State Heritage Register Curtilages: Polygon Data for Listed Heritage Items in NSW

A polygon dataset maintained by the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water on behalf of the Heritage Council of NSW. It covers places, buildings, works, relics, moveable objects, precincts, or land listed on the State Heritage Register under the Heritage Act, 1977. The data is available in ESRI shapefile format and was last updated on 2026-05-13.

Use Cases

• Mapping heritage site boundaries based on the polygon data for listed items.
• Conducting spatial analysis of heritage precincts based on the described polygon dataset.
• Integrating heritage curtilage data with other planning layers for environmental impact assessments.

Strengths

• Data is officially maintained by the NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water on behalf of the Heritage Council.
• Available under a CC-BY-4.0 license, permitting broad reuse with attribution.
• Last updated on 2026-05-13 01:42:03.650563, indicating recent maintenance.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) on behalf of the Heritage Council of NSW.

Collection Method

Maintained for items listed on the State Heritage Register under the Heritage Act, 1977.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-13 01:42:03.650563; freshness should be verified.

Geography

New South Wales, Australia.