Ballarat Cultural Facilities Inventory From 2012 Audit

Ballarat's cultural facilities, including libraries, art galleries, and performing arts centres, are cataloged in this inventory. The City of Ballarat compiled the data from a Community Infrastructure Audit conducted in 2012. The dataset is provided under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Map facility locations and types using geospatial coordinates and facility category labels.
• Analyze the geographic distribution of cultural resources like libraries and art galleries across Ballarat.
• Support community planning by identifying service gaps based on facility type and location data.

Strengths

• Data originates from an official 2012 Community Infrastructure Audit by the City of Ballarat.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOJSON, SHP, and KML for flexibility.

Limitations

• Data is over a decade old, from 2012, and may not reflect current facilities.
• Specific row counts and detailed column schema are unknown, limiting immediate assessment of scope.

Provenance

Source

City of Ballarat

Collection Method

Community Infrastructure Audit 2012

Time Range

2012

Freshness

Last platform update was 2026-04-04, but the underlying data collection date is 2012.

Geography

Ballarat, Australia