Vicmap Reference: Alternate Parish and Township Names for Victoria

Part of the VMREFTAB reference tables for the VICMAP product suite, this dataset provides a list of alternate names for parishes and townships in the Australian state of Victoria. The Department of Transport and Planning maintains the data, which was last updated on 2026-04-09. Available file formats include TAB, MIF, GDB, EXTENDED TAB, and SHP.

Use Cases

• Resolving historical place name references based on the list of alternate names.
• Enhancing geocoding systems by linking modern and historical administrative names.
• Supporting historical and genealogical research into Victorian land records.

Strengths

• Data is part of the official VICMAP suite of products for Victoria.
• Available under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.
• Offered in multiple standard geospatial formats (TAB, MIF, GDB, SHP).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Department of Transport and Planning

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-09 02:50:17.464929; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Victoria, Australia