Historical Cadastral Map Series of Queensland, 1841–2005
by [email protected] / Natural Resources and Mines, Manufacturing and Regional and Rural Development·Updated 1mo ago
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Description
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
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