New South Wales contains 549 separate Protected Areas with a total land area of 4,953,271 hectares (6.18% of the state’s area). 150 of these are National parks, totalling 4,172,308 hectares (5.21% of the state’s area).
... January 7 - The distress signal[?] "CQD" is established only to be replaced two years later by "SOS."
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