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Display name	Classification 1	Classification 2	Description	Type	Metadata contact organization	Keywords	Preview
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter	Climate	Precipitation	Precipitation of Coldest Quarter	Environmental	WorldClim		more information
Vegetation types - present	Vegetation		Current major vegetation group (class)	Contextual	ERIN		more information
Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0	Vegetation		Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0	Contextual	Department of Agriculture and Water Resources : Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences	indigenous, aboriginal, torres strait, forest, estate	more information
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter	Climate	Precipitation	Precipitation of Warmest Quarter	Environmental	WorldClim		more information
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter	Climate	Precipitation	Precipitation of Wettest Quarter	Environmental	WorldClim		more information
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month	Climate	Precipitation	Precipitation of Wettest Month	Environmental	WorldClim		more information
WorldClim: Temperature - driest quarter mean	Climate	Temperature	Mean Temperature of Driest Quarter	Environmental	WorldClim	precipitation, rain, bio09	more information
Phylloxera Infection Zone - Albury, New South Wales	Sensitive Data Layers	Phylloxera Infection Zones	Phylloxera Infection Zone - Albury, New South Wales	Contextual	www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/biosecurity/plant	sds	more information
Phylloxera Infection Zone - Upton, Victoria	Sensitive Data Layers	Phylloxera Infection Zone	Phylloxera Infection Zone - Upton, Victoria	Contextual	http://www.dpi.vic.gov.au/	sds	more information
Hunter Analysis Mask	Area Management	Great Eastern Ranges	ger hunter analysis mask	Contextual	GER	GER, administrative, manage, region	more information
NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups	Vegetation	Classification	Major Vegetation Groups were identified to summarise the type and distribution of Australia's native vegetation. The classification contains different mixes of plant species within the canopy, shrub or ground layers, but are structurally similar and are often dominated by a single genus. In a mapping sense, the groups reflect the dominant vegetation occurring in a map unit where there are a mix of several vegetation types. Subdominant vegetation groups which may also be present in the map unit are not shown. For example, the dominant vegetation in an area may be mapped as dominated by eucalypt open forest, although it contains pockets of rainforest, shrubland and grassland vegetation as subdominants.	Contextual	http://www.environment.gov.au/fed/catalog/search/resource/details.page?uuid=%7Beade4b5f-6a30-46ae-86d8-58ed374ddc72%7D	dominant, tree, forest, woodland, canopy, understory	more information
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range	Climate	Temperature	Temperature Annual Range	Environmental	WorldClim		more information
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max	Climate	Temperature	Max Temperature of Warmest Month	Environmental	WorldClim		more information
WorldClim: Precipitation - wettest month	Climate	Precipitation	Precipitation of Wettest Month	Environmental	WorldClim	rain, bio13	more information
Local Government Areas PSMA 2018	Political		Local Government Areas	Contextual	PSMA Australia Limited	psma, local government, boundaries	more information
Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021	Political	Electoral Boundaries	Commonwealth Electoral Divisions are an ABS Mesh Block approximation of Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) federal electoral divisions. AEC electoral divisions are areas legally prescribed for the purpose of returning members to the House of Representatives. ABS Commonwealth Electoral Divisions are based on the AEC electoral division boundaries available prior to publication. Commonwealth Electoral Divisions may change as the AEC revise their boundaries. Where this occurs, Commonwealth Electoral Divisions will be updated annually, together with updates to other Non ABS Structures. The 2021 Commonwealth Electoral Divisions remain current at this time. ABS approximations of administrative boundaries do not match official legal boundaries and should only be used for statistical purposes. There are 170 Commonwealth Electoral Divisions covering the whole of Australia without gaps or overlaps. This incorporates 19 non-spatial special purpose codes including a new Outside Australia code. Further information regarding types of special purpose codes can be found in the Commonwealth Electoral Division coding structure section below. in WGS84 CRS.	Contextual	Australian Bureau of Statistics	election, electoral divisions, electoral, elect, commonwealth	more information
WorldClim: Precipitation - warmest quarter	Climate	Precipitation	Precipitation of Warmest Quarter	Environmental	WorldClim	rain, bio18	more information
WorldClim: Precipitation - wettest quarter	Climate	Precipitation	Precipitation of Wettest Quarter	Environmental	WorldClim	rain, bio16	more information
Local Government Areas 2023	Social	Local Government Areas	Local Government Areas are an ABS Mesh Block approximation of gazetted local government boundaries as defined by each state and territory. ABS approximations of administrative boundaries do not match official legal boundaries and should only be used for statistical purposes. in WGS84 CRS.	Contextual	Australian Bureau of Statistics	local, government, areas, lga, lgas	more information
WorldClim: Temperature - coldest quarter mean	Climate	Temperature	Mean Temperature of Coldest Quarter	Environmental	WorldClim	bio11	more information
WorldClim: Temperature - warmest quarter mean	Climate	Temperature	Mean Temperature of Warmest Quarter	Environmental	WorldClim	bio10	more information
WorldClim: Temperature - wettest quarter mean	Climate	Temperature	Mean Temperature of Wettest Quarter	Environmental	WorldClim	rain, precipitation, bio08	more information
WorldClim: Temperature - warmest month max	Climate	Temperature	Max Temperature of Warmest Month	Environmental	WorldClim	bio05	more information
WorldClim: Temperature - seasonality	Climate	Temperature	Temperature Seasonality	Environmental	WorldClim	range, mean, ratio, bio04	more information
Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated	Political		LGA Boundaries (superceeded by update Local Government Areas 2012_02_17)	Contextual	ANZLIC	local, government, area, administate, region, state, territory	more information
Species Richness	Biodiversity		Species Richness	Environmental	ALA-SPATIAL	diversity, occurrence, sample, average	more information
WorldClim: Temperature - coldest month min	Climate	Temperature	Min Temperature of Coldest Month	Environmental	WorldClim	bio06	more information
Australian Coral Ecoregions	Area Management	Biodiversity	Australian Coral Ecoregions	Contextual	Coral Reef Research - J.E.N. Veron	coral	more information
Hunter Areas Of Interest	Area Management	Great Eastern Ranges	ger hunter areas of interest	Contextual	GER	GER, administrative, manage, region	more information
K2C Management Regions	Area Management	Great Eastern Ranges	ger k2c management regions	Contextual	GER	GER, manage, adminstrate, region, border, coast, hunter, Kosciuszko, slope, summit, region	more information
Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09)	Climate	Temperature	Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09)	Environmental	CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences		more information
Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26)	Climate	Solar radiation	Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26)	Environmental	CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences	solar, sun	more information
S2S Priority Area Billabong Creek v01	Area Management	Great Eastern Ranges	ger priority area billabong creek	Contextual	GER	GER, slope, summit, region	more information
Radiation - annual mean (Bio20)	Climate	Solar radiation	Radiation - annual mean (Bio20)	Environmental	CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences	solar, sun	more information
Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19)	Climate	Precipitation	Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19)	Environmental	CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences	rain	more information
Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16)	Climate	Precipitation	Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16)	Environmental	CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences	rain	more information
S2S Priority Areas v05	Area Management	Great Eastern Ranges	ger s2s priority areas	Contextual	GER	GER, slope, summit, manage, region	more information
State Electoral Divisions 2022	Political	Electoral Boundaries	State Electoral Divisions are an ABS Mesh Block approximation of state electoral districts as defined by state and territory electoral commissions. A state electoral district is an area legally prescribed for the purpose of returning one or more members to the state or territory lower houses of parliament, or the relevant equivalent. State Electoral Divisions are based on the most up to date state electoral districts available prior to publication. State Electoral Divisions may change as State or Territory authorities revise their boundaries. When this occurs, State Electoral Divisions will be updated annually together with updates of other Non ABS Structures. ABS approximations of administrative boundaries do not match official legal boundaries, and should only be used for statistical purposes. Victoria, Western Australia, and Tasmania have extra boundaries that represent their upper house state electoral districts, and these are represented in the State Electoral Division names and coding structure. in WGS84 CRS.	Contextual	Australian Bureau of Statistics	election, electoral, boundary, electoral divisions	more information
GER Jaliigirr	Area Management	Great Eastern Ranges	GER Jaliigirr	Contextual	GER	GER	more information
IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions	Biodiversity	Region	IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions	Contextual	Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities	Bioregion, regionalisation	more information
Phylloxera Infection Zone - Whitebridge, Victoria	Sensitive Data Layers	Phylloxera Infection Zone	Phylloxera Infection Zone - Whitebridge, Victoria	Contextual	http://www.dpi.vic.gov.au/	sds	more information
Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023	Area Management	Biodiversity	The Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions dataset is maintained for the purpose of authoritative reporting on the Australian Government's NRM investments. The dataset is designed to cover all Australian territory where Australian Government funded NRM projects might take place and includes major islands, external territories, and state and coastal waters in addition to the NRM regional boundaries. Whilst the boundaries of NRM Regions are defined by legislation in some states and territories, this dataset should not be used to represent legal boundaries in any way. It is an administrative dataset developed for the purpose of reporting and public information. It should be noted that from time to time the states and/or territories may revise their regional boundaries in accordance with local needs and therefore alterations to either the attribution or boundaries of the data may occur in the future. In WGS84 CRs.	Contextual	Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water	agriculture, nrm, natural, resource, management	more information
Indigenous Locations 2021	Indigenous	Locations	The Indigenous Structure is a geographical standard for the publication and analysis of statistics about the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples of Australia. Indigenous Locations (ILOCs) represent small Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities (urban and rural) with a minimum population of about 90 people. In WGS84 CRS.	Contextual	Australian Bureau of Statistics	indigenous, locations, ATSI	more information
Indigenous Regions 2021	Indigenous	Regions	The Indigenous Structure is a geographical standard for the publication and analysis of statistics about the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples of Australia. Indigenous Regions (IREGs) are large geographical areas based on historical boundaries. The larger population of Indigenous Regions enables highly detailed analysis.	Contextual	Australian Bureau of Statistics	indigenous, regions, ATSI	more information
Australian Drainage Divisions 2021	Hydrology	Drainage	Australian Drainage Divisions are an ABS Mesh Block approximation of drainage divisions provided through the Bureau of Meteorology’s Australian Hydrological Geospatial Fabric. Australian Drainage Divisions are created to enable the release of ABS data on areas that approximate those provided in the Australian Hydrological Geospatial Fabric. ABS approximations of administrative boundaries do not match official legal boundaries and should only be used for statistical purposes. There are 17 Australian Drainage Divisions covering the whole of Australia without gaps or overlaps. This incorporates 3 non-spatial special purpose codes including a new Outside Australia code. Further information regarding types of special purpose codes can be found in the Australian Drainage Division coding structure section below. The Other Territories of Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Christmas Island and Norfolk Island are each represented by a single Australian Drainage Division - Unclassified (Aust.). Jervis Bay is included in the Australian Drainage Division of South East Coast (NSW). In WGS84 CRS.	Contextual	Australian Bureau of Statistics	drainage, drainage divisions	more information
PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016)	Political	Culture		Contextual	PSMA Australia Limited	psma, indigenous, boundaries	more information
Statistical Areas Level 2	Social	Statistical Areas	Statistical Areas Level 2 (SA2s) are medium-sized general purpose areas built up from whole Statistical Areas Level 1 (SA1s). Their purpose is to represent a community that interacts together socially and economically. in WGS84 CRS.	Contextual	Australian Bureau of Statistics	statistical, areas	more information
Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0	Vegetation		Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 is a continental dataset of forest extent by national forest categories and types. It was developed from multiple forest, vegetation and land cover data inputs, including contributions from relevant Australian, state and territory government agencies and external sources. A forest is defined in this dataset as "An area, incorporating all living and non-living components, that is dominated by trees having usually a single stem and a mature or potentially mature stand height exceeding two metres and with existing or potential crown cover of overstorey strata about equal to or greater than 20 per cent. This includes Australia's diverse native forests and plantations, regardless of age. It is also sufficiently broad to encompass areas of trees that are sometimes described as woodlands". The dataset was compiled by the National Forest Inventory (NFI) - a collaborative partnership between the Australian and state and territory governments - whose role is to collate, integrate and communicate information on Australia's forests. States and Territories agencies collect forest data using independent methods and at varying scales or resolutions. The NFI, through the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES), applies a national classification to state and territory data to allow seamless integration. Independent and multiple sources of external data are used to fill data gaps and improve the quality of the final dataset. Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 presents the new NFI classification with three national forest categories, as reported by the NFI in Australia's State of the Forests Report 2013 (SOFR 2013), and replaces the spatial dataset titled Forests of Australia (2013). The three national forest categories are: Native forest, Industrial plantations and Other forests. The 'Native forest' category has previously been reported by the NFI, however, 'Industrial plantations' and 'Other forests' are new categories for planted forests: 'Industrial plantations', for plantations managed commercially and reported through the National Plantation Inventory (NPI), and 'Other forest' for planted forest not managed commercially or otherwise not reported through the NPI. Forests of Australia dataset series are produced to fulfil requirements of the Australia's National Forest Policy Statement (NFPS) and the Regional Forests Agreement (RFA) Act 2002. The dataset is used for domestic and international reporting.	Contextual	Department of Agriculture and Water Resources : Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences	forest, australia	more information
Australia 2021	Social		Australia is the largest geographic area in the Main Structure of the ASGS. The ASGS uses the geographic definition of Australia described in further detail here: https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/standards/australian-statistical-geography-standard-asgs-edition-3/jul2021-jun2026/methodology#definition-of-australia in WGS84 CRS.	Contextual	Australian Bureau of Statistics	australia, au, aus	more information
Destination Zones 2021	Social	Destination Zones	Destination Zones are co-designed with state and territory transport authorities for the analysis of Place of Work Census of Population and Housing data, commuting patterns and the development of transport policy. In WGS84 CRS.	Contextual	Australian Bureau of Statistics	destination, destination zones, dz	more information
Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021	Social	Statistical Areas	Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (GCCSAs) are geographic areas built from Statistical Areas Level 4 (SA4s). GCCSA boundaries represent labour markets and the functional area of Australian capital cities respectively. They are designed with an emphasis on stability over time to support the time series of statistical releases such as the Quarterly Labour Force publication. in WGS84 CRS.	Contextual	Australian Bureau of Statistics	statistical, areas, gccsa, capital, capitals	more information
