistical Area Level 1, 2, 3, and 4. Statistical Area Level 4 is the highest (regions of a State) and Statistical Area Level 1 being the lower (Mesh blocks are more refined but not readily available apart from the Census of Population and Housing). For older statistics, such as the 2006 Census of Population and Housing,
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#1732773179897204-814: The New South Wales government, such as the New South Wales Police Force , or the Ministry of Health , define regions of the State for their own internal administrative purposes. These regions may be defined in completely different ways, as shown by the maps in the references. The original basis for descriptive regional names in New South Wales is based on the geography of the State. The State can be divided into four components: These four components are then typically divided into north, central and southern components based upon their location relative to Sydney . This two-way subdivision gives rise to
221-522: The generic pattern of regions, and in some cases, subregions: The Australian Bureau of Meteorology divides New South Wales into sixteen districts. The Department of State and Regional Development lists fourteen regions in New South Wales. The Office of Local Government listed twelve regions: Local governments in New South Wales have created regional groupings. The NSW Regional Organisations of Councils , typically with names like " Western Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils " (WSROC) have
238-578: The larger regional structures. The boundaries of the SLA are designed to be typically coterminous with Local Government Areas unless the LGA does not fit entirely into a Statistical Subdivision (SSD), or is not of a comparative nature to other LGA's. Bureau of Statistics provides statistics for Local Government Areas, as well as three other statistical structures: Statistical Divisions , Statistical Regions , and Statistical Districts . Statistical Divisions (SD) form
255-764: The main function of lobbying the State Government on various matters, coordinating economic development, joint purchasing between councils and regional promotion. They have no formal administrative function. There are thirteen networks of regional organisation, in addition to the six networks in Greater Metropolitan Sydney: The NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment divides New South Wales into ten regions: The New South Wales Ministry of Health divided New South Wales into fifteen separate regions, called Local Health Districts. These are: Additionally,
272-423: The main structural hierarchy of statistical analysis. These regions are structured to provide a broad range of social , demographic and economic statistics. The basis for the boundary delineations center on socioeconomic criteria. The thirteen divisions for New South Wales are: The Statistical Region (SR) structure was established in 1986 as a means for labor force analysis. The Statistical District (SDist)
289-565: The region. 93.5 Eagle FM , a radio station based in Goulburn , broadcasts to the majority of the Southern Tablelands. This Southern Tablelands geography article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Regions of New South Wales In New South Wales on the third tier of elected government after the federal and state governments are the local government authorities, which are responsible for
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