AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Coastal Data System - Waves (Palm Beach)

Measured and derived wave parameters from data collected by a wave monitoring buoy anchored at Palm Beach. For more information, please refer to www.qld.gov.au/waves.

Field names are;
Hs - Significant wave height, an average of the highest third of the waves in a record (26.6 minute recording period).
Hmax - The maximum wave height in the record.
Tz - The zero upcrossing wave period.
Tp - The peak energy wave period.
Peak Direction - Direction (related to true north) from which the peak period waves are coming from.
SST - Sea Surface Temperature as measured by a sensor embedded in the hull of the buoy.

Tags: Coastal Data System, Gold Coast, Hmax, Hs, Palm Beach, Peak Direction, SST, Tp, Tz, WR Buoy, buoy, community, education, science, surf, surfing, wave, waves
Organization: Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation
SoE2020: Extent and rate of change of remnant native vegetation

The loss of remnant native vegetation in Queensland has been monitored since 1997 and reached a peak during 1999&ndash;2000 at which point 0.4% of the state&rsquo;s remnant native vegetation was lost in 1 year.

Remnant vegetation clearing increased by 168% in Queensland between the 2011&ndash;2013 and the 2015&ndash;2017 reporting periods, increasing from approximately 81,000ha to approximately 217,000ha.

Of the 16 Broad Vegetation Groups statewide, 1 (comprising &lsquo;Other acacia dominated open forests, woodlands and shrublands&rsquo;) retains less than 60% of its pre-clearing extent as remnant native vegetation as at 2017.

Tags: Biodiversity, State of the environment
Organization: Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation
Coorong and Lower Lakes waterbird census data

Long-term monitoring of waterbirds in the Coorong and Lower Lakes in South Australia is undertaken by the University of Adelaide and forms part of the annual waterbird census in the Lower Lakes, Coorong and the Murray Mouth (LLCMM) region. Waterbird monitoring in the Coorong commenced in 2000, and it expanded in 2009 to include the Lower Lakes. 
The LLCMM region is a Ramsar-listed wetland of international importance for migratory waterbirds. It is also one of the icon sites under The Living Murray program. The condition of the LLCMM region, and waterbird recruitment and populations, have been identified as targets against which to assess progress towards achieving the objectives of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan. The waterbird census data and findings form part of the ecological information used for this assessment.
The 2016-17 monitoring program was funded by the Murray-Darling Basin Authority (MDBA). Between 2000 and 2016, the MDBA, South Australia’s Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources (DEWNR), Nature Foundation South Australia, Earthwatch Australia and the University of Adelaide funded the monitoring program in different years.
The MDBA has made the waterbird databases and related resources publicly available on data.gov.au as part of its commitment to the Australian Government policy on public data and information. The terms and conditions for using the data and related resources from this website can be found at https://www.data.gov.au/about.  


Tags: Environmental Management, MDBA, Murray-darling Basin Authority, data, waterbirds
Organization: Murray-Darling Basin Authority
Murray–Darling Basin macroinvertebrate survey

The macroinvertebrate survey is conducted by the Murray–Darling Fresh Water Research Centre (MDFRC) on behalf of the Murray–Darling Basin Authority to provide long-term baseline biological datasets for eight specified locations in the Murray and four specified locations in the Mitta Mitta River.

Tags: Environment, Environmental Monitoring, MDFRC, Macroinvertebrates, Murray-darling Basin Authority
Organization: Murray-Darling Basin Authority
Ruppia monitoring Southern Coorong