Indigenous Areas 2021	Indigenous	Areas	The Indigenous Structure is a geographical standard for the publication and analysis of statistics about the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples of Australia. Indigenous Areas (IAREs) are medium sized geographical areas designed to facilitate the release of more detailed statistics for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. In WGS84 CRS.	Contextual	Australian Bureau of Statistics	indigenous, areas, ATSI	more information
PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016)	Political	Culture		Contextual	PSMA Australia Limited	psma, indigenous, boundaries	more information
Tourism Regions 2021	Social	Tourism	Tourism Regions are an ABS approximation of tourism regions provided by Tourism Research Australia (TRA). They are administrative regions primarily used by Tourism Research Australia for research and policy purposes. ABS approximations of administrative boundaries do not match official legal boundaries and should only be used for statistical purposes. In WGS84 CRS.	Contextual	Australian Bureau of Statistics	tourism, regions, tourism regions	more information
Statistical Areas Level 4	Social	Statistical Areas	Statistical Area Level 4 (SA4s) are geographic areas built from whole Statistical Areas Level 3 (SA3s). SA4s are the largest sub-state regions in the Main Structure of the ASGS and are designed for the output of a variety of regional data, including data from the 2021 Census of Population and Housing. SA4 boundaries represent labour markets and the functional area of Australian capital cities respectively. They are designed with an emphasis on stability over time to support the time series of statistical releases such as the Quarterly Labour Force publication. These areas represent labour markets or groups of labour markets within each state and territory. In WGS84.	Contextual	Australian Bureau of Statistics	statistical, areas	more information
Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0	Vegetation		Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 is a continental dataset of tenure classified into national forest tenure classes: Multiple Use Public Forest, Nature Conservation Reserves, Other Crown Land, Leasehold, Private Freehold and Unresolved Tenure. The dataset combines forest cover with land tenure information. The forest cover information was sourced from the Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 dataset, an update of the Forests of Australia (2013) dataset, reclassified in order to align the national forest types and national forest categories of the National Forest Inventory (NFI) forest cover dataset with those reported in Australia's State of the Forests Report 2013 (SOFR 2013). The land tenure information was sourced from the commercially available Public Sector Mapping Agency (PSMA) CADLite and Tenure datasets, and tenure data obtained from the former Forests NSW (now Forestry Corporation of NSW). The NFI - a collaborative partnership between the Australian and state and territory governments, whose role is to collate, integrate and communicate information on Australia's forests - used information from these sources to compile a national tenure dataset by applying a national classification to the data supplied by the states and territories to allow seamless integration. As with previous versions, this Tenure of Australia's Forests (2013) v2.0 dataset was produced by combining the NFI land tenure dataset with the most recent Forests of Australia dataset. The only difference between the Tenure of Australia's Forests (2013) and the Tenure of Australia's Forests (2013) v2.0 is that the latter has the updated national forest cover types and new national forest categories. The underlying land tenure data is the same in both versions of the 2013 forest tenure datasets.	Contextual	Department of Agriculture and Water Resources : Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences	forest, australia	more information
Statistical Areas Level 3	Social	Statistical Areas	Statistical Areas Level 3 (SA3s) are geographic areas built from whole Statistical Areas Level 2 (SA2s). They are designed for the output of regional data, including 2021 Census of Population and Housing data. SA3s create a standard framework for the analysis of ABS data at the regional level through clustering groups of SA2s that have similar regional characteristics. Whole SA3s aggregate to form Statistical Areas Level 4 (SA4s). In WGS84 CRS.	Contextual	Australian Bureau of Statistics	statistical, areas	more information
States and Territories 2021	Social	States and Territories	The ASGS State and Territory boundaries are a cartographic representation of legally designated boundaries and therefore should not be used for legal purposes. In general, the total area of each State and Territory, including their offshore islands, is used for statistical purposes as a separate geographic area in the ASGS. However, the Jervis Bay Territory, and the Territories of Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Norfolk Island are included as one geographic area at the State and Territory level under the category of Other Territories. In WGS84 CRS.	Contextual	Australian Bureau of Statistics	state, territory, states, territories	more information
Western Australian Biodiversity Science Research Priority Regions	Land Management	Biodiversity	The Western Australian Biodiversity Science Research Priority Regions outlines the regions that underpin the Research Plan published by the Western Australian Biodiversity Science Institute (WABSI). The purpose of the Research Plan is to identify key biodiversity research priorities within Western Australia, by regions, and the process through which a comprehensive program of research will be further developed to better-address those priorities. The Research Plan is focused on supporting the needs of end users including: business and industrial interests such as the mineral resources sector and urban developers, land managers; conservation managers, government agencies, regulators, consultants, researchers and other science leaders. Two outcomes are envisioned: Biodiversity conservation — More effective and efficient strategies for setting priorities, managing and conserving Western Australia’s biodiversity. Facilitation of sustainable development — More effective, transparent, efficient and timely processes for environmental assessment, regulation and management. This will reduce risk to developers The Research Priority Regions reflect a requirement to have all science undertaken through WABSI linked to a program of activity that is targeted at a geographic area of the State, recognising research issues at the single region, multiple region and state scale. The focus on regions will assist in achieving the required integration between end users and each of the interrelated research nodes. WABSI Research Priority Regions are based on the Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA), version 7, except for the South-West Region which is based on the Wheatbelt of WA (clearing line) (note relevant licensing acknowledgement below).	Contextual	Western Australian Biodiversity Science Institute	WABSI, Biodiversity Science, Research Priorities, Western Australia, Restoration Ecology, Invasive Species, Climate Change, Fire, Vegetation Survey, Biodiversity Information, Specie Re-Introduction, ex-situ Conservation	more information
Fruit Fly Exclusion Zone - Tri State	Sensitive Data Layers	Fruit Fly Exclusion Zones	Fruit Fly Exclusion Zone - Tri State	Contextual		sds	more information
CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial	Area Management		The Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database (CAPAD) 2020 provides both spatial and textual information about government, Indigenous and privately protected areas for Australia, in both the marine and terrestrial environments. This dataset is for terrestrial data only. State, Territory and the large NGO conservation agencies supplied data current for 30 June 2020. This is the eleventh version of the terrestrial database, with previous versions released in 1997, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016 and 2018. The Department also publishes protected areas data for the marine environment. "CAPAD 2020 - Marine" contains spatial and text information about offshore protected areas, for both State and Commonwealth waters. Previous versions of CAPAD marine information have been published in 1997, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016 and 2018.	Contextual	Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment	IUCN, reserve, park, conservation, wilderness	more information
PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016)	Political			Contextual	PSMA Australia Limited	psma, remoteness, boundaries	more information
CAPAD 2020 Marine	Area Management		The Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database (CAPAD) 2020 provides both spatial and textual information about government, Indigenous and privately protected areas for Australia, in both the marine and terrestrial environments. This dataset is for terrestrial data only. State, Territory and the large NGO conservation agencies supplied data current for 30 June 2020. This is the eleventh version of the terrestrial database, with previous versions released in 1997, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016 and 2018. The Department also publishes protected areas data for the marine environment. "CAPAD 2020 - Marine" contains spatial and text information about offshore protected areas, for both State and Commonwealth waters. Previous versions of CAPAD marine information have been published in 1997, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016 and 2018.	Contextual	Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment	IUCN, reserve, park, conservation, wilderness	more information
