Extractive Industry Interest Areas for Victoria, Updated to 2024 Cadastre

The Geological Survey of Victoria identifies areas of known future interest to the extractive minerals industry. This dataset, updated in October 2023 and May 2024, is based on suitable geology and considers local planning schemes to guide policy development. It is provided by the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action.

Use Cases

• Guide local government planning policy based on identified areas of industry interest.
• Analyze spatial overlap between geological suitability and existing planning controls.
• Assess land availability for extractive industries based on updated cadastral boundaries.

Strengths

• Dataset was updated in May 2024 to align with modernized cadastral boundaries.
• Explicitly excludes areas where planning controls prohibited extractive industries as of late 2022.
• Published under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and spatial extent are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (Geological Survey of Victoria)

Collection Method

Areas identified based on geological occurrence and analysis of local government planning schemes.

Time Range

Reflects planning controls as of late 2022, with dataset updates in October 2023 and May 2024.

Freshness

Last updated on the platform 2026-04 08.

Geography

Victoria, Australia.