AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Australian_Seabed_Features WFS

The geomorphic features of the seafloor in the Australian Marine Jurisdiction were identified using the Australian Bathymetry and Topography dataset (Webster & Petkovic 2005). Twenty one feature types were identified and mapped for an area including the seafloor surrounding the Australian mainland and island territories of Christmas, Cocos (Keeling), Macquarie, and Norfolk Islands (Heap & Harris 2008). Some examples of these geomorphic features include: abyssal plains, trenches, canyons, and seamounts.

You can also purchase hard copies of Geoscience Australia data and other products at http://www.ga.gov.au/products-services/how-to-order-products/sales-centre.html

Tags: Earth Sciences, Marine, Web Service, geomorphic features, marine_coastal, seabed
Organization: Geoscience Australia
Australian Offshore Mineral Locations Map, August 2006

The Australian Offshore Mineral Locations map shows mineral occurrences and deposits within Australia's 200 nautical mile exclusive economic zone and extended continental shelf.

Australia will have one of the largest marine jurisdictions in the world (14.4 million square kilometres) if the United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf agrees to Australia's submission on the outer limit of its extended continental shelf. This is greater than Australia's total land area (13.6 million square kilometres), including Antarctica.

The Offshore Mineral Locations map sheds light on the mineral prospectivity in this exciting, but poorly known frontier. It should serve also to ensure mineral values are considered in marine planning and decision making.

The Australian Offshore Mineral Locations map draws together data from published and unpublished marine research surveys as well as reports from federal and state government records.

Mineral locations shown include manganese nodules and crusts, shellsand, construction aggregate, heavy mineral sand, phosphorites, diamonds, tin, copper, gold and coal.

Types of mineralisation, some interpreted from limited information, provide an insight into the nature of the depositional settings.

Bathymetry shows the variable physiography of the seafloor that surrounds Australia. For the first time it is possible to identify features such as the contextual setting of manganese crusts and nodules on the East Tasman Plateau and South Tasman Rise, and shellsand and cobalt crust on the edge of the Ceduna Terrace where it descends to the South Australian Abyssal Plain.

Insets and images on the map show further detail, mineral specimens and operational aspects associated with exploration and recovery of marine minerals.

The map is the result of a collaborative project between Geoscience Australia, CSIRO's Wealth from Oceans Flagship and Division of Exploration and Mining, and each of the State and Northern Territory Geological Surveys.

The Australian Offshore Mineral Locations data can be viewed online by using Geoscience Australia's Australian Marine Spatial Information System (AMSIS). AMSIS contains more than 80 layers of Australian marine information which can be viewed and integrated with mineral locations data to create maps to meet specific requirements.

You can also purchase hard copies of Geoscience Australia data and other products at http://www.ga.gov.au/products-services/how-to-order-products/sales-centre.html

Tags: Earth Sciences, Geoscience, Thematic Map, bathymetry, marine, mineral deposits
Organization: Geoscience Australia
Australian Natural Resources Atlas (ANRA)

The Australian Natural Resources Atlas (ANRA) was developed by the National Land and Water Resources Audit  to provide online access to information to support natural resource management. The Atlas was managed and maintained within the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. The Atlas comprises of a number of tools and information on Australia's natural resources:

    * Australia's Resources Online: Generate a report containing the latest available data on Australia's natural resources against the Natural Resource Management Monitoring and Evaluation framework . (See below).
    * Map Maker: View and query the data from the Atlas or make a map of a region of interest
    * Natural Resource Topics: View National, State and regional theme assessments of Australia's natural resources undertaken by the National Land and Water Resources Audit in 2000-2002, and find links to other sources of natural resource data.