Long-term annual monitoring of Ruppia tuberosa in the Southern Coorong in South Australia is undertaken by the University of Adelaide. The monitoring commenced in 1998 focusing on winter sampling, and it was extended in 2013 to include summer sampling.
R. tuberosa is a native submerged aquatic plant, commonly known as tuberous sea tassel. It provides habitat and food for aquatic invertebrates, fish and herbivorous waterbirds in the Coorong. The LLCMM region, which includes the Coorong, is a Ramsar-listed wetland of international importance. It is also one of the icon sites under The Living Murray program. The condition of the LLCMM region, and aquatic native vegetation recruitment and populations, have been identified as targets against which to assess progress towards achieving the objectives of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan. The Ruppia monitoring data and findings form part of the ecological information used for this assessment.
The 2016-17 monitoring program was funded by the Murray-Darling Basin Authority (MDBA). Prior to 2016-17, the program was funded by the MDBA, South Australia’s Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources (DEWNR), Earthwatch Australia and the University of Adelaide in different years
The MDBA has made the R. tuberosa database and related resources publicly available on data.gov.au as part of its commitment to the Australian Government policy on public data and information. The terms and conditions for using the data and related resources from this website can be found at https://www.data.gov.au/about.
  


Tags: Coorong, Environmental Monitoring, Murray-darling Basin Authority, Ruppia tuberosa, data
Organization: Murray-Darling Basin Authority
The Living Murray Fish data

The Living Murray (TLM) Fish data is from 2007 to 2012. The data include use of controlled vocabulary for fish taxonomy, occurrence, age, size and recruitment of fish caught and observed at two of the six TLM icon sites: Barmah-Millewa Forests  and Gunbower-Koondrook-Pericoota Forests

Tags: Environment, Environmental Monitoring, Murray-darling Basin Authority, fish
Organization: Murray-Darling Basin Authority
DSS JobSeeker Payment and Youth Allowance recipients – monthly profile

The "Expanded Jobseeker Payment and Youth Allowance - monthly profile" publication has introduced expanded reporting populations for income support recipients. As a result, the reporting population for Jobseeker Payment has changed to include recipients who are current but on zero rate of payment and those who are suspended from payment. The reporting population for Youth Allowance has changed to include those who are suspended from payment. 
The expanded report will replace the standard report after June 2023.

Additional data for JobSeeker Payment and Youth Allowance (other) recipients in the monthly profile includes:

•	A monthly time series by rate of payment, providing details of recipients who are current on payment and in receipt of a full, part or zero rate of payment, and those who are suspended from payment (table 2)

•	By work capacity status, showing those who have a partial capacity to work and those who have full capacity (table 7)

•	By payment duration (table 8)

The “JobSeeker Payment and Youth Allowance recipients – monthly profile” is a monthly report, covering the Income Support payments of JobSeeker Payment and Youth Allowance (other).  It also includes data on Youth Allowance (student and apprentice), Sickness Allowance and Bereavement Allowance. The report includes payment recipient numbers by demographics such as age, gender, state, earnings and Statistical Area Level 2.


Tags: DSS, JobSeeker, Social Policy, Social Services, Youth Allowance, Youth Allowance Other
Organization: Department of Social Services
5028 Block 4 (Northeast) raw-edited magnetic point-located data

GENERAL
 Total Magnetic Intensity (TMI) data measures variations in the intensity of the Earth's magnetic field, which includes the fields associated with the Earth's core, diurnal variations, and the magnetism of rocks in the Earth's crust.
 TMI data is used for geological mapping, mineral exploration, and environmental studies.

RAW-EDITED DATA
 The raw edited point-located data is the rawest form of the data and includes the following measurements: raw TMI, compensated TMI, diurnal, fluxgate magnetometer, raw altimeter heights, and ellipsoidal GNSS heights.

This line dataset from the Narryer survey were acquired in 2024 by the WA Government, and consisted of 415090 line-kilometres of data at 100m line spacing and 50m terrain clearance.

Tags: Australia, EARTH SCIENCES, Earth sciences, GADDS2.0, Published_External, WA, airborne digital data, geophysical survey, geophysics, line, magnetics, magnetism, point-located, survey 5028, total magnetic intensity (TMI)
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
AusSeabed Bathymetry Survey Acquisitions Coverage Database

The AusSeabed Bathymetry Survey Acquisitions Coverage database contains polygon extents of bathymetry data acquisitions along with identifying attributes and contact details where the data is not held by Geoscience Australia.  It is an important scientific resource that identifies data spanning coastal, continental shelf and deep sea locations. 



