Land Access and Indigenous Engagement for Australian Geoscience

37,648 individual land parcels and 2.9 million km² across northern Australia are covered by the Exploring for the Future (EFTF) program. The dataset presents case studies on stakeholder engagement for geoscience data collection, focusing on the AusAEM and Barkly Seismic surveys. It details practices for obtaining social license to operate, including free, prior, and informed consent.

Use Cases

• Designing stakeholder engagement plans based on documented case studies from the AusAEM and Barkly Seismic surveys.
• Developing land access protocols for large-scale geoscience projects covering multiple jurisdictions.
• Planning data delivery and information exchange programs back to communities and traditional custodians.
• Analyzing governance structures for managing a large number of stakeholders across diverse social and cultural backgrounds.

Strengths

• Covers a specific, large-scale geographic area of 2.9 million km² in northern Australia.
• Documents concrete engagement practices and case studies from major surveys (AusAEM, Barkly Seismic).
• Based on a published, citable external source from Geoscience Australia.

Limitations

• No columnar data or structured records are provided; the dataset appears to be a PDF document.
• Key metadata such as row count, file size, license, and specific author details are missing from all sources.
• The 'last updated' dates (2026-06-05, 2026-04-10) are future dates, indicating potential metadata errors.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia, as cited in the extended abstracts from the Exploring for the Future program.

Collection Method

Case studies and analysis from the Exploring for the Future (EFTF) program's fieldwork activities.

Time Range

Publication year is 2020, but the temporal coverage of the underlying program is not specified.

Freshness

Last updated dates are listed as 2026-06-05 and 2026-04-10 (future dates).

Geography

Northern Australia, covering 2.9 million km².