ASDST Burial Sites Current Model

A 2020 geospatial model predicting the likelihood of Aboriginal burial sites and other cultural features across New South Wales, Australia. The dataset, produced by the NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment, consists of raster layers at 50-meter resolution. It includes separate predictive models for ten feature types, such as stone artefacts, rock art, and burials, with cell values ranging from 0 to 1000 indicating relative likelihood.

Use Cases

• Assess landscape development impact on Aboriginal heritage based on predictive likelihood layers.
• Prioritize field survey areas for cultural features based on the survey priority map (drvd_srv).
• Model historical landscape changes by comparing pre-colonisation and current feature likelihood layers.

Strengths

• Provides predictive models for ten distinct Aboriginal site feature types, including burials, rock art, and stone quarries.
• Offers two temporal perspectives for each feature: pre-colonisation likelihood (p1750XXX) and current landscape likelihood (curr_XXX).
• Covers the entire state of New South Wales at a 50-meter spatial resolution.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect geographic and temporal bias inherent to the source Aboriginal Heritage Information Management System (AHIMS).

Provenance

Source

NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (via data_gov_au).

Collection Method

Derived from the Aboriginal Heritage Information Management System (AHIMS) using predictive modelling techniques.

Time Range

Model reflects current landscape conditions as of 2020.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-13 07:11:25.576117; freshness should be verified.

Geography

State of New South Wales, Australia.