Catalogue
Datasets for the ‘Geography’ Category
| Dataset | Description | Agency | Date Updated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (December 2009) | This dataset reflects the boundaries of a State or Territory created following periodic redistribution of electoral boundaries as required by legislation. The individual datasets collectively form the Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries. Aspatial attribution includes Electoral Division name and area. |
Australian Electoral Commission | 2009-12 |
| Licensed Broadcasting Transmitter Data | The dataset provides information on licensed broadcasting transmitters operating in the broadcast services bands. Listed are AM Radio, FM Radio, Analog TV, Digital TV, Digital Radio, and temporary services associated with Special Events, Test Transmissions and Temporary Community Broadcasting Licences (TCBLs). |
Australian Communications and Media Authority | 2010-05-13 |
| National Parks and Asset Locations (South Australia) | The location of assets located within South Australian National Parks. The zip file contains shape file defining park boundaries, some reference layers and asset locations. |
Department for Environment and Heritage (SA) | 2009-08-03 |
| NSW Rural Fire Service – Current Incidents | List of current incidents from the NSW Rural Fire Service, and includes GeoRSS data and Major Fire Update summary information where available. |
NSW Rural Fire Service | |
| NSW Rural Fire Service – Major Updates | Summary update for major fires burning in New South Wales. |
NSW Rural Fire Service | |
| Frog Atlas – SA | South Australian Department For Environment and Heritage (DEH) | ||
| Beachwatch and Harbourwatch Daily Bulletins | Current predicted likelihood of pollution at Sydney’s ocean beaches and harbours. |
NSW Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water | 2009-09-25 |
| Location of legal assistance service providers | Location of legal assistance service providers |
Attorney General's Department | 2009-09-25 |
| Location of Lawyers and legal service providers by town | Location of Lawyers and legal service providers by town |
Attorney General's Department | 2009-09-25 |
| Distance to legal service providers from disadvantaged suburbs | Distance to legal service providers from disadvantaged suburbs |
Attorney General’s Department | 2009-09-25 |
| Local Government Boundaries Annual Extract Queensland | The Administrative Boundaries – Local Government Boundaries Dataset is the spatial representation of the Local Government areas of Queensland. The dataset provides the map base for systems dealing with Local Government areas and provides data in order to generate hard copy map products. The dataset is a reference layer for spatial information systems in Queensland. |
Queensland Department of Environment and Resource Management | 2009-09-14 |
| Property Boundaries Annual Extract Queensland (Lite DCDB) | The Digital Cadastre DataBase (DCDB) is the spatial representation of the property boundaries and the related property descriptions of Queensland. The DCDB provides the map base for systems dealing with land and land related information and provides data in order to generate hard copy map products. This polygon layer is a subset of the complete [...] |
Queensland Department of Environment and Resource Management | 2009-09-14 |
| Surface Water Gauging Stations Queensland | Gauging Stations Network Locations Queensland is a point coverage captured and stored in ArcGIS depicting the location of the current gauging stations network in Queensland. |
Queensland Department of Environment and Resource Management | 2009-09-14 |
| Groundwater Observation Bore Sites | Existing sub-artesian observation bores owned or managed by the Queensland Department of Natural Resource that comprise the Groundwater Monitoring Network. The bores in the network are monitored on a regular and scheduled basis. |
Queensland Department of Environment and Resource Management | 2009-09-14 |
| Drainage Basins Queensland | The boundaries and names of the Queensland Drainage Basins are as defined by the Australian Water Resources Management Committee (WRMC). Information includes the name and number of each drainage basin. The capture scale for this dataset is 1:100 000. |
Queensland Department of Environment and Resource Management | 2009-09-14 |
| Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia (IMCRA) v4.0 – Provincial Bioregions | An inshore regionalisation of Australian waters derived from biological and physical data, including the distribution of demersal fishes, marine plants and invertebrates, sea floor geomorphology and sediments, and oceanographic data. |
Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts | 2006-11-01 |
| Queensland Wetlands Mapping – Estates Layer including National Parks, Conservation Areas & Forest Reserves | Queensland Wetlands Mapping – Estates Layer including National Parks, Conservation Areas & Forest Reserves |
Queensland Department of Environment and Resource Management | 2009-09-14 |
| Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia (IMCRA) v4.0 – Meso-scale Bioregions | An inshore regionalisation of Australian waters derived from biological and physical data, including the distribution of demersal fishes, marine plants and invertebrates, sea floor geomorphology and sediments, and oceanographic data. |
Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts | 2006-11-01 |
| Queensland Wetlands Data – Wetlands | This dataset provides mapping of water bodies and wetland regional ecosystems at 1:100,000 scale across Queensland. |
Queensland Department of Environment and Resource Management | 2009-09-14 |
| Commonwealth Marine Protected Areas Managed by DEWHA | The data contains spatial and contextual information about Commonwealth Marine Protected Areas (MPA’s) under the jurisdiction of the Commonwealth governments Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, which are managed by the Australian Government Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. |
Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts | 2007-08-31 |
| Murray-Darling Basin Boundary – Water Act 2007 | The boundary of the Murray-Darling Basin as defined in Section 4 (1) of the Water Act 2007. The boundary was derived from the dataset that is titled “Australia’s River Basins 1997″ and is dated 30 June 1997. |
Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts | 2008-04-03 |
| Australia, World Heritage Areas | Australia properties on the World heritage list. |
Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts | 2007-10-30 |
| South Australian Boat Ramp Locator | Department for Transport, Energy and Infrastructure (SA) | 2009-03 | |
| Land Use of Australia, Version 3 – 2001/2002 | The 2001/02 Land Use of Australia, Version 3, is part of a series of land use maps of Australia for the years 1992/93, 1993/94, 1996/97, 1998/99, 2000/01 and 2001/02. |
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry | |
| Integrated Vegetation Cover (2003), Version 1 | Represents vegetation cover across Australia and was compiled by integrating a number of recent vegetation-related datasets. |
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry | |
| Forests of Australia 2003 | The Commonwealth applies a national classification to the State and Territory data for forest type, cover, extent and tenure, enabling analyses and reporting of Australia’s forest estate. |
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry | |
| Northern Territory Place Names | Northern Territory place names register extract, containing locations of aboriginal communities, ambulance stations, roadhouses, urban parks, post offices, museums, libraries, fire stations, colleges and schools. |
Department of Planning and Infrastructure (NT) | 2009-09-21 |
| Current And Future Road Reports and Traffic Restrictions In South Australia | Department for Transport, Energy and Infrastructure (SA) | ||
| TOLT – Public Toilets (ACT) | Location and attribute detail of Parks Conservation and Lands (PCL) public toilets – located within major urban open space locations across the Australian Capital Territory. |
Territory and Municipal Services (TAMS) (ACT) | 2009-09-15 |
| Australian Atlas of Mineral Resources, Mines and Processing Centres | The Atlas delivers authoritative minerals and mining information to individual Australians and provides a virtual-showcase of the industry for global audiences. |
Geoscience Australia | 2009 |
| PLGR – Playgrounds (ACT) | Location and attribute detail of Parks Conservation and Lands (PCL) playgrounds – located within major urban open space locations across the Australian Capital Territory. |
Territory and Municipal Services (TAMS) (ACT) | 2009-09-11 |
| South Australian Recreational Boating Hazards Map | Department for Transport, Energy and Infrastructure (SA) | 2009-08-24 | |
| Australian Federal Electoral Boundaries (February 2009) | Australian Federal Electoral Boundary Information. Superseded by “Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (December 2009)”. Retained for archive purposes. |
Australian Electoral Commission | 2009-02-16 |
| South Australian Road Crash Statistics | Feed from SAPOL (http://www.transport.sa.gov.au/data/sarcs.xml) It displays certain information about the current South Australian road crash statistics. An example of this data used in a web page can be found at http://www.dtei.sa.gov.au/roadsafety/home. This page uses the “Serious Injuries” and “Fatalities” statistics |
Department for Transport, Energy and Infrastructure (SA) | |
| Location of ACT Schools | ACT School addresses, including longitude and latitude |
Department of Education and Training (ACT) | 2008-11 |
| ACT – Barbecue (BBQ) Locations | Location and attribute detail of Parks Conservation and Lands (PCL) barbecues – located within major urban open space locations across the Australian Capital Territory. |
Territory and Municipal Services (TAMS) (ACT) |


