Native Title Application Boundaries in Western Australia

Landgate provides spatial extents for all Native Title applications filed with the Federal Court of Australia. The dataset depicts the first stage of the Native Title process for claimant groups in Western Australia. It is available in multiple geospatial formats including GeoPackage, GeoJSON, and Shapefile.

Use Cases

• Map the spatial extents of Native Title applications across Western Australia for land use planning.
• Analyze the geographic distribution and adjacency of claimant group boundaries.
• Integrate Native Title application boundaries with other land tenure datasets using geospatial formats like GeoPackage or Shapefile.

Strengths

• Authoritative data sourced directly from the Federal Court of Australia filing process.
• Available in multiple standard geospatial formats including GeoPackage, GeoJSON, and Shapefile for interoperability.

Limitations

• Contains only the initial application stage; does not include final determination outcomes.
• Spatial coverage is limited to Western Australia, not national.

Provenance

Source

Western Australian Land Information Authority (Landgate).

Collection Method

Spatial depiction captured when claimant groups file applications with the Federal Court.

Time Range

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Geography

Western Australia.