This dataset is live and will continue to be augmented as coverage details are supplied from AusSeabed collaborators who wish to share their knowledge of data availability to the broader marine community. The database is updated regularly and is made available via the AusSeabed Marine Data Portal using OGC compliant web services. Surveys/Data Acquisitions have been conducted by a wide range of organisations and countries, both inside and outside Australia's marine jurisdiction, using multiple systems and for various applications. Data coverages are published where the polygon extents intersects with Australia's marine jurisdiction, including the Australian Antarctic Territory.  Each polygon in the layer contains metadata describing survey details. 

Note that polygons may not be representative of the true survey extent due to the data gridding process. 



For a list of source data contributions see Technical Lineage.
Please note that this public coverage does not include information that has been provided to Geoscience Australia under a Restricted and Exclusive license. However, the additional restricted information is used during the computation of Australian marine jurisdiction’s Percent Mapped assessment. 

Please contact us at ausseabed@ga.gov.au if you wish to contribute coverage information to the database.

Tags: AusSeabed, EARTH SCIENCES, HVC_144641, Published_External, bathymetry, marine
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
5028 Block 2 (Southeast) raw-edited magnetic point-located data

GENERAL
 Total Magnetic Intensity (TMI) data measures variations in the intensity of the Earth's magnetic field, which includes the fields associated with the Earth's core, diurnal variations, and the magnetism of rocks in the Earth's crust.
 TMI data is used for geological mapping, mineral exploration, and environmental studies.

RAW-EDITED DATA
 The raw edited point-located data is the rawest form of the data and includes the following measurements: raw TMI, compensated TMI, diurnal, fluxgate magnetometer, raw altimeter heights, and ellipsoidal GNSS heights.

This line dataset from the Narryer survey were acquired in 2024 by the WA Government, and consisted of 415090 line-kilometres of data at 100m line spacing and 50m terrain clearance.

Tags: Australia, EARTH SCIENCES, Earth sciences, GADDS2.0, Published_External, WA, airborne digital data, geophysical survey, geophysics, line, magnetics, magnetism, point-located, survey 5028, total magnetic intensity (TMI)
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
NTGS Pedirka Gravity Survey (P202381), Gravity Point Data

Gravity data measures small changes in gravity due to changes in the density of rocks beneath the Earth's surface. The data collected are processed via standard methods to ensure the response recorded is that due only to the rocks in the ground. The results produce datasets that can be interpreted to reveal the geological structure of the sub-surface. The processed data is checked for quality by GA geophysicists to ensure that the final data released by GA are fit-for-purpose.
 This NTGS Pedirka Gravity Survey (P202381) contains a total of 11443 point data values acquired at a spacing between 2000 and 4000 metres. The data is located in NT and were acquired in 2023, under project No. 202381 for Northern Territory Geological Survey (NTGS).

Tags: Australia, EARTH SCIENCES, Earth sciences, GADDS2.0, NCI, NT, Published_External, geophysical survey, geophysics, gravity, ground digital data, point, point located data, survey 202381
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
APVMA PUBCRIS dataset for registered Agricultural and Veterinary Chemical Products and Approved Actives

This dataset is updated weekly and contains details of agricultural and veterinary chemical products and approved active constituents which are registered for use in Australia. The information provided includes details of products, name, registering company, active constituents, product uses, and protected data in separate datasets.

Tags: activeconstituents, agriculture, pesticides, veterinarymedicines
Organization: Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority
5028 Block 4 (Northeast) reduced radiometric point-located data

GENERAL
 The radiometric, or gamma-ray spectrometric, method measures the natural variations in the gamma-rays originating from the Earth's surface as the result of the natural radioactive decay of potassium (K), uranium (U) and thorium (Th). Radiometric data has many uses including geological mapping, mineral exploration, and environmental studies.

REDUCED DATA
 The reduced point-located data are processed using standard methods to highlight the concentrations of each radioelement (K, U, Th) in the ground surface.
 The following reductions are applied:
 1. Noise-Adjusted Singular Value Decomposition (NASVD) filtering.
 2. Corrections for live time, background (cosmic, aircraft and radon) removal, stripping, height attenuation and window sensitivity. 
 3. Tie-line levelling. 
 4. Micro-levelling. 

