Permitted Stubble Quail Hunting Areas in Victoria

2026 data from the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning defines boundaries where Stubble Quail hunting is legally permitted. The dataset incorporates legislative restrictions from multiple Acts and is developed in consultation with the Game Management Authority and other government bodies.

Use Cases

• Map hunting area boundaries derived from PLM25 data and legislative restrictions for spatial analysis.
• Identify permitted conditions for Game and Pest animal groups and species as defined by the Wildlife Act and other legislation.
• Cross-reference hunting area boundaries with Firearms Act 1996 requirements to model prohibited locations.

Strengths

• Legally authoritative, developed by the government legislation unit in consultation with multiple agencies.
• Based on explicit rules from the Forest Act, National Park Act, Crown land (Reserve) Act, Land Act, and Wildlife Act.
• Updated in March 2026, indicating recent maintenance.

Limitations

• Specific row count, column count, and sample size are unknown, limiting assessment of analytical scope.
• Data format is primarily CAD/GIS (DWG, SHP, etc.), requiring specialized software for use.

Provenance

Source

Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (Victoria, Australia).

Collection Method

Boundaries largely derived from the PLM25 dataset, supplemented with boundaries based on legislative restrictions.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-18.

Geography

Victoria, Australia.