Australian State and Territory Legal Boundaries

November 2019 boundaries provide the legal state and territory limits for Australia. Geoscape Australia builds and maintains this data using authoritative government cadastre data from each jurisdiction. It is part of a larger collection of seven administrative boundary themes.

Use Cases

• Visualize state-level jurisdictional areas on a map using the polygon geometry data.
• Perform spatial joins with other Australian datasets using the state boundary features as a reference layer.
• Analyze administrative hierarchy by linking these state boundaries to other themes like local government areas or electoral boundaries.
• Create basemaps for regional planning applications that require precise legal state and territory limits.

Strengths

• Data is built from authoritative government cadastre sources from each state and territory.
• Offers coordinate data in two geodetic datums, GDA94 and GDA2020, for user choice.
• Part of a larger dataset containing seven themes of administrative boundaries for broader context.

Limitations

• The specific snapshot described is from November 2019, which may not reflect recent boundary changes.
• The exact number of features (rows) and their attribute columns are not provided in the description.

Provenance

Source

Geoscape Australia, using cadastre data from Australian state and territory jurisdictions.

Collection Method

Derived from authoritative government cadastre data.

Time Range

Snapshot as of November 2019.

Freshness

Snapshot as of November 2019.

Geography

Australia, covering all states and territories.