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This is the Local Government Areas (LGA) for Australia as released 18 November 2024.
The data has been downloaded in GDA2020 and projected to WGS 1984 Web Mercator (auxiliary sphere) |
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This is the Local Government Areas (LGA) for Australia as released 18 November 2024.
The data has been downloaded in GDA2020 and projected to WGS 1984 Web Mercator (auxiliary sphere) |
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[[96.8169516290245,-43.7404965712886],[167.998039243008,-9.14216252226585]] |
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Administrative Boundaries © Geoscape Australia
Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sports and the Arts (DITRDCSA) |
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["ArcGIS","ArcGIS Server","Data","Feature Access","Feature Service","providerSDS","Service"] |
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<div style='text-align:Left;'><div><div><p><span style='font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt'>This webservice is considered the "dynamic" version of the data it represents. It is a dynamic webservice and will be updated, without notice, with the latest version of that data when it is released in the future. For specific current metadata, please refer to the layers metadata.</span></p><p><span style='font-weight:bold;'>Latest version: Adm_AUS_LGA_Geoscape_2025_Q</span><span style='font-weight:bold;'>1</span></p><p><span style='font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;'>Summary</span></p><p><span>This is the Local Government Areas (LGA) for </span><span>Australia</span><span> as released 18 November 2024. </span></p><p style='margin:12 0 8 0;'><span style='font-weight:bold;'>Abstract:</span></p><p><span>Local Government Areas is a spatial representation of the administrative divisions that local governments are responsible for across Australia defined by State and Territory governments. Local Government Areas aggregates the representations unique to each jurisdiction into a consistent seamless representation of the local government areas of Australia.</span><span> This data is released 18 November 2024.</span></p><p style='margin:12 0 8 0;'><span style='font-weight:bold;'>Currency:</span></p><p style='margin:12 0 8 0;'><span>Date Modified: </span><span>December </span><span>2025</span></p><p style='margin:12 0 8 0;'><span>Modification Frequency:</span><span> As Needed</span></p><p style='margin:12 0 8 0;'><span style='font-weight:bold;'>Data Extent:</span></p><p style='margin:12 0 8 0;'><span><span>Spatial Extent:</span></span></p><p style='margin:12 0 8 0;'><span><span>West: 96°</span></span></p><p style='margin:12 0 8 0;'><span><span>South: -44°</span></span></p><p style='margin:12 0 8 0;'><span><span>East: 160°</span></span></p><p style='margin:12 0 8 0;'><span><span>North: -9°</span></span></p><p style='margin:12 0 8 0;'><span style='font-weight:bold;'>Source Information:</span></p><p><span>This data has been downloaded from the data.gov site. </span></p><p style='margin:12 0 8 0;'><span style='font-weight:bold;'>Known Limitations:</span></p><p style='margin:12 0 8 0;'><span><span>The Australian Government has negotiated the release of Administrative Boundaries to the whole economy under an [open CCBY 4.0 license](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Users must only use the data in ways that are consistent with the Australian Privacy Principles issued under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).</span></span></p><p style='margin:12 0 8 0;'><span>There are known issues with data overlaps and gaps</span><span>.</span></p><p style='margin:12 0 8 0;'><span style='font-weight:bold;'>Lineage Statement:</span></p><p><span>The data has originally been downloaded from the data.gov website in GDA2020 as zipped file containing all the state an territory shapefiles. The shapefiles were loaded into a geodatabase and the individual state and territory feature classes have been merged into a single national coverage. This data has then been projected to WGS 1984 Web Mercator (auxiliary sphere).The data was then clipped to the ABS States and Territories dataset. Gaps between the original data and the ABS States and Territories have been filled in, split into smaller parts and merged into the closest polygon from the original data</span><span> if touching or very close to the original polygons, otherwise they have been assigned "Unincorporated" in LGA_NAME</span><span>.</span></p><p><span>The national coverage has been corrected to the ABS state and territory boundaries. The coastline has been clipped to the ABS coastline.</span></p><p><span /></p><p style='margin:12 0 8 0;'><span style='font-weight:bold;'>Data Dictionary:</span></p><p><span>Local Government Areas (LGA) Attribution</span></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p style='margin:12 0 12 0;'><span style='font-weight:bold;'>Attribute Name</span></p></td><td><p style='margin:12 0 12 0;'><span style='font-weight:bold;'>Description</span></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><span>LG_PLY_PID</span></p></td><td><p><span>Unique persistent identifier for the LGA polygon.</span></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><span>LGA_PID</span></p></td><td><p><span>Persistent identifier for the LGA.</span></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><span>DT_CREATE</span></p></td><td><p><span>The date the record is first introduced to the Geoscape product.</span></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><span>LGA_NAME</span></p></td><td><p><span>The name of the LGA.</span></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><span>ABB_NAME</span></p></td><td><p><span>The abbreviated LGA name.</span></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><span>STATE</span></p></td><td><p><span>The abbreviated name of the State or Territory that the LGA spatially resides within.</span></p></td></tr><tr><td><p></td><td><p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style='font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;'>Domain Values</span></p><p><span>STATE</span></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p style='margin:12 0 12 0;'><span style='font-weight:bold;'>Domain Value</span></p></td><td><p style='margin:12 0 12 0;'><span style='font-weight:bold;'>Description</span></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><span>NSW</span></p></td><td><p><span>The data is located within the state of New South Wales.</span></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><span>NT</span></p></td><td><p><span>The data is located within the Northern Territory.</span></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><span>OT</span></p></td><td><p><span>The data is located within the Other Territories classification. Other Territories covers the external Australian territories of Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Christmas Island.</span></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><span>QLD</span></p></td><td><p><span>The data is located within the state of Queensland.</span></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><span>SA</span></p></td><td><p><span>The data is located within the state of South Australia.</span></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><span>TAS</span></p></td><td><p><span>The data is located within the state of Tasmania.</span></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><span>VIC</span></p></td><td><p><span>The data is located within the state of Victoria.</span></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><span>WA</span></p></td><td><p><span>The data is located within the state of Western Australia.</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p style='margin:12 0 8 0;'><span style='font-weight:bold;'>Contact:</span></p><p><span>Geospatial Services Section - Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sports and the Arts (DITRDCSA)</span></p><p><span>gis-services@infrastructure.gov.au </span></p><p><span /></p><p><span /></p></div></div></div></p></p> |
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<div style='text-align:Left;'><div><div><p><span>The Australian Government has negotiated the release of Administrative Boundaries to the whole economy under </span><span>the </span><a href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode' style='text-decoration:underline;'><span style='text-decoration:underline;'><span>Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.</span></span></a><span><span> </span></span><span> </span><span>Users must only use the data in ways that are consistent with the Australian Privacy Principles issued under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).</span></p><p><span>© </span><a href='https://geoscape.com.au/legal/data-copyright-and-disclaimer' style='text-decoration:underline;'><span>Geoscape Australia </span></a></p><p><span>© Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sports and the Arts (DITRDCSA)</span><span> 2025</span></p></div></div></div> |
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LGA_Dynamic |
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