This 5028 Block 4 (Northeast) reduced radiometric point-located data were acquired in 2024 by the WA Government, and consisted of 415090 line-kilometres of data at 100m line spacing and 50m terrain clearance.

Tags: Australia, EARTH SCIENCES, Earth sciences, GADDS2.0, NASVD, Published_External, WA, airborne digital data, gamma-ray, geophysical survey, geophysics, line, point-located, potassium, radiometrics, spectrometry, survey 5028, thorium, uranium
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Jervis Bay Infaunal species level data

Geoscience Australia carried out marine surveys in Jervis Bay (NSW) in 2007, 2008 and 2009 (GA303, GA305, GA309, GA312) to map seabed bathymetry and characterise benthic environments through co-located sampling of surface sediments (for textural and biogeochemical analysis) and infauna, observation of benthic habitats using underwater towed video and stills photography, and measurement of ocean tides and wave-generated currents. Data and samples were acquired using the MV Kimbla. Bathymetric mapping, sampling and tide/wave measurement were concentrated in a 3x5 km survey grid (named Darling Road Grid, DRG) within the southern part of the Jervis Bay, incorporating the bay entrance. Additional sampling and stills photography plus bathymetric mapping along transits was undertaken at representative habitat types outside the DRG. 

Sample/species matrix of infaunal taxa derived from Van Veen  grab samples taken on the HMS Kimbla surveys GA0312 and GA0315 in Jervis Bay.

Tags: AU-NSW, Bathymetry Grid, CERF, Marine Data, Marine Geoscience, Published_External, marine, marine biodiversity
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
5028 Block 3 (Northwest) reduced radiometric point-located data

GENERAL
 The radiometric, or gamma-ray spectrometric, method measures the natural variations in the gamma-rays originating from the Earth's surface as the result of the natural radioactive decay of potassium (K), uranium (U) and thorium (Th). Radiometric data has many uses including geological mapping, mineral exploration, and environmental studies.

REDUCED DATA
 The reduced point-located data are processed using standard methods to highlight the concentrations of each radioelement (K, U, Th) in the ground surface.
 The following reductions are applied:
 1. Noise-Adjusted Singular Value Decomposition (NASVD) filtering.
 2. Corrections for live time, background (cosmic, aircraft and radon) removal, stripping, height attenuation and window sensitivity. 
 3. Tie-line levelling. 
 4. Micro-levelling. 

This 5028 Block 3 (Northwest) reduced radiometric point-located data were acquired in 2024 by the WA Government, and consisted of 415090 line-kilometres of data at 100m line spacing and 50m terrain clearance.

Tags: Australia, EARTH SCIENCES, Earth sciences, GADDS2.0, NASVD, Published_External, WA, airborne digital data, gamma-ray, geophysical survey, geophysics, line, point-located, potassium, radiometrics, spectrometry, survey 5028, thorium, uranium
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
X-ray diffraction data for surface seabed sediments in Jervis Bay, NSW (June 2008)

Geoscience Australia carried out marine surveys in Jervis Bay (NSW) in 2007, 2008 and 2009 (GA303, GA305, GA309, GA312) to map seabed bathymetry and characterise benthic environments through co-located sampling of surface sediments (for textural and biogeochemical analysis) and infauna, observation of benthic habitats using underwater towed video and stills photography, and measurement of ocean tides and wave-generated currents. Data and samples were acquired using the MV Kimbla. Bathymetric mapping, sampling and tide/wave measurement were concentrated in a 3x5 km survey grid (named Darling Road Grid, DRG) within the southern part of the Jervis Bay, incorporating the bay entrance. Additional sampling and stills photography plus bathymetric mapping along transits was undertaken at representative habitat types outside the DRG. 

This 42 sample data set comprises the mineraology of surface seabed sediment (~0-2 cm) in Jervis Bay. .

