ACT Heritage Register of Protected Places and Objects

The ACT Heritage Register lists Aboriginal, Historic, and Natural places and objects protected under the Heritage Act 2004. Registration statuses include nominated, provisionally registered, registered, and protected but unregistered Aboriginal places. The dataset is maintained by ACTmapi and replaces previous Heritage.Explorer and CGDMGA.Heritage_summary datasets.

Use Cases

• Mapping protected heritage sites based on registration status categories.
• Identifying Aboriginal places for cultural heritage management based on declared protection status.
• Analyzing the distribution of historic and natural heritage assets across the ACT region.
• Supporting land-use planning decisions by referencing indicative locations of protected objects.

Strengths

• Data is officially maintained by the ACT Government Geospatial Data Catalogue (ACTmapi).
• Provides a defined classification of four registration statuses for heritage items.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats including GPKG, GeoJSON, and KML.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The map is described as indicative only and should not be relied upon for applications or decisions.
• Information on most Aboriginal Places and Objects is restricted, limiting public access to details.

Provenance

Source

ACT Government Geospatial Data Catalogue (ACTmapi)

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-04 02:51:37.593790; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Australian Capital Territory (ACT)