Victoria Crown Land Restrictions for Petroleum Operations Under the Petroleum Act 1998

Victoria, Australia, land parcels where special permission is required for petroleum operations, as defined by the Petroleum Act 1998 and National Parks Act 1975. The dataset is an amalgamation of features from Public Land Management layers, including national parks, wildlife reserves, heritage rivers, and water authority land. It is provided by the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action and was last updated on 2026-04 09.

Use Cases

• Identify restricted exploration zones based on wilderness and reference area designations.
• Map permissible petroleum operation areas based on classifications of crown land reserves.
• Assess regulatory overlap for project planning based on heritage river and natural catchment area features.
• Analyze land tenure constraints based on the inclusion of national parks, state parks, and marine parks.

Strengths

• Derived from multiple authoritative Public Land Management (PLM) source layers.
• Explicitly linked to specific legal sections (Petroleum Act 1998 SECT 137, 139, 140; National Parks Act 1975 SECT 40).
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats (SHP, GDB, DWG, DXF, TAB, MIF).
• Published under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (Victoria, Australia).

Collection Method

Amalgamated from selections of Public Land Management layers (PLM25, PLM100_V_MMT series, VEACREC25_POLYGON).

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-09 06:26:31.274907; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Victoria, Australia.