ACTGOV BORDER: Australian Capital Territory Boundary Definition

306 kilometers of boundary enclosing a 2,358 square kilometer area, defined by legislation and survey plans. The ACT Environment, Planning and Sustainable Delivery Directorate maintains the current border definition, which was resurveyed between 2003 and 2008. The dataset provides the legal and administrative boundary of the Australian Capital Territory.

Use Cases

• Map jurisdictional boundaries for legal compliance based on the legislated metes and bounds description.
• Perform spatial analysis of the ACT region based on its 306-kilometer perimeter.
• Integrate the official administrative boundary into GIS systems for planning applications.
• Verify land parcel locations relative to the territory border using the coordinate system MGA2020-55.

Strengths

• Boundary is legally defined and cannot be changed without legislative amendment, ensuring authoritative accuracy.
• The border has been resurveyed (2003-2008), suggesting modern geospatial precision.
• Available in multiple file formats (CSV, GPKG, GEOJSON, etc.) for broad tool compatibility.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to data_gov_au.

Provenance

Source

ACT Government Geospatial Data Catalogue (ACTmapi)

Collection Method

Defined by legislation and survey plans held by the ACT Environment, Planning and Sustainable Delivery Directorate.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-04 03:06:04.733149; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Australian Capital Territory, bounded by the Goulburn-Cooma railway line, Naas Creek watershed, and Cotter River watershed.