Elevation	Topography		Elevation (metres above mean sea level)	Environmental	GA	height, dem	more information
Vegetation types - native	Vegetation		Pre-European major vegetation groups (class)	Contextual	ERIN		more information
CAPAD 2022 - Marine (Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database)	Area Management	Conservation	During 2022 Commonwealth, state and territory nature conservation agencies, Indigenous Protected Area (IPA) managers and private protected area managers provided information on their terrestrial and marine protected areas. This information has been compiled into CAPAD 2022. CAPAD 2022 figures include interim protected areas. These are land parcels purchased or identified to become protected areas with binding agreements and are now in the process of getting formal recognition as a protected area. The Australian Government continues to work with data suppliers to improve the integrity of data submitted to CAPAD.	Contextual		capad, marine, conservation	more information
Phylloxera Infection Zone - Nagambie, Victoria	Sensitive Data Layers	Phylloxera Infection Zone	Phylloxera Infection Zone - Nagambie, Victoria	Contextual	http://www.dpi.vic.gov.au/	sds	more information
Remoteness Areas 2021	Social	Remoteness Areas	The Remoteness Structure defines Remoteness Areas for the purpose of releasing and analysing statistics. Remoteness Areas (RA) divide Australia into five classes of remoteness which are characterised by a measure of relative geographic access to services. Access to services is measured using the Accessibility/Remoteness Index of Australia Plus (ARIA+), produced by the Australian Centre for Housing Research (formerly the Hugo Centre for Population and Migration Studies) at the University of Adelaide. In WGS84 CRS.	Contextual	Australian Bureau of Statistics	remoteness areas, remote, ra	more information
WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality	Climate	Temperature	Isothermality	Environmental	WorldClim	diurnal, day, daily, season, ratio, bio03	more information
IBRA 6 Regions	Biodiversity	Region	Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia 6	Contextual	DSEWPaC	bioregion, ecoregion, system	more information
Multi Resolution Valley Bottom Flatness (MRVBF)	Topography		MrVBF is a topographic index designed to identify areas of deposited material at a range of scales based on the observations that valley bottoms are low and flat relative to their surroundings and that large valley bottoms are flatter than smaller ones. Zero values indicate erosional terrain with values 1 and larger indicating progressively larger areas of deposition. There is some evidence that MrVBF values correlate with depth of deposited material.	Environmental	CSIRO Data Access Portal	ridge, elevation, topography, mrvbf	more information
National Dynamic Land Cover	Vegetation		The National Dynamic Land Cover Dataset	Contextual	GA		more information
Multi Resolution Ridge Top Flatness (MRRTF)	Topography		MrRTF is a topographic index designed to identify high flat areas at a range of scales. It complements the MrVBF index that is designed to identify areas of deposited material in flat valley bottoms. Unlike MrVBF, the MrRTF index does not have a clear link to landform processes but it has been found to be a useful adjunct to MrVBF in landform classification. Zero values indicate areas that are steep or low, with values 1 and larger indicating progressively larger areas of high flat land.	Environmental	CSIRO Data Access Portal	ridge, elevation, topography, mrrtf	more information
Phylloxera Infection Zone - North East, Victoria	Sensitive Data Layers	Phylloxera Infection Zone	Phylloxera Infection Zone - North East, Victoria	Contextual	http://www.dpi.vic.gov.au/	sds	more information
Temperature - annual range (Bio07)	Climate	Temperature	Temperature - annual range (Bio07)	Environmental	CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences		more information
Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15)	Climate	Precipitation	Precipitation - seasonality ( (Bio15)	Environmental	CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences	rain	more information
IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions)	Area Management	Conservation	Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) version 7.0 represents a landscape based approach to classifying the land surface of Australia. 89 biogeographic regions and 419 sub regions have been delineated, each reflecting a unifying set of major environmental influences which shape the occurrence of flora and fauna and their interaction with the physical environment across Australia and its external territories (excluding Antarctica).	Contextual	Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water	IBRA, ibra, conservation, biodiversity	more information
Indigenous Protected Areas (IPAs) - Dedicated	Indigenous	Protected Areas	Details the Dedicated Indigenous Protected Areas (IPA) across Australia through the implementation of the Indigenous Protected Areas Programme. In WGS84 CRS.	Contextual	Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water	indigenous, IPAs, protected areas, protected	more information
Temperature - seasonality (Bio04)	Climate	Temperature	Temperature - seasonality (Bio04)	Environmental	CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences	variation, mean, ratio	more information
Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08)	Climate	Temperature	Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08)	Environmental	CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences	rain, precipitation	more information
Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06)	Climate	Temperature	Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06)	Environmental	CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences		more information
Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32)	Substrate	Moisture	Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32)	Environmental	CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences	soil, water, saturation	more information
Temperature - isothermality (Bio03)	Climate	Temperature	Temperature - isothermality (Bio03)	Environmental	CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences	day, daily, season, ratio	more information
Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28)	Substrate	Moisture	Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28)	Environmental	CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences	soil, water, saturation	more information
Ramsar Wetlands of Australia 2024	Area Management	Conservation	National dataset of Australia's Ramsar Wetlands. The Convention on Wetlands of International Importance (the Ramsar Convention) was signed in Ramsar, Iran on 2 February 1971. The Ramsar Convention aims to halt the worldwide loss of wetlands and to conserve, through wise use and management, those that remain. The Convention encourages member countries to nominate sites containing representative, rare or unique wetlands, or that are important for conserving biological diversity, to the List of Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar sites). Australia was one of the first countries to become a Contracting Party to the Convention and designated the world's first Ramsar site, Cobourg Peninsula, in 1974. This project was initiated by the Wetlands Section of the Australian Government Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. Spatial data was sourced from the relevant State and Territory agencies and compiled into a single national coverage. In WGS84 CRS.	Contextual	Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water	RAMSAR, wetlands	more information
Radiation - seasonality (Bio23)	Climate	Solar radiation	Radiation - seasonality (Bio23)	Environmental	CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences	solar, sun	more information
Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02)	Climate	Temperature	Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02)	Environmental	CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences		more information
Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18)	Climate	Precipitation	Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18)	Environmental	CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences	rain	more information
Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17)	Climate	Precipitation	Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17)	Environmental	CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences	rain	more information
NZ Land Registration Districts	Political		New Zealand Land Registration Districts	Contextual	http://www.linz.govt.nz/land/land-registration/land-transfer-system/land-registration-districts		more information
Precipitation - annual (Bio12)	Climate	Precipitation	Precipitation - annual (bio12)	Environmental	CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences	rain	more information
