Archived Australian Capital Territory School Directory 2017

ACT Government Open Data provides a historical directory of schools in the Australian Capital Territory from 2017. The dataset includes school names, location sectors, and types, and has been archived following the release of newer data.

Use Cases

• Map historical school locations and analyze sector distribution using the location and sector fields.
• Study the composition of school types (e.g., primary, secondary) across the ACT's education system.
• Use school names and location data as a reference layer for demographic or urban planning research in the territory.

Strengths

• Data originates from the authoritative ACT Government Open Data portal.
• Covers multiple school attributes including name, sector, and type.
• Available in four machine-readable formats: RDF, JSON, CSV, and XML.

Limitations

• Dataset is explicitly marked as historical and archived, making it stale for current analysis.
• Specific scale metrics like row count and file size are unknown.
• Column definitions and sample data are unavailable, complicating initial assessment.

Provenance

Source

ACT Government Open Data

Collection Method

Collected via School Census.

Time Range

2017

Freshness

Last updated March 2026, but the data itself is from 2017 and archived.

Geography

Australian Capital Territory, Australia