Updated: 27 Jul 2004

National Public and Aboriginal Lands (NPAL) Pre-1998

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• Product Specifications

Contains boundary and attribute information for parcels of public, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander land in Australia which are larger than 40 hectares. Selected smaller areas are shown by point locations (includes nature reserves, forests and aboriginal land). Data are suitable for GIS applications.

Categories include: nature conservation reserves, forestry reserves, aboriginal land, water reserves, defence reserves and mining reserves.

The amount of attribute information recorded varies with the type of reserve. Generally it includes: state and reserve name, reserve type, administering authority, size (in hectares), identification number and date of original proclamation and latest update.

Please Note: Data have not been verified by State authorities. Data have been collected for national 1:250 000 scale mapping purposes and may not meet the needs of all users.

Product Specifications

Coverage: Australia by State.

Currency: June 1997 (NSW); 1991 (NT); 1987-1991 (QLD); 1986-1990 (SA); April 1991 (Tas and Vic); 1988-1990 (WA)

Coordinates: Geographical

Datum: AGD66

Format: ArcInfo Export, ArcView Shapefile and MapInfo mid/mif

Medium: Free online and CD-ROM (fee applies)

Forward Program: Under review.