THE PROVINCE OF NEW SOUTH WALES DATES FROM 1881 AND ORIGINALLY SHARED ITS HEADQUARTERS WITH THE INSTITUTIONAL MOTHER HOUSE IN NORTH SYDNEY. BY 1889 DIFFICULTIES WITH COMMUNICATIONS LED TO THE DIVISION OF THE PROVINCE INTO TWO - SYDNEY AND ARMIDALE. IN 1905 WILCANNIA-FORBES ALSO BECAME A SEPARATE PROVINCE. IN 1925 A RE-ORGANISATION TOOK PLACE WITH ARMIDALE TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR LISMORE AND SYDNEY THE REST OF THE STATE. CONTINUED GROWTH SAW THE SYDNEY PROVINCE DIVIDED INTO SYDNEY AND CANBERRA-GOULBURN-WILCANNIA-FORBES PROVINCES. 1969 SAW THE LARGEST NUMBER OF NEW SOUTH WALES PROVINCES WITH THE DIVISION OF SYDNEY INTO SYDNEY SOUTH AND SYDNEY NORTH. BY 1981 DECLINING NUMBERS FORCED THE AMALGAMATION OF THE TWO SYDNEY PROVINCES FOLLOWED BY A SIMILAR PROCESS OF AMALGAMATION OF THE OTHER PROVINCES INTO ONE STATE PROVINCE IN 1983 WITH CROYDON AS THE PROVINCIAL HOUSE. | 