Tags: AU-NSW, Bathymetry Grid, CERF, Marine Data, Marine Geoscience, Published_External, abiotic surrogates, geochemistry, marine
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Australian Hydrogen Projects Dataset (April 2026)

This dataset features Australian hydrogen projects that are active in the development, construction, or operating phase, and meet renewable hydrogen or carbon capture and storage (CCS) hydrogen production methods outlined in Australia's National Hydrogen Strategy. This dataset aims is to provide a detailed snapshot of hydrogen activity across Australia. It includes location data, proponent details, and descriptions for all hydrogen projects listed. Additional data is included, such as the energy source for hydrogen production, the method of hydrogen production, and the amount of hydrogen to be produced per year. This dataset is the basis of the point-location map of active Australian hydrogen projects featured on the Australia Hydrogen Opportunities Tool (AusH2.ga.gov.au). AusH2 aims to attract investment in Australia’s hydrogen industry, providing high quality, free, online geospatial analysis tools and data for mapping and understanding Australia’s hydrogen potential. It hosts key national-scale datasets, such as locations of wind and solar resources and distribution of infrastructure, as well as the Hydrogen Economic Fairways Tool (HEFT) that maps the economic viability of hydrogen production in Australia. The user can examine both hydrogen production by electrolysis using renewable energy sources and fossil fuel produced hydrogen coupled with CCS. AusH2 was produced by Geoscience Australia for the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) Energy Council’s Hydrogen Working Group in 2019. Updates to this dataset since September 2020 are coordinated with research.csiro.au/HyResource

Tags: EARTH SCIENCES, Hydrogen, Map, Projects, Published_External
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Sediment Data for Jervis Bay

Geoscience Australia carried out marine surveys in Jervis Bay (NSW) in 2007, 2008 and 2009 (GA303, GA305, GA309, GA312) to map seabed bathymetry and characterise benthic environments through co-located sampling of surface sediments (for textural and biogeochemical analysis) and infauna, observation of benthic habitats using underwater towed video and stills photography, and measurement of ocean tides and wave-generated currents. Data and samples were acquired using the MV Kimbla. Bathymetric mapping, sampling and tide/wave measurement were concentrated in a 3x5 km survey grid (named Darling Road Grid, DRG) within the southern part of the Jervis Bay, incorporating the bay entrance. Additional sampling and stills photography plus bathymetric mapping along transits was undertaken at representative habitat types outside the DRG. 

Seabed sediment samples were collected by a Shipek grab at a total of 126 locations. (see Anderson et al. 2009). Sediment grabs typically recovered a sample up to 5 cm by 12 cm in area and 5 cm thick, from which a 50 - 100 g sub-sample was taken to a depth of ~2 cm. Sub-samples were stored in plastic bags and refrigerated.

Tags: AU-NSW, Bathymetry Grid, CERF, Marine Data, Marine Geoscience, Published_External, abiotic surrogates, marine, sedimentology
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
X-ray fluorescence and particle surface area data for surface seabed sediments in Jervis Bay, NSW (June and August 2008 and February 2009)

Geoscience Australia carried out marine surveys in Jervis Bay (NSW) in 2007, 2008 and 2009 (GA303, GA305, GA309, GA312) to map seabed bathymetry and characterise benthic environments through co-located sampling of surface sediments (for textural and biogeochemical analysis) and infauna, observation of benthic habitats using underwater towed video and stills photography, and measurement of ocean tides and wave-generated currents. Data and samples were acquired using the MV Kimbla. Bathymetric mapping, sampling and tide/wave measurement were concentrated in a 3x5 km survey grid (named Darling Road Grid, DRG) within the southern part of the Jervis Bay, incorporating the bay entrance. Additional sampling and stills photography plus bathymetric mapping along transits was undertaken at representative habitat types outside the DRG. 

This 128 sample data set comprises major, minor and trace elements derived from x-ray fluorescence analysis of surface seabed sediments (~0-2 cm). Sediment surface area data are also presented.

More Information:
Radke, L.C., Huang, Z., Przeslawski, R., Webster, I.T., McArthur, M.A., Anderson, T.J., P.J. Siwabessy, Brooke, B. 2011. Including biogeochemical factors and a temporal component in benthic habitat maps: influences on infaunal diversