NSW Parish Boundaries: 7,459 Historical Administrative Areas in Australia

7,459 parish boundaries form the historical land administration divisions within 141 counties of New South Wales, Australia. Spatial Services (DCS) provides this dataset, which is a subset of the NSW County data and is aligned to the national GDA2020 geodetic standard. The data, originally sourced from historical maps held at State Records, is maintained in topological alignment with current land parcel and property polygons.

Use Cases

• Historical land administration research based on parish and county names.
• Cadastral mapping and alignment verification based on topological integration with land parcel data.
• Geospatial analysis of administrative divisions based on the 7,459 defined parish areas.

Strengths

• Contains 7,459 distinct administrative areas (parishes) with associated county and parish names.
• Aligned to the modern GDA2020 geodetic standard, improving accuracy and compatibility.
• Maintained in topological alignment with current land parcel and property datasets.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is known, but specific feature attributes and data types are not detailed in the available metadata.

Provenance

Source

Spatial Services (DCS), New South Wales Government.

Collection Method

Digitized from historical Parish and County maps held at State Records.

Time Range

Historical; original definitions are static but data moves with cadastral updates.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-27 15:32:06.007600; data currency is listed as 01/01/3000, indicating a static historical dataset with updates only for alignment.

Geography

New South Wales, Australia.