Local Aboriginal Land Council Boundaries for New South Wales

Geospatial boundaries for Local Aboriginal Land Councils in New South Wales, Australia. The dataset is maintained by Spatial Services on behalf of the Office of Aboriginal Affairs and NSW Local Aboriginal Land Council. It was initially published on February 5, 2020.

Use Cases

• Map the gazetted area of a specific Local Aboriginal Land Council using its polygon geometry.
• Analyze the relationship between council boundaries and land parcel data using the documented alignment with the Land Parcel and Property theme.
• Identify the regional council affiliation for each local council using the 'regional council name' field.
• Maintain a reference dataset for administrative changes by linking updates to the authority of reference feature class.

Strengths

• Dataset is part of the formal NSW Administrative Boundaries Theme (FSDF), indicating authoritative source integration.
• Contains specific attributes for local council name and regional council name.
• Maintained by Spatial Services on behalf of the responsible government offices.

Limitations

• The service is scheduled for retirement and uses the outdated GDA94 spatial reference, which may cause misalignment in modern systems.
• Specific row count, column details, and data currency beyond the nominal '01/01/3000' date are not provided.
• Update frequency is listed only as 'Other', providing no clear schedule.

Provenance

Source

Aboriginal Affairs NSW, via Spatial Services (Department of Customer Service NSW).

Collection Method

Sourced from data provider files, gazetted areas with input from the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission.

Time Range

Initial publication 2020-02-05; nominal data currency date 3000-01-01.

Freshness

Other

Geography

New South Wales, Australia.