NSW County Boundaries: Historical Land Administration Divisions in GDA2020

141 historical county divisions of New South Wales, Australia, form this dataset. It is part of the NSW Administrative Boundaries Theme, maintained by Spatial Services (Department of Customer Service NSW) and updated to the GDA2020 coordinate system. The data is positioned in alignment with current Lot and Property datasets, with an initial publication date of 06/02/2020.

Use Cases

• Historical land administration research based on the 141 county and parish divisions.
• Integrating historical boundaries with modern property data based on the topological alignment with Lot and Property datasets.
• Spatial analysis of Crown land management and disposal patterns based on the historical county framework.

Strengths

• Contains 141 distinct county divisions, providing a complete historical coverage of NSW.
• Maintains positional alignment with current Lot and Property digital datasets, ensuring spatial consistency.
• Updated to the GDA2020 national standard, improving accuracy and compatibility with modern positioning technologies.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data currency is listed as 01/01/3000, which is a placeholder and does not indicate actual freshness.

Provenance

Source

Spatial Services, a business unit of the Department of Customer Service NSW.

Collection Method

Data was gathered from historical Parish and County maps held at State Records, with boundaries updated after title inspections.

Time Range

Historical; the original county definition is static.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-27 08:50:27.271745; update frequency is listed as 'Other'.

Geography

State of New South Wales, Australia.