Areas Closed to Hunting in Victoria, Australia, Based on Legislative Acts

Legislative boundaries from five Victorian Acts define areas where hunting is not permitted for specific periods. This dataset must be used with other HUNT25 spatial files for accurate interpretation. The Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action maintains the data, which was last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Creating compliance maps for hunters based on legislative boundaries mentioned in the description
• Analyzing spatial overlap of hunting restrictions for different game or pest animal groups
• Integrating with other HUNT25 spatial datasets for comprehensive land management planning
• Supporting enforcement of the Firearms Act 1996 by visualizing prohibited locations

Strengths

• Derived from the authoritative PLM25 dataset and supplemented with legislative boundaries
• Based on powers within five specific Acts: Forest Act, National Park Act, Crown land (Reserve) Act, Land Act, and Wildlife Act
• Available in nine different geospatial file formats including SHP, GDB, and WFS

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download

Provenance

Source

Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action, State Government of Victoria

Collection Method

Boundaries are largely derived from the PLM25 dataset and supplemented with additional boundaries based on legislative restrictions.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-09 00:26:41.141405; freshness should be verified

Geography

Victoria, Australia