AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Barwon Water Water Assets

Barwon Water water assets feature layer details the location and attributes for current and decommissioned water pipes and fittings within the Barwon Water utility network.  This data has been prepared to be shared with external users and is licensed under Creative Commons 4.0.To maintain currency, data is republished once per month.DisclaimerBarwon Water does not provide any warranty, express or implied, as to the accuracy, completeness, currency or reliability of the data available on this site. Furthermore, Barwon Water does not provide a warranty that the scale of the maps is accurate, or that they are suitable for a specific purpose. These maps are intended for general information only. Barwon Water is not responsible and does not accept liability for any loss, expense or damage (direct or indirectly) which has arisen from reliance on any data or maps provided by Barwon Water. It is the responsibility of users of the data and maps to ensure their accuracy by independent means and to take care when undertaking works that have the potential to damage Barwon Water assets.

Tags: Barwon Water, Open Data, decommissioned, fittings, pipes, water
Organization: Barwon Water
Rental Report - Quarterly: Moving Annual Rents by Suburb

This section of the Rental Report provides a summary of the affordability of
rental housing for lower income households in Victoria. The method used in
this section measures the supply of affordable new lettings based on the
Residential Tenancies Bond Authority data used in this Report. The
affordability benchmark used is that no more than 30 per cent of gross income
is spent on rent. Lower income households are defined as those receiving
Centrelink incomes.

The Rental Report provides key statistics on the private rental market in
Victoria. The major source for the statistics presented in the Rental Report
is the Residential Tenancies Bond Authority which collects data on all rental
bonds lodged under the Residential Tenancies Act 1997.

Tags: housing, rent, rental report
Organization: Homes Victoria
Preface to the Focus Section on Intraplate Earthquakes

More than a half century after&nbsp;plate&nbsp;tectonics&nbsp;provided an overarching framework to explain earthquakes along active&nbsp;plate&nbsp;boundaries, numerous theories have been proposed to explain where, why, and how often earthquakes occur well away from active&nbsp;plate&nbsp;boundaries, but a paradigm remains elusive.&nbsp;Even the classification of earthquakes away from active&nbsp;plate&nbsp;boundaries as "intraplate" raises issues, with potentially important distinctions between Stable Continental Regions and more actively deforming regions including passive margins and failed rifts.&nbsp;Some of the largest known intraplate earthquakes themselves remain enigmatic, having occurred before the modern instrumental era.&nbsp;Hazard assessments are often data-limited: low fault-slip rates relative to landscape modification rates result in poor discoverability of fault sources,&nbsp;challenging the characterization of source zones and earthquake recurrence; the completeness and homogenization of instrumental earthquake catalogs using uncertain magnitude conversions can lead to uncertainties in earthquake recurrence; and, limited strong-motion observations for large-magnitude events&nbsp;at near-source distances leads to uncertainties in the selection and development of ground-motion models for seismic hazard studies.&nbsp;Data from recent intraplate earthquakes around the world—from the moment magnitude <strong>M</strong> 7.7 2001 Bhuj, India, earthquake 25 years ago to the 2024 <strong>M</strong> 4.8 Tewksbury, New Jersey earthquake—have yielded both new insights and new questions. The papers in this special focus discuss many of the long-standing challenges involved with intraplate earthquake investigations and provide a snapshot of the state of the art with current research to advance our understanding.

<b>Citation:</b> Allen, T.I., Hough, S.E., Boyd, O.S., Waldhauser, F. &amp; Assumpção, M. 2026 Preface to the Focus Section on Intraplate Earthquakes, <i>Seismological Research Letters (2026)</i>. https://doi.org/10.1785/0220260004.

Tags: Published_External, Seismology and Seismic Exploration, intraplate earthquakes, seismic hazard, seismic hazard assessment, stable continental regions
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Geo generalist Era Where Spatial Meets Everything

This series of lightening talks will showcase how Geographic Information System (GIS) is used to help tackle complex, real-world challenges. Through practical demonstrations and insights, you will see how we are using GIS to monitor hazards, inform resource planning, support development and community services, and how we are brining geospatial thinking into classrooms nationwide.  



