Historic Brisbane Sewer Plan Boundaries from 1912 to 1973

Brisbane City Council provides geospatial boundaries for historic detail plans created for sewerage pipe installation. The plans cover areas from 1912 to 1973 and show building outlines, land boundaries, and contour levels. This dataset, published under a CC-BY-4.0 license, is intended to help locate the original plans on the Brisbane Images platform.

Use Cases

• Mapping the historical extent of sewer planning areas based on the provided boundary polygons.
• Studying the evolution of urban land use and building footprints based on the plan descriptions of outlines and boundaries.
• Linking plan numbers to digitized archival images for historical research based on the described search functionality.

Strengths

• Provides a specific temporal coverage from 1912 to 1973 for the original plan creation.
• Includes a direct link to archival images via plan numbers, as described in the 'Click to Search' feature.
• Published under the permissive CC-BY-4.0 license for reuse.

Limitations

• Row count and column-level documentation are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The description notes plan information was manually updated after publication, so features on a plan may not correspond exactly to its printed date.
• Data freshness should be verified as the last update is listed as a future date (2026-06-28).

Provenance

Source

Brisbane City Council

Collection Method

Digitized from historical detail plans originally created for sewerage installation.

Time Range

1912 to 1973

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-28 14:51:07.036911; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia