Historical Cadastral Map Series of Queensland, 1841–2005

A collection of digitized historical maps of Queensland from 1841 to 2005, provided by the Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines, Manufacturing and Regional and Rural Development. The dataset includes cadastral maps showing property boundaries, descriptions, and land tenure, along with miscellaneous related maps and key maps. The quality of the scans varies and some maps include annotations.

Use Cases

• Analyzing historical land parcel evolution based on property boundary maps.
• Training models for historical map feature recognition based on scanned and annotated maps.
• Studying changes in land tenure systems over time based on the described map series.
• Creating geospatial timelines of Queensland's development based on the multi-century map collection.

Strengths

• Covers a long temporal range from 1841 to 2005.
• Includes key maps for most series, which likely aid navigation.
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Scan quality is noted to vary, which may affect downstream analysis.

Provenance

Source

Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines, Manufacturing and Regional and Rural Development

Collection Method

Digitization of historical map series.

Time Range

1841–2005

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-27 17:54:24.888859; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Queensland, Australia