Tags: AUSTRALIA INCLUDING EXTERNAL TERRITORIES, Acid Deposition, Aquifers, Ground Water, Hydrosphere, Lakes, Ph, Stream Chemistry, Surface Water, Water Depth, Water Quality, Water Yield
Organization: Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences
Australian National Data Service

Research Data Australia is an Internet-based collection designed 
to promote visibility of Australian research data in search 
engines such as Google and Bing. Research Data Australia aims to provide 
a comprehensive window into the Australian Research Data Commons. 
It provides connections between data, projects, researchers and services 
across organisations and discipline

Research is producing larger and more complex 
data than ever before. It is imperative that these 
data outputs are effectively managed and shared.
Better data – better described, more connected, more 
integrated and organised, more accessible, more 
easily used for new purposes – allows new questions 
to be investigated, larger issues to be investigated, 
and data landscapes to be explored.


Tags: agricultural and veterinary sciences, biological sciences, built environment and design, chemical sciences, commerce, communication and culture, earth sciences, economics, education, engineering, environmental sciences, history and archaeology, information and computing sciences, language, law and legal studies, management, mathematical sciences, medical and health sciences, philosophy and religious studies, physical sciences, psychology and cognitive sciences, studies in creative arts and writing, studies in human society, technology, tourism and services
Organization: Australian National Data Service
Australian Irrigation Areas (Raster), Version 1A, National Land and Water Resources Audit

    

This data set shows designated and actual irrigation areas in Australia
compiled by the National Land Use Mapping Project of the National Land and
Water Resources Audit to assist in the identification of irrigation areas in
Australia. Additional data custodians include Agriculture WA, Queensland
Department of Natural Resources and Mines, Murray-Darling Basin Commission,
New South Wales Department of Land and Water Conservation and Tasmanian
Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment.aDesignated irrigation
areasa indicate areas with administratively defined boundaries which have
associated rights and obligations pertaining to use of water for irrigation.
The precise meaning of the term adesignated irrigation areaa varies from
region to region. aActual irrigation areasa indicate areas with
observationally defined boundaries within which irrigation is practised. The
boundaries have been supplied by various agencies and cover the more important
irrigation areas in Australia. Users of this data set should be aware that
there are irrigated areas outside the designated and actual areas shown and
that there are non-irrigated areas inside them. This is particularly true of
Tasmania and the Murray-Darling Basin.The data set is available in both vector
and raster formats. The raster data set can be used as a companion to the
1996/97 Land Use of Australia data set which is also in raster format. Both
data sets have the same coordinate system, boundary coordinates and cell size
so that they can easily be overlaid. Users may find, however, that some cells
are classified as irrigated by the Australian Irrigation Areas data set and as
non-agricultural land by the 1996/97 Land Use of Australia data set.The
Version 1a data set may be of use to researchers and policy makers in need of
national, regional or local scale irrigation data, though the scale of the
source material is highly variable and completedness of coverage is poor in
some regions.

See [further metadata](http://data.daff.gov.au/anrdl/metadata_files/pa_aia__r9ab
__00211a01.xml) for more detail.



Tags: administrativeboundaries, agriculture, boundaries, culturalboundaries, environment, inlandwaters, irrigation, landmanagement, landuse, mapping, structure
Organization: Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences
Australian Institute of Marine Science Automatic Weather Stations

Automatic weather stations have been deployed by AIMS since 1980. One station is deployed in Western Australia, but all others have been deployed on reefs within the Great Barrier Reef or on islands or the mainland adjacent to the reef. The following is a list of the weather stations which have been deployed by AIMS and the period of time for which data may be available. Records may not be continuous for the time spans given. 

Historical Data:
Rib Reef: Start: 29/2/1980: End: 3/12/1985
Coral Creek (Hinchinbrook Island): Start 16/10/1980: End 30/7/1985
Cape Ferguson: Start 1/11/1983: End 30/5/1985
John Brewer Reef: Start 31/7/1987: End 30/5/1988
Coconut Island: Start 30/9/1988: End 5/11/1991 (Data not yet located)
Cape Cleveland: Start 2/6/1993: End 30/9/1996
Daintree River: Start 12/2/97: End 31/5/98

Currently Active Stations:
Queensland:
Cape Bowling Green: Start: 9/7/1983
Myrmidon Reef: Start 2/11/1987
Hardy Reef: Start 14/6/1989
Agincourt Reef: Start 1/11/1989
Davies Reef: Start 18/10/1991
Halftide Rock: 26/7/2000
Orpheus Island: Start 20/12/2002
Cleveland Bay: Start 3/7/1990
Agincourt Reef: Start 1/11/1989
Raine Island: Start 08/08/2012

Western Australia:
Ningaloo Reef (Milyering): Start 12/2/1997

Weather stations may be equipped with sensors to measure some or all of the following parameters: sea temperature at a range of depths, atmospheric pressure, air temperature, solar radiation (PAR), wind direction, wind speed.

Tags: Air Temperature, Atmosphere, Atmospheric Radiation, Atmospheric Sciences, Atmospheric Temperature, Barometric pressure, EARTH SCIENCES, Meteorology, Ocean Temperature, Oceans, Solar Radiation, Water Temperature, Wind direction, Wind speed
Organization: Australian Institute of Marine Science
Australian Groundwater Flow Systems – National Land and Water Resources Audit, January 2000

    

The data shows the distribution of groundwater flow systems at a national
scale. These flow systems were based on their hydrogeological characteristics
using a combination of geology, geomorphology and topographical (Digital
Elevation Model) information at a national scale. The groundwater flowsystems
identify the extent of groundwater processes contributing to salinity,
together with the characteristic hydrogeological processes considered likely
to result in dryland salinity given suitable climatic conditions.

See [further metadata](http://data.daff.gov.au/anrdl/metadata_files/pa_agfs_r9ab
l_00111a00.xml) for more detail.



Tags: environmentandnaturalresourcemanagement, geosciences, geoscientificinformation, hydrogeology, waterandirrigation
Organization: Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences
Australian Government environmental information products and services

This dataset contains a list of environmental information products and services that have relevance to Australian Government and its stakeholders. It is produced and maintained for the Bureau of Meteorology's Environmental Information Products and Services Directory (available at www.bom.gov.au/environment/activities/products).

Developed as a product under the National Plan for Environmental Information (NPEI) initiative, the directory provides a central point of access for environmental information products and services that meet the following criteria: national coverage or significance, Australian Government operated or endorsed, publicly accessible, and currently maintained and supported.

All products and services in the directory’s dataset have a title, custodian, web link, and brief description. They are classified using keywords (tags) developed by the Bureau of Meteorology.

The list of products and services included in the directory is not exhaustive and will be updated several times per year.

Use the contact point listed below to amend current entries or nominate relevant products and services for inclusion in future revisions of the directory.

Tags: Australian Government, air, directory, environment, land, marine, products, services, water
Organization: Bureau of Meteorology
Australian Gas Light Company maps

    

Gas mains laid in areas including City of Sydney to Walsh Bay, Darling Harbour
to Pyrmont, Ultimo, Redfern, Woolloomooloo, Darlinghurst and Chippendale,
1870.



Tags: australianhistory, historicaldata, history, infrastructure, libraries, libraryhack2011, maps, nationalandstatelibrariesaustralasia, statelibraryofnewsouthwales, sydney, utilities
Organization: State Library of New South Wales
Australian forest and wood products statistics: March and June quarters 2017

Overview  

 This issue of the Australian forest and wood products statistics (AFWPS) includes updated 2015-16 data for key domestic indicators of forestry sector activity, including sales and service income and industry valued added. It also includes interim estimates of the volume and value of logs harvested in 2016-17, along with updated 2016-17 trade statistics for wood products and data for housing and other residential commencements. 

 Key Issues  
• Forestry industry value added, or contribution to GDP, increased for the third year in a row, growing by 9 per cent to $8.6 billion in 2015-16. Sales and service income for the forestry sector also grew strongly to $23.7 billion in 2015-16 (up 7 per cent from the previous year). 
• ABARES estimates that Australia's forestry sector continued to grow strongly in 2016-17, with the total volume and value of logs harvested reaching record levels. Estimated total volume log harvest from native forests and commercial plantations increased by 9 per cent to 32.8 million cubic metres and estimated total value increased by 12 per cent to $2.5 billion. 
• After four consecutive years of growth in residential construction activity in Australia, dwelling commencements fell by 6 per cent to 219,300 in 2016-17. The decrease in commencements of other residential buildings (including units and house conversions) was greater than the decrease in house commencements. 
• Australia's trade in wood products has been growing since 2012-13 and reached a record level of $8.6 billion in 2016-17. The value of exports reached a record level of $3.4 billion (up 9 per cent from the previous year), while the value of imports fell to $5.3 billion (down 4 per cent from a record level in the previous year). 
• China was our largest trading partner in 2016-17 for wood products, accounting for over a quarter of Australia's total wood product imports, nearly half of total wood product exports and the majority of total wood products export growth over the year. 


Tags: Australia, Farming, Forest, area, australian, commodities, consumption, data, exports, forest, forestry, forests, gross, harvested, imports, logs, panel, paper, plantation, product, production, products, roundwood, statistics, trade, trading partners, value, volume, wood, woodchip
Organization: Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences
Australian estuaries (NLWRA)

The National Land & Water Resources Audit (the Audit) collated data and information on the status of Australia’s natural resources and contextual social and economic information.\\n\\nThe information was used to assist in identifying Australia’s natural resource management priorities and will be used to support the evaluation of current and future natural resource management (NRM) investments.\\n\\nhe estuary assessment compiled readily available data and used qualitative and quantitative methods. The assessment provides detail on the condition of Australian estuaries including the amount of modification from the pristine state, drivers of change, susceptibility to further change, and key management needs.

Tags: Australia, COASTAL PROCESSES, ESTUARIES, NLWRA, OCEANS, estuaries
Organization: OzCoasts (Geoscience Australia)
Australian-Chinese Ocean Science & Technology: Conference Proceedings: November 2005

Scientists and engineers from a number of institutions such as the Chinese National Bureau of Oceanography, the Second Institute of Oceanography, the National Ocean Technology Centre, Tongi University and the Institute of Acoustics travelled to Sydney and Canberra in the first of the Australia-China meetings on Ocean Science and Technology.  The meeting was successful at making parties from each country aware of the latest research and development in each other country.  

The papers presented at the conference include: 

** Underwater Acoustic Imaging:  Effects of One-bit Digitisation (David G Blair, Ian S F Jones, Andrew Madry)

** Seabed Equivalent Geoacoustic Parameters Inversion from the South China Sea Experiment (Wei Chen, Li Ma and Yaoming Chen)

** Coastal Impact of Climate Change:  Stochastic Simulation and Risk Management (Peter Cowell)

** Ocean Power Conversion (Tim Finnigan)

** The Application of Remote Sensing to Locate Shipwrecks (Jeremy Green)						

** Classifying Cumulative Grain Size Curves with Program Clara (Les J Hamilton)

** Seabed Mapping and Characterization of Australia's EEZ:  Recent Developments at Geoscience Australia (Peter T Harris, Andrew Heap, James Daniell, Mark Hemer, Alix Post, Alison Hancock, Alan Hinde, Laura Sbaff, Kriton Glenn, Emma Mathews, Lana Twyford)

** Satellite and Airborne Sea Surface Salinity Mapping with Microwave Radiometers (M.L. Heron, D.M. Burrage, A. Prytz, J.Wesson and P.V. Ridd)

** Modelling of Coastal Hydrodynamics (Dong-Sheng Jeng)

** Surveying for the Census of Marine Life (Ian S F Jones and David G Blair)

** The Underwater Nonlinear Beams and Their Applications in Acoustic Imaging and Bottom Profiling (Songwen Li)				
Comparison on Different Methods for Estimating Doppler Shift (Jie Liang)

** Influence of Variations of Water-sediment Process on the Coastal Line in the Yellow River Delta (Liu Shuguang and Zhang Yu)

** Comparison of Geoacoustic Models for the Seafloor Properties (Li Ma)

** Studies on the Sulu Sea (Phillip J Mulhearn)				
** Strange Tales From a Diurnal Estuary (Charitha Pattiaratchi and Joanne O¿Callaghan)

** Research at the Centre for Marine Science and Technology (John Penrose)

** Relationship Between Integrated Bottom Scattering Strength and Modal Back-scattering Matrix (J.R. Wu and E.C. Shang)

** Coastal Erosion and Protection Measures in China (Yincan Ye, Zhenye Zhuang, Dujuan Liu and Xiaoling Chen)

** Study on Beach Erosion at a Sandy Coast of Qinghuangdao (Zhang Yu and Liu Shuguang)

Tags: Climate change, Coastal Processes, Coastal and beach erosion, Erosion, Oceans, Remote sensing, Sea surface salinity mapping, Seabed mapping, Underwater acoustic imaging
Organization: Ocean Technology Group (OTG), The University of Sydney (USYD)
Australian Immunisation Register

The Australian Immunisation Register (the ACIR) is a national data register, established in 1996, that records details of vaccinations given to children under seven years of age who live in Australia and are enrolled in Medicare.

Children who are not eligible to enrol in Medicare can be added to the ACIR when details of a vaccination are received from a doctor or immunisation provider.

Data is available for research purposes at detailed aggregate and unit record levels under terms and conditions that ensure compliance with the relevant legislation under which the collection has been made. A range of aggregate data has been made available on the Internet for public use.

Tables published on the internet. Data available includes:

* National historical conscientious objection by calendar year - 1999 to current

* State and territory historical conscientious objection by calendar year - 2012 to current

* Current coverage data (for all children and for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children only)

* Historical coverage data (for all children and for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children only)

Tags: Child Immunisation, Immunisation, Vaccine Objection
Organization: Department of Health and Aged Care
Ecosystem accounts


## **Abstract** 
This dataset was compiled by the Geological and Bioregional Assessment Program from source data referenced within the dataset and/or metadata. Ecosystem accounts cover several themes, including ecosystem extent, condition, climate, biodiversity and threatened species, and water. Separate spreadsheets are provided for the Cooper and Beetaloo GBA regions.


## **Attribution** 
Geological and Bioregional Assessment Program


## **History** 
Please refer to the accounting notes and methods included with the datasets for further details. Further details are provided in fact sheet 26 available from https://www.bioregionalassessments.gov.au/gba

Tags: Biodiversity, ECOLOGY Community Distribution
Organization: Bioregional Assessment Program
Australian Cancer Incidence and Mortality

Extracted in machine readable form from the AIHW [Australian Cancer Incidence and Mortality books](http://www.aihw.gov.au/acim-books/)

These files contain summary statistics by age, year and sex for major cancers.

Users are advised to read the [Data Quality Statement](http://meteor.aihw.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/565218) for the 2010 version of the ACD. In particular, please note that the 2010 data contained in the ACIM books include estimates for NSW and ACT because the real data are not yet available.


Tags: aihw, cancer, deaths, health
Organization: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Australian Beach Safety and Management Database Program (ABSAMP)

The database contains geographical and physical information about all the Australian open coast beaches, as well as some of the larger bays around the coastline. The database is complete for over 11,000 beaches around Australia. The survey data collected includes: number of beaches, beach location, zoning, beach type/rating, roads/town, beach geomorphology, beach morphodynamics, access/facilities, barrier/drainage key, maps and air photos and beach sediment.

Please note: Accessing this data requires login credentials from http://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/main.home

Tags: Beaches, Coastal Processes, Erosion, Oceans, Sediment Transport, Sedimentation
Organization: University of Sydney