Bush Heritage Reserves April 2015	Area Management	Biodiversity	Bush Heritage Reserves as at 14/4/2015. Note that a subset of these reserves are included in the CAPAD terrestrial layers.	Contextual	http://www.bushheritage.org.au/places-we-protect	conservation	more information
World Country Boundaries	Political		Global Administrative Areas - World Boundary	Contextual	GADM	coast, island, nation, state, territory, political	more information
Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11)	Climate	Temperature	Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11)	Environmental	CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences		more information
Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10)	Climate	Temperature	Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10)	Environmental	CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences		more information
Temperature - annual mean (Bio01)	Climate	Temperature	Temperature - annual mean (Bio01)	Environmental	CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences		more information
NZ Land Provinces	Political		NZ land provinces as existed in 1876. Superseded by Land Districts	Contextual	https://koordinates.com/layer/4240-nz-regional-councils-2012-yearly-pattern/	history	more information
NZ Ecological Districts 1987	Biodiversity	Region	New Zealand Ecological Districts as at 1987 (v3). Multiple Districts form Ecological regions.	Contextual		domain, ecology	more information
Special Quarantine Zone - Torres Strait	Sensitive Data Layers	Special Quarantine Zones	Special Quarantine Zone - Torres Strait	Contextual		sds	more information
Phylloxera Infection Zone - Maroondah, Victoria	Sensitive Data Layers	Phylloxera Infection Zone	Phylloxera Infection Zone - Maroondah, Victoria	Contextual	http://www.dpi.vic.gov.au/	sds	more information
ASGS Australian States and Territories	Political		Australian Statistical Geography Standard Australian States and Territories	Contextual	Australian Bureau of Statistics	boundary, boundaries, coastline	more information
GER Kanangra-Boyd to Wyangala Link 2014	Area Management	Great Eastern Ranges	GER Kanangra-Boyd to Wyangala Link	Contextual		GER	more information
Great Eastern Ranges Initiative	Area Management	Great Eastern Ranges	GER Great Eastern Ranges Initiative	Contextual		GER	more information
RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024	Indigenous	RATSIB Areas	A "representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body" (RATSIB) is a body recognised by the Commonwealth under s 203AD of the NTA to represent native title holders and persons who may hold native title and to consult with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons within a specified area. A RATSIBs statutory functions are detailed in Part 11 Division 3 of the NTA and include: (a) facilitation and assistance to prepare and progress native title applications and negotiation of future act processes; (b) certification of native title applications and applications for registration of an ILUA; (c) resolution of disputes between constituents; (d) notification to persons who hold or may hold native title in the area of notices that relate to land and water in the RATSIB area; and (e) agreement making to be a party to ILUAs as appropriate in its specified area.	Contextual	National Native Title Tribunal	indigenous, ratsib, representative, title, native title	more information
GER Central Victorial Biolinks	Area Management	Great Eastern Ranges	GER Central Victorial Biolinks	Contextual		GER	more information
Indigenous Protected Areas 2013	Political	Culture	Indigenous Protected Areas as at August 2013	Contextual	http://www.nntt.gov.au/Pages/default.aspx	native, land, aboriginal	more information
Indigenous Land Use Agreements	Political	Culture	Registered and Notified Indigenous Land Use Agreements (ILUA) - agreement boundaries and core attributes about agreement	Contextual	http://www.nntt.gov.au/Pages/default.aspx	aboriginal, tribunal, land	more information
National Native Title Register (NNTR, Determinations of Native Title) - boundaries and core attributes	Political	Culture	This dataset reflects the boundaries of claimant and nonclaimant native title applications that have been determined in part or in full, together with attribution about that determination. This dataset is stored nationally. The National Native Title Register (s192, Native Title Act, Commonwealth), is a register containing information about each determination of native title by the Federal or High Court or by a recognized State or Territory body. Determinations are categorized by both process and outcome. Process will be by consent, litigation or unopposed. Outcome will be that native title will have been found to exist in full or part, or been extinguished. Those determinations subject to appeal are also noted.	Contextual	http://www.nntt.gov.au/	aboriginal, land, tribunal	more information
NSW Local Land Services Regions	Political		NSW Local Land Services regional boundaries were determined in 2013 following extensive community consultation. They are a composite of Local Government Areas	Contextual	http://www.lls.nsw.gov.au/	LGA, region	more information
Protected Zone - Australia Papua New Guinea	Sensitive Data Layers	Protected Zones	Protected Zone - Australia Papua New Guinea	Contextual	GA	sds	more information
Drainage Divisions Level 2	Hydrology		Drainage Divisions Level 2	Contextual	Bureau of Meterology	geofabric, catchment	more information
Drainage Divisions Level 1	Hydrology		Drainage Divisions Level 1	Contextual	Bureau of Meterology	geofabric, catchment	more information
Australian Marine Parks 2024	Marine	Boundaries	This dataset represents the network of Australian Marine Parks proclaimed in Commonwealth waters. Consistent with the Australian Government's commitment to develop a National Representative System of Marine Protected Areas, networks of marine parks have been proclaimed for Commonwealth waters across the North, North-west, South-west, Temperate East and Coral Sea Marine Regions and, most recently, in the Indian Ocean Territories. These networks build on previous marine protected area proclamations, including the South-east Marine Parks Network declared in 2007. This data contains spatial and contextual information about Australian Marine Parks proclaimed under the Commonwealth Government's Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, which are managed by Parks Australia, with the addition of Heard Island and McDonald Islands Marine Reserve, which is managed by the Australian Antarctic Division. In WGS84 CRS.	Contextual	Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water	marine, parks, regions	more information
IBRA 7 Subregions	Biodiversity	Region	IBRA 7 Subregions	Contextual	DSEWPaC	bioregion, ecoregion, system	more information
IBRA 7 Regions	Biodiversity	Region	Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA), Version 7 (Regions)	Contextual	DSEWPaC	bioregion, ecoregion, system	more information
Phylloxera Infection Zone - Sydney, New South Wales	Sensitive Data Layers	Phylloxera Infection Zones	Phylloxera Infection Zone - Sydney, New South Wales	Contextual	www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/biosecurity/plant	sds	more information
Indigenous Land Use Agreements	Indigenous	Land Use Agreements	Provides a spatial representation of native title matters, related to custodial statutory functions associated with Registers in support of the Native Title Act 1993. In WGS84 CRS.	Contextual	National Native Title Tribunal	indigenous, iluas, land use agreements, native title, native title agreements	more information
IMCRA v4.0 Meso-Scale Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia)	Area Management	Conservation	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. 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. The meso-scale regionalisation was compiled from information supplied to the Australian Government Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water by the relevant State, Northern Territory and Commonwealth marine research and management agencies. The seaward extent for the meso-scale IMCRA coverage is defined by the 200m isobath except where this boundary extends beyond the Australian Exclusive Economic Zone (AEEZ). In WGS84 CRS.	Contextual	Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water	IMCRA, meso, bioregions, marine, coast, coastal	more information
Atlas of Life in the Coastal Wilderness	Area Management		The ALCW Bioregion spans the landscape from the Great Dividing Range in the west, to the coast of New South Wales south from Bateman’s Marine Park and down to the northern coastal region of Victoria at Lakes Entrance.	Contextual	Atlas of Life in the Coastal Wilderness	climate, change, invasive, catalogue	more information
IMCRA v4.0 Provincial Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia)	Area Management	Conservation	A regionalisation of Australian waters (excluding waters adjacent to the Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands, and waters adjacent to the Australian Antarctic Territory) derived from deep-water demersal fish assemblages. In WGS84 CRS.	Contextual	Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water	IMCRA, provincial, bioregions, marine, coast, coastal	more information
