NT Local Government Areas: Australian Administrative Boundaries from Cadastre Data

Geoscape Australia builds and maintains these Local Government Area boundaries using authoritative cadastre data from each Australian state and territory. Updated versions are published quarterly, with a February 2026 release adding a new locality. The dataset is licensed under CC BY 4.0 by the Commonwealth of Australia.

Use Cases

• Map and analyze jurisdictional boundaries based on cadastre-derived Local Government Areas.
• Integrate administrative layers for spatial analysis based on the seven Geoscape products mentioned.
• Perform quarterly updates to boundary data based on the stated release schedule.
• Use GDA94 or GDA2020 coordinate systems based on the available download options.

Strengths

• Derived from authoritative cadastre data from each Australian state and territory.
• Updated quarterly, with a specific change noted for February 2026.
• Available under an open 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.

Provenance

Source

Geoscape Australia

Collection Method

Derived from cadastre data from each Australian state and territory jurisdiction.

Freshness

Quarterly updates; last metadata update 2026-05-18.

Geography

Australia (Northern Territory focus)