Box-Ironbark Forests and Woodlands Investigation Boundary for Victoria, Australia

The dataset provides the final study area boundary for an investigation into Victoria's Box-Ironbark Forests and Woodlands on public land. The Environment Conservation Council conducted the investigation under the Environment Conservation Council Act 1997, covering an ecosystem from the Grampians to Wodonga. The dataset is published by the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action.

Use Cases

• Delineating the study area for ecological assessments based on the described Box-Ironbark ecosystem.
• Informing conservation planning and policy for public lands based on the investigation's scope.
• Mapping the geographic extent of the Box-Ironbark forest and woodland investigation.
• Providing a spatial reference for research on the specific ecosystem stretching from the Grampians to Wodonga.

Strengths

• Published under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.
• Provided in multiple geospatial formats including SHP, GDB, and DWG for compatibility.
• Dataset was last updated on 2026-04-09.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action.

Collection Method

Created as the final boundary for an investigation mandated under the Environment Conservation Council Act 1997.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-09 01:22:21.043553; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Northern Victoria, Australia, from the Grampians in the west to Wodonga in the north-east.