Suburbs and Localities 2021	Social	Suburbs and Localities	Suburbs and Localities, formerly State Suburbs, are an ABS Mesh Block approximation of the officially recognised boundaries of suburbs (in cities and larger towns) and localities (outside cities and larger towns) as defined by the State and Territory governments of Australia. Suburbs and Localities are created to enable the release of ABS data on areas that approximate the official localities. This allows for the comparison of ABS data with other data collected using localities as the geographic reference. ABS approximations of administrative boundaries do not match official legal boundaries and should only be used for statistical purposes.	Contextual	Australian Bureau of Statistics	suburbs, localities, local	more information
IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon)	Area Management	Conservation		Contextual	Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water	IBRA, ibra, conservation, biodiversity, subregion	more information
Postal Areas 2021	Social	Postal Areas	Postal Areas are an ABS Mesh Block approximation of a general definition of postcodes. They enable comparison of ABS data with other data collected using postcodes as the geographic reference. ABS approximations of administrative boundaries do not match official legal boundaries and should only be used for statistical purposes.	Contextual	Australian Bureau of Statistics	postcodes, postal areas	more information
Potato Cyst Nematode Zones - Victoria	Sensitive Data Layers	Potato Cyst Nematode Zones	Potato Cyst Nematode Zones - Victoria	Contextual	http://www.dpi.vic.gov.au/	sds	more information
Directory of Important Wetlands	Area Management	Biodiversity	Directory of Important Wetlands Spatial Database including Wetlands Type and Criteria	Contextual	ERIN	reserve, water, bird	more information
RAMSAR wetland regions	Area Management	Biodiversity	RAMSAR wetland regions	Contextual	ERIN	reserve, water, bird	more information
Mesh Blocks 2021	Social	Mesh Blocks	Mesh Blocks are the smallest geographic areas defined by the ABS and form the building blocks for the larger regions of the Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS). They broadly identify land use such as residential, commercial, primary production and parks. Statistical Areas Level 1 (SA1s) are generally the smallest geographic unit used to release Census of Population and Housing data; however, for ASGS Edition 3, limited Census of Population and Housing data may also be available at the Mesh Block level.	Contextual	Australian Bureau of Statistics	mesh blocks, mesh	more information
Upper Hunter Focus Area v2	Area Management	Great Eastern Ranges	ger upper hunter focus area	Contextual	GER	GER, region	more information
IMCRA 4 Regions	Biodiversity	Region	Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia	Contextual	ERIN	bioregion, ecoregion, system, marine	more information
States including coastal waters	Marine	Boundaries	States (including coastal waters) - Australian Maritime Boundaries	Contextual	GA		more information
Exclusive Economic Zone	Marine	Boundaries	Exclusive Economic Zone - Australian Maritime Boundaries	Contextual	GA		more information
GER Border Ranges	Area Management	Great Eastern Ranges	GER Border Ranges	Contextual	GER	GER	more information
Australian States and Territories	Political		Australian States and Territories	Contextual	ANZLIC	political	more information
Australia's network of Marine Parks	Marine	Region	Consistent with the Australian Government's commitment to develop a National Representative System of Marine Protected Areas, networks of Marine Parks have been proclaimed for Commonwealth waters across the North, North-west, South-west, Temperate East and Coral Sea Marine Regions. These networks build on previous Marine Protected Area proclamations, including the South-east Network declared in 2007. This data includes all marine parks managed by DOEE with the addition of the Heard Island and McDonald Islands Marine Reserve, which is managed by the Australian Antarctic Division http://www.heardisland.aq/protection-and-management/marine-reserve This dataset is released under Creative Commons by Attribution 3.0 Australia (CC BY 3.0). IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR MARINE USERS Transitional arrangements apply to the North, North-west, South-west and Temperate East Marine Parks Networks and the Coral Sea Marine Park, until management plans come into effecton the 1st July 2018. These arrangements involve NO CHANGES ON THE WATER for marine users. Note, there are no changes to management arrangements in the marine parks that existed prior to the establishment of the new marine parks, that is, the same restrictions on activities will continue to apply even where those reserves have been incorporated into new marine parks. More information is available at [www.environment.gov.au/marinereserves](http://www.environment.gov.au/marinereserves). This data contains spatial and contextual information about Australian Marine Parks 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 and Energy. It does not include data on MPA's in other Australian jurisdictions (e.g. the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, State/Territory parks), or Terrestrial Protected Areas with marine components (eg Pulu Keeling National Park).	Contextual	Department of the Environment and Energy	reserve, park, conservation, marine	more information
Agricultural Commodities	Area Management	Farming	This is the latest compilation of land use mapping information for Australia’s regions as at December 2023. The land use data are supported by a supplementary commodities dataset, containing extra information on the location of select predominantly agricultural commodities. These datasets replace the previous 2020 December updates. These data were compiled by the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) from vector land use datasets collected as part of state and territory mapping programs and other authoritative sources through the Australian Collaborative Land Use and Management Program (ACLUMP). These datasets are not recommended for change analysis or for national land use statistics—instead use the Land use of Australia 2010-11 to 2015-16.	Contextual	ACLUMP and ABARES ( Australian Collaborative Land Use and Management Program and Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Science)	agriculture, products, commodities	more information
GER Illawarra to Shoalhaven	Area Management	Great Eastern Ranges	GER Illawarra to Shoalhaven	Contextual	GER	GER	more information
ACT TAMS Reserves	Area Management		ACT TAMS Reserves	Contextual	ACT Government Environment and Sustainable Development Directorate		more information
PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018)	Political		Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries captures the boundaries for Commonwealth Electorates	Contextual	PSMA Australia Limited	psma, electoral boundaries, commonwealth	more information
GER Southern Highlands	Area Management	Great Eastern Ranges	GER Southern Highlands	Contextual	GER	GER	more information
GER Slopes To Summit	Area Management	Great Eastern Ranges	GER Slopes To Summit	Contextual	GER	GER	more information
GER National Corridor	Area Management	Great Eastern Ranges	GER National Corridor	Contextual	GER	GER	more information
GER Kosciuszko to Coast	Area Management	Great Eastern Ranges	GER Kosciuszko to Coast	Contextual	GER	GER	more information
GER Kanangra-Boyd to Wyangala Link	Area Management	Great Eastern Ranges	GER Kanangra-Boyd to Wyangala Link	Contextual	GER	GER	more information
GER Hunter Valley	Area Management	Great Eastern Ranges	GER Hunter Valley	Contextual	GER	GER	more information
CAPAD 2022 - Terrestrial (Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database)	Area Management	Biodiversity	The Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database (CAPAD) provides both spatial and textual information about government, Indigenous and privately protected areas for Australia, in both the marine and terrestrial environments. This dataset is for terrestrial data only. State, Territory and the large NGO conservation agencies supplied data current for 30 June 2022. This is the twelfth version of the terrestrial database, with previous versions released in 1997, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016,2018and 2020.	Contextual	Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water	capad, terrestrial, conservation	more information
Areas for Further Assessment within the East Marine Region	Area Management	Biodiversity	East Areas for Further Assessment: Batemans, Hunter, Clarence, Tweed, Fraser, Tasmantid, Norfolk, plus the Coral Sea Conservation Zone	Contextual	ERIN	reserve, coral, conservation	more information
PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018)	Political		State Electoral Boundaries captures the boundaries for State Electorates	Contextual	PSMA Australia Limited	psma, electoral boundaries, state	more information
PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016)	Political		ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas used for the 2016 Australian Census	Contextual	PSMA Australia Limited	psma, abs, capital city, boundaries	more information
PSMA States (2016)	Political		Australian State boundaries	Contextual	PSMA Australia Limited	psma, states, boundaries	more information
PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016)	Political	Culture	PSMA ABS Australian Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status (2016), from the I01A results in the Indigenous datapack matched to the PSMA ABS Indigenous Areas.	Contextual	PSMA Australia Limited	psma, abs, census, indigenous	more information
PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016)	Political	Culture	PSMA ABS Australian Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area (2016), from the I01B results in the Indigenous datapack matched to the PSMA ABS Indigenous Areas.	Contextual	PSMA Australia Limited	psma, abs, census, indigenous	more information
PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016)	Political	Culture		Contextual	PSMA Australia Limited	psma, indigenous, boundaries	more information
PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016)	Political			Contextual	PSMA Australia Limited	psma, abs, census, statistical areas, boundaries	more information
PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016)	Political			Contextual	PSMA Australia Limited	psma, abs, census, statistical areas, boundaries	more information
PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016)	Political			Contextual	PSMA Australia Limited	psma, abs, census, statistical areas, boundaries	more information
NRM Regions 2017	Area Management	Biodiversity	The Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions dataset is maintained for the purpose of authoritative reporting on the Australian Government's NRM investments. The dataset is designed to cover all Australian territory where Australian Government funded NRM projects might take place and includes major islands, external territories, and state and coastal waters in addition to the NRM regional boundaries. Whilst the boundaries of NRM Regions are defined by legislation in some states and territories, this dataset should not be used to represent legal boundaries in any way. It is an administrative dataset developed for the purpose of reporting and public information. It should be noted that from time to time the states and/or territories may revise their regional boundaries in accordance with local needs and therefore alterations to either the attribution or boundaries of the data may occur in the future.	Contextual	Department of the Environment and Energy	administration, government, landcare, heritage, local	more information
NRM Regions 2010	Area Management	Biodiversity	National Resource Management (NRM) Regions	Contextual	ERIN	adminisration, government, landcare, heritage, local	more information
Local Government Areas 2011	Political		Local Government Areas	Contextual	Australian Bureau of Statistics		more information
National Landcare Program Management Units 2018	Area management	Administration	The NLP Management Units dataset is maintained for the purpose of authoritative reporting on the Australian Government's NRM investments.	Contextual	Department of Environment and Energy	administration, government, landcare, heritage, local, NRM, Administrative, Management Unit	more information
National Indicative Aggregated Fire Extent Dataset 2019-2020 - v20200324	Fire		The National Indicative Aggregated Fire Extent Dataset has been developed rapidly to support the immediate needs of the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (DAWE) in: a) quantifying the potential impacts of the 2019/20 bushfires on wildlife, plants and ecological communities;and, b) identifying appropriate response and recovery actions. The intent was to derive a reliable, agreed, fit for purpose and repeatable national dataset of burnt areas across Australia for the 2019/20 bushfire season. The dataset takes the national Emergency Management Spatial Information Network Australia (EMSINA) data service, which is the official fire extent currently used by the Commonwealth, and adds supplementary data from other sources to form a cumulative national view of fire extent. This EMSINA data service shows the current active fire incidents, and the Department map shows the total fire extent from 1 July 2019 to the 23 March 2020. EMSINA have been instrumental in providing advice on access to data and where to make contact in the early stages of developing the National Indicative Aggregated Fire Extent Dataset. This dataset is released on behalf of the Commonwealth Government and endorsed by the National Burnt Area Dataset Working Group, convened by the National Bushfire Recovery Agency. Known Issues: The dataset has a number of known issues, both in its conceptual design and in the quality of its inputs. These are outlined below and should be taken into account in interpreting the data and developing any derived analyses. The list of known issues below is not comprehensive: it is anticipated that further issues will be identified in the future, and the Department welcomes feedback on this. We will seek as far as possible to continuously improve the dataset in future versions. In addition, the 2019/20 bushfire season is ongoing and it can be expected that the fire extent will increase. Future versions of the dataset will therefore document and distinguish between changes arising from methodological improvement, as distinct from changes to the actual fire extent. 1. The dataset draws data together from multiple different sources, including from state and territory agencies responsible for emergency and natural resource management, and from the Northern Australian Fire Information website. The variety of mapping methods means that conceptually the dataset lacks national coherency. 2. The limitations associated with the input datasets are carried through to this dataset. Users are advised to refer to the input datasets’ documentation to better understand limitations. 3. The dataset is intentionally precautionary and the rulesets for its creation elect to accept the risk of overstating the size of particular burnt areas. If and when there are overlapping polygons for an area, the internal boundaries have been dissolved. 4. The dataset shows only the outline of burnt areas and lacks information on fire severity in these areas, which may often include areas within them that are completely unburnt. For the intended purpose this may limit the usability of the data, particularly informing on local environmental impacts and response. This issue will be given priority, either for future versions of the dataset or for development of a separate, but related, fire severity product. 5. This continental dataset includes large burnt areas, particularly in northern Australia, which can be considered part of the natural landscape dynamics. For the intended purpose of informing on fire of potential environmental impact, some interpretation and filtering may be required. There are a variety of ways to do this, including by limiting the analysis to southern Australia, as was done for recent Wildlife and Threatened Species Bushfire Recovery Expert Panel’s preliminary analysis of 13 January 2020. For that preliminary analysis area, boundaries from the Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia version 7 were used by the Department to delineate an area of southern Australia encompassing the emergency bushfire areas of the southern summer. The Department will work in consultation with the expert panel and other relevant bodies in the future on alternative approaches to defining, spatially or otherwise, fire of potential environmental impact. 6. The dataset cannot be used to reliably recreate what the national burnt area extent was at a given date prior to the date of release. Reasons for this include that information on the date/time on individual fires may or may not have been provided in the input datasets, and then lost as part of the dissolve process discussed in issue 2 above. 7. With fires still burning extents are not yet refined. 8. Fire extents are downloaded daily and datasets are aggregated. This results in an overlap of polygon extents and raises the issue that refined extents are disregarded at this early stage. 9. The NAFI dataset is only current to 18 March 2020.	Contextual	Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment	fire, bushfire	more information
Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05)	Climate	Temperature	Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05)	Environmental	CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences		more information
Precipitation - driest period (Bio14)	Climate	Precipitation	Precipitation - driest period (Bio14)	Environmental	CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences	rain	more information
Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13)	Climate	Precipitation	Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13)	Environmental	CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences	rain	more information
CAPAD 2016 Marine	Area Management	Biodiversity	The Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database (CAPAD) 2016 provides both spatial and textual information about government, Indigenous and privately protected areas for Australia, in both the marine and terrestrial environments. This dataset is the marine component of the CAPAD only. Marine CAPAD provides information about off-shore protected areas in both state and Commonwealth waters. State and Territory conservation agencies supplied data current to 30 June 2016. This is the eighth version of the marine database, with previous versions released in 1997, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012 and 2014.	Contextual	Australian Government, Department of the Environment and Energy	IUCN, reserve, park, conservation, wilderness	more information
CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial	Area Management	Biodiversity	The Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database (CAPAD) 2016 provides both spatial and textual information about government, Indigenous and privately protected areas for Australia, in both the marine and terrestrial environments. This dataset is for terrestrial data only. State, Territory and the large NGO conservation agencies supply data current for 30 June 2016. This is the tenth version of the terrestrial database, with previous versions released in 1997, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012 and 2014.	Contextual	Australian Government, Department of the Environment and Energy	IUCN, reserve, park, conservation, wilderness	more information
Statistical Areas Level 1	Social	Statistical Areas	Statistical Areas Level 1 (SA1s) are geographic areas built from whole Mesh Blocks. Whole SA1s aggregate to form Statistical Areas Level 2 (SA2s). SA1s are designed to maximise the geographic detail available for Census of Population and Housing data. However, limited Census of Population and Housing data may also be available at the Mesh Block level for ASGS Edition 3. There are 61,845 SA1 regions covering the whole of Australia without gaps or overlaps. This includes 34 non-spatial special purpose codes including a new Outside Australia code. These non-spatial SA1s represent populations that are difficult to define geographically such as people who are in transit or have no fixed address. Examples include the Migratory and No Usual Address SA1s. SA1s are also used as the building blocks for some ASGS geographies, including the Indigenous Structure, Significant Urban Areas, Urban Centres and Localities, Section of State Structure, and the Remoteness Structure. In WGS84 CRS.	Contextual	Australian Bureau of Statistics	statistical, areas	more information
NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups	Vegetation	Classification	Eighty-five (85) Major Vegetation Subgroups identified in v4.1 to summarise the type and distribution of Australia's native vegetation. The classification contains an emphasis on the structural and floristic composition of the dominant stratum (as with Major Vegetation Groups), but with additional types identified according to typical shrub or ground layers occurring with a dominant tree or shrub stratum. In a mapping sense, the subgroups reflect the dominant vegetation occurring in a map unit from a mix of several vegetation types. Less-dominant vegetation groups which are also present in the map unit are not shown. For example, the dominant vegetation in an area may be mapped as dominated by eucalypt open forest with a shrubby understorey, although it contains pockets of rainforest, shrubland and grassland vegetation as subdominants.	Contextual	http://www.environment.gov.au/fed/catalog/search/resource/details.page?uuid=%7B21a53368-c383-4ec1-bf51-878b369ce303%7D	dominant, tree, forest, woodland, canopy, understory	more information
Phylloxera Infection Zone - Mooroopna, Victoria	Sensitive Data Layers	Phylloxera Infection Zone	Phylloxera Infection Zone - Mooroopna, Victoria	Contextual	http://www.dpi.vic.gov.au/	sds	more information
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality	Climate	Temperature	Temperature Seasonality	Environmental	WorldClim		more information
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality	Climate	Temperature	Isothermality	Environmental	WorldClim		more information
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter	Climate	Precipitation	Precipitation of Driest Quarter	Environmental	WorldClim		more information
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality	Climate	Precipitation	Precipitation Seasonality	Environmental	WorldClim		more information
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month	Climate	Precipitation	Precipitation of Driest Month	Environmental	WorldClim		more information
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min	Climate	Temperature	Min Temperature of Coldest Month	Environmental	WorldClim		more information
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean	Climate	Temperature	Annual Mean Temperature	Environmental	WorldClim		more information
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual	Climate	Precipitation	Annual Precipitation	Environmental	WorldClim		more information
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean	Climate	Temperature	Mean Temperature of Driest Quarter	Environmental	WorldClim		more information
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean	Climate	Temperature	Mean Diurnal Range	Environmental	WorldClim		more information
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean	Climate	Temperature	Mean Temperature of Warmest Quarter	Environmental	WorldClim		more information
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean	Climate	Temperature	Mean Temperature of Coldest Quarter	Environmental	WorldClim		more information
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean	Climate	Temperature	Mean Temperature of Wettest Quarter	Environmental	WorldClim		more information
WorldClim: Temperature - annual range	Climate	Temperature	Temperature Annual Range	Environmental	WorldClim	bio07	more information
WorldClim: Precipitation - coldest quarter	Climate	Precipitation	Precipitation of Coldest Quarter	Environmental	WorldClim	rain, bio19	more information
WorldClim: Temperature - diurnal range mean	Climate	Temperature	Mean Diurnal Range	Environmental	WorldClim	day, daily, max, ratio, bio02	more information
WorldClim: Precipitation - driest quarter	Climate	Precipitation	Precipitation of Driest Quarter	Environmental	WorldClim	rain, bio17	more information
WorldClim: Precipitation - seasonality	Climate	Precipitation	Precipitation Seasonality	Environmental	WorldClim	rain, bio15	more information
WorldClim: Precipitation - driest month	Climate	Precipitation	Precipitation of Driest Month	Environmental	WorldClim	rain, bio14	more information
WorldClim: Temperature - annual mean	Climate	Temperature	Annual Mean Temperature	Environmental	WorldClim	bio01	more information
WorldClim: Precipitation - annual	Climate	Precipitation	Annual Precipitation	Environmental	WorldClim	rain, bio12	more information
Occurrence Density	Biodiversity		Occurrence Density	Environmental	ALA-SPATIAL	average, sample	more information
Forests of Australia 2018B	Vegetation		Forests of Australia (2018) is a continental spatial dataset of forest extent, by national forest categories and types, assembled for Australia's State of the Forests Report 2018. It was developed from multiple forest, vegetation and land cover data inputs, including contributions from Australian, state and territory government agencies and external sources. A forest is defined in this dataset as "An area, incorporating all living and non-living components, that is dominated by trees having usually a single stem and a mature or potentially mature stand height exceeding two metres and with existing or potential crown cover of overstorey strata about equal to or greater than 20 per cent. This includes Australia's diverse native forests and plantations, regardless of age. It is also sufficiently broad to encompass areas of trees that are sometimes described as woodlands". The dataset was compiled by the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) for the National Forest Inventory (NFI), a collaborative partnership between the Australian and state and territory governments. The role of the NFI is to collate, integrate and communicate information on Australia's forests. State and territory government agencies collect forest data using independent methods and at varying scales or resolutions. The NFI applies a national classification to state and territory data to allow seamless integration of these datasets. Multiple independent sources of external data are used to fill data gaps and improve the quality of the final dataset. The NFI classifies forests into three national forest categories (Native forest, Commercial plantation, and Other forest) and then into various forest types. Commercial plantations presented in this dataset were sourced from the National Plantation Inventory (NPI) spatial dataset (2016), also produced by ABARES. Another dataset produced by ABARES, the Catchment scale Land Use and Management (CLUM) dataset (2016), was used to identify and mask out land uses that are inappropriate to map as forest.	Contextual	ABARES	forest,australia	more information
CAPAD 2018 Marine	Area Management		The Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database (CAPAD) 2018 provides both spatial and textual information about government, Indigenous and privately protected areas for Australia, in both the marine and terrestrial environments. This dataset is the marine component of the CAPAD only. Marine CAPAD provides information about off-shore protected areas in both state and Commonwealth waters. State and Territory conservation agencies supplied data current to 30 June 2018. This is the ninth version of the marine database, with previous versions released in 1997, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014 and 2016.	Contextual	Australian Government, Department of the Environment and Energy	IUCN, reserve, park, conservation, wilderness	more information

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