Discover how emerging technologies are empowering smarter decisions, connecting communities and supporting Australia’s future. Whether you are new to GIS or an experienced practitioner, this event will inspire you to see the possibilities of geospatial thinking in every field.

Tags: EARTH SCIENCES, GIS, Outreach, Published_External, Wednesday Seminar, public talks
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Unconformity-related rare earth element mineral potential of Australia

Heavy rare earth elements are critical for the transition to net zero in addition to being key to manufacturing defence technologies. Unconformity-related rare earth element (REE) deposits represent an important source of heavy rare earth elements (HREE), including key elements such as dysprosium (Dy) and terbium (Tb). Given the strategic importance of these critical minerals to the national economy, a national-scale mineral potential assessment has been undertaken to evaluate the geological potential for unconformity-related REE mineral systems in Australia.



Leveraging previous research into the formation of unconformity-related REE mineral systems in Australia, a new mineral system model has been developed based on an existing mineral systems framework. The deposits form as a result of crustal- to deposit-scale processes that operate under favourable spatial and temporal conditions. This study demonstrates how a mineral system that is lacking comprehensive understanding can be used as the basis for predictive modelling through the novel use of datasets not typically utilised in broad-scale mineral potential assessments. 



Both a knowledge-driven and data-driven approach have been used to generate national-scale mineral potential maps that reduce the exploration search space for unconformity-related REE mineral systems in Australia by up to 95%. In addition to predicting known mineralised regions, the model also demonstrates high prospectivity in parts of Australia where no unconformity-related REE mineralisation has previously been identified, particularly on the margins of Precambrian basins in northern Australia.

Tags: Data mining and knowledge discovery, Earth and space science informatics, Mineral Potential Assessments, National resource assessments, Published_External, Resource geoscience, Resourcing Australia’s Prosperity, critical minerals, mineral potential assessment, mineral potential mapping, rare earth elements
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Industry Geochemistry Compilation Pilot Project

Very large volumes of whole-rock geochemistry data are generated by the mineral exploration industry, with much of this data being lodged with State and Territory governments under legislation governing mineral exploration reporting. The motivation for this Pilot Project arises from the recognition that the wealth of geochemical information that is routinely collected and reported by the mineral exploration industry could be even more valuable and more widely used across jurisdictional borders and at national scale if data reporting standards were more uniform across jurisdictions and that common data issues are remediated or removed from the dataset in a transparent and repeatable way.



The Industry Geochemistry Compilation (IGC) Pilot Project is an initiative led by Geoscience Australia and contracted to RSC Global Pty Ltd (AusTender CN4143262) to evaluate the feasibility and value of creating a national coverage, open-file, industry drillhole geochemistry dataset. The Pilot Project ran from March to June 2025 and includes two related projects, Project 1 and Project 2, which were run in parallel.



Project 1 focused on developing a robust and repeatable data structure, and on cleaning and validating geochemical and spatial data, and is delivered as a Western Australia case study in collaboration with the Geological Survey of Western Australia (GSWA). Key outputs from Project 1 include a cleaned and validated compilation of high-quality industry drillhole multi-element geochemical data, along with the workflow for creating this dataset, delivered as modular, efficient, and well-documented Python code.



Project 2 assessed the scope of work for a national scale data compilation, documenting the rationale and business case for the IGC Pilot Project, reviewing each state/territory geological surveys’ industry geochemistry data holdings, and developing a proposed data architecture for the IGC. Recommendations were made for an optimal data structure for industry submissions and a potential workflow to incorporate each geological survey industry geochemistry dataset into a national compilation was presented.

Tags: Earth Materials Characterisation, Exploration Geochemistry, Industry Geochemistry Compilation, Inorganic geochemistry, Published_External, QAQC, Resourcing Australia’s Prosperity, Western Australia, data compilation, data processing, drillhole, industry geochemistry, scoping
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Climate Vulnerability Assessment: Sheep June Joining

The <strong>Climate Vulnerability Assessment</strong> was designed to provide an overview of the impact of future climate change on all stages of production for the commodities and biosecurity risks assessed. The project used multicriteria analysis (MCA) models to produce assessments for the commodities and biosecurity risks in a consistent and comparable way, and a framework was developed to provide a rigorous, flexible and transparent process for assessing vulnerabilities and opportunities to climate change. Details of the approach and the climate data used in the assessments can be found in the <a href="https://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/dpi/climate/climate-vulnerability-assessment/publications-and-reports">Methodology Report</a> which also details model exclusions and assumptions.

Assessments were undertaken on commodities grouped into 6 nodes: <em>Horticulture and Viticulture</em>, <em>Broadacre Cropping</em>, <em>Forestry</em>, <em>Extensive Livestock</em>, <em>Marine Fisheries</em>, as well as for a set of biosecurity risks related to these primary industry sectors. The <a href="https://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/dpi/climate/climate-vulnerability-assessment/publications-and-reports">Summary Report</a> gives details of the chosen commodities and biosecurity risks and summarises the high-level results.

Results Reports for each commodity and biosecurity risk are being released. Visit the <a href="https://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/dpi/climate/climate-vulnerability-assessment">project's web pages</a> to access these reports and for further information.

This dataset contains maps of modelled climate suitability for the <strong>sheep (June joining)</strong> model in the Extensive Livestock node of the DPIRD Climate Vulnerability Assessment. Maps are provided (in GeoTIFF format) for each element of the model: the overall climate suitability, climate suitability maps for each phenophase and also for each phenophase/climate variable combination in the model. Data is provided for each of the eight global climate models (GCMs) used in the project, as well as the climate suitability derived from historical observations, along with the ensemble median for each map.

Tags: agriculture, climate change, climate vulnerability assessment, livestock, planning
Organization: Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD)
Climate Vulnerability Assessment: Irrigated Wheat

The <strong>Climate Vulnerability Assessment</strong> was designed to provide an overview of the impact of future climate change on all stages of production for the commodities and biosecurity risks assessed. The project used multicriteria analysis (MCA) models to produce assessments for the commodities and biosecurity risks in a consistent and comparable way, and a framework was developed to provide a rigorous, flexible and transparent process for assessing vulnerabilities and opportunities to climate change. Details of the approach and the climate data used in the assessments can be found in the <a href="https://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/dpi/climate/climate-vulnerability-assessment/publications-and-reports">Methodology Report</a> which also details model exclusions and assumptions.

Assessments were undertaken on commodities grouped into 6 nodes: <em>Horticulture and Viticulture</em>, <em>Broadacre Cropping</em>, <em>Forestry</em>, <em>Extensive Livestock</em>, <em>Marine Fisheries</em>, as well as for a set of biosecurity risks related to these primary industry sectors. The <a href="https://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/dpi/climate/climate-vulnerability-assessment/publications-and-reports">Summary Report</a> gives details of the chosen commodities and biosecurity risks and summarises the high-level results.

Results Reports for each commodity and biosecurity risk are being released. Visit the <a href="https://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/dpi/climate/climate-vulnerability-assessment">project's web pages</a> to access these reports and for further information.

This dataset contains maps of modelled climate suitability for the <strong>irrigated wheat</strong> model in the Broadacre Cropping node of the DPIRD Climate Vulnerability Assessment. Maps are provided (in GeoTIFF format) for each element of the model: the overall climate suitability, climate suitability maps for each phenophase and also for each phenophase/climate variable combination in the model. Data is provided for each of the eight global climate models (GCMs) used in the project, as well as the climate suitability derived from historical observations, along with the ensemble median for each map.

Tags: agriculture, biosecurity, climate change, climate vulnerability assessment, cropping, planning
Organization: Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD)
Water Modelling Modelled Data Without Development

<a href="https://portal.spatial.nsw.gov.au/static/exportcontent.html?featureservername=Water_Modelling_Modelled_Data_Without_Development&amp;title=Water Modelling Modelled Data Without Development&amp;wgs84Eqv=GDA94&amp;url=https://spatialportalarcgis.dpie.nsw.gov.au/sarcgis/rest/services/Water/Water_Modelling_Modelled_Data_Without_Development/MapServer">Export Data</a><a href="https://spatialportalarcgis.dpie.nsw.gov.au/sarcgis/rest/services/Water/Water_Modelling_Modelled_Data_Without_Development/MapServer">Access API</a>
Metadata <a href="https://portal.spatial.nsw.gov.au/portal/home/item.html?id=a13166e560804ce99665a294468023d4">Portal Metadata Information</a>
Content TitleWater Modelling Modelled Data Without DevelopmentContent TypeOtherDescriptionData was updated by FME at 15:43 on 15/11/2023Initial Publication Date28/08/2024Data Currency28/08/2024Data Update FrequencyAPIContent SourceAPIFile TypeImagery LayerAttributionData Theme, Classification or Relationship to other DatasetsAccuracySpatial Reference System (dataset)GDA94Spatial Reference System (web service)OtherWGS84 Equivalent ToGDA94Spatial ExtentContent LineageData ClassificationUnclassifiedData Access PolicyOpenData QualityTerms and ConditionsCreative CommonStandard and SpecificationData CustodianNSW Department of Climate Change Energy, Environment and WaterPoint of ContactNSW Department of Climate Change Energy, Environment and WaterData AggregatorData DistributorAdditional Supporting InformationTRIM Number

Tags: Water
Organization: Spatial Services (DCS)
Water Modelling-Water Models-Without Development-Macquarie

The Macquarie Without Development model covers the headwater catchments and river reaches of the Macquarie River basin. This includes the Macquarie River and explicit representation of its major tributaries such as the Fish River, Cudgegong River, Bell River, and Talbragar River, amongst others. It also covers the headwater catchments and river reaches of the Bogan River, and various floodplain distributaries and anabranches in the lower reaches of the Macquarie River basin. The model extends downstream to locations upstream of the Barwon River. The model extent does not include the Castlereagh River.

Note: Source software (available from <a href="https://ewater.org.au/products/ewater-source/">ewater.org.au</a>) is required to view and run the model(s) within.  

Tags: DCCEEW - Water, DCCEEW - Water Analytics, modelling, surface water
Organization: NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Blue Mountains City Council Waterway Health Monitoring Program

The Blue Mountains Waterway Health Monitoring Program is an ongoing initiative by Blue Mountains City Council to monitor and share information about the condition of local waterways. Its purpose is to provide council, the community and other stakeholders with accessible insights into waterway health and accurate data to guide the sustainable management of catchments and waterways.
The program has over 25 years of monitoring data collected at more than 60 sites across three core programs: ecological waterway health, recreational water quality, and freshwater crayfish surveys. 

Tags: Ecology, FAUNA-Invertebrates, Water Management, Water quality, environmental health
Organization: Blue Mountains City Council
Number of enrolments in government schools (1848-2024)

This dataset includes the number of enrolments in NSW government schools from 1848 to 2024.

<strong>Data Notes:</strong>
<ul>
<li>

Since 1993, some students have enrolled part-time. All enrolments are reported in full-time equivalent (FTE) units and include full-time and part-time students. 
</li>
<li>

Student enrolments are rounded to the nearest whole number. 
</li>
<li>

From 1881 to 1907, primary enrolments relate to students undertaking ordinary public school courses. However, post-primary pupils in superior public schools are included in the primary figures. Primary correspondence school (later distance education centres) pupils are also included from 1938, and the school of the air pupils from 1976.
</li>
<li>

From 1938, post-primary enrolments relate to student undertaking post-primary courses in high, intermediate high, district, junior high, central, superior public schools and correspondence school (later distance education centres). Pupils undertaking post- primary courses in small primary schools are also included. Evening continuation school pupils are not included.
</li>
<li>

For the period from 1881 to 1907 it has not been possible to isolate the number of post-primary pupils in superior public schools and consequently they are included under primary enrolments. This is the reason for the large jump in post-primary enrolments in 1908.
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<li>

From 1962 to 1983, all pupils in special schools or classes (except those in some community care schools who were not counted until 1981) are included as appropriate in the primary or post-primary figures and in the total.  Since 1984, students in Schools for Special Purposes have been counted separately.  Prior to 1962 it was difficult to ascertain if these pupils are included. Children in hospital schools and schools for the physically and intellectually disabled are sometimes included in the primary figures during the late 1950s, but physically and intellectually disabled children in special classes in ordinary schools are included from the late 1940s.
</li>
<li>

The enrolment figures between 1848 to 1918 are for the December quarter, with those for 1848 to 1851 and 1866 being estimates. From 1919 the annual census figures are used resulting in a sharp drop in primary and rise in post-primary enrolments in 1919. Pupils from the ACT are included until 1973, at which date they numbered 30,457.
</li>
</ul>

<strong>Data source:</strong>
<ul>
<li>Education Statistics and Measurement, Centre for Education Statistics and Evaluation.</li>
</ul>

Tags: government-schools, level-state, student-administration-and-wellbeing
Organization: NSW Department of Education
Microsatellite DNA markers and morphometrics reveal a complex population structure in a merobenthic octopus species (Octopus maorum) in south-east Australia and New Zealand

Five polymorphic microsatellite loci were developed and then used to assess the population genetic structure of a commercially harvested merobenthic octopus species (Octopus maorum) in south-east Australian and New Zealand (NZ) waters. Beak and stylet morphometrics were also used to assess population differentiation in conjunction with the genetic data.

Tags: Anterior stylet length, Beak height - upper and lower, Beak length - upper and lower, Beak width - upper and lower, Biosphere | Zoology | Mollusks, Hood length - upper and lower, Microsatellites, Morphometrics, Octopus maorum, Population structure, Rostrum length - upper and lower, Stylet, Stylet weight, Total stylet length
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network
Significant Wetlands for Unregulated River Water Sharing Plans Inland NSW

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Metadata <a href="https://portal.spatial.nsw.gov.au/portal/home/item.html?id=a13166e560804ce99665a294468023d4">Portal Metadata Information</a>
Content TitleSignificant Wetlands for Unregulated River Water Sharing Plans Inland NSWContent TypeOtherDescriptionThis data generates an interactive map of significant wetlands in the Inland NSW.Initial Publication Date28/08/2024Data Currency28/08/2024Data Update FrequencyAPIContent SourceAPIFile TypeImagery LayerAttributionData Theme, Classification or Relationship to other DatasetsAccuracySpatial Reference System (dataset)GDA94Spatial Reference System (web service)OtherWGS84 Equivalent ToGDA94Spatial ExtentContent LineageData ClassificationUnclassifiedData Access PolicyOpenData QualityTerms and ConditionsCreative CommonStandard and SpecificationData CustodianNSW Department of Climate Change Energy, Environment and WaterPoint of ContactNSW Department of Climate Change Energy, Environment and WaterData AggregatorData DistributorAdditional Supporting InformationTRIM Number

Tags: Water
Organization: Spatial Services (DCS)
NSW koala sentinel program

The Koala Sentinel Monitoring Program is a multi-year initiative designed to assess koala populations across six key locations in NSW. The program focuses on monitoring disease prevalence, genetic diversity, and ecological factors influencing koala populations. The data collected aims to identify and understand the complex interactions between environmental threats and koala population health, providing insights into long-term population trends. Since its launch, the program has completed one full monitoring cycle (Nov 2023 – Sept 2024) and is currently in its second round, which will conclude in September 2025. 

Tags: Koala, Koala monitoring, NSW Koala Strategy
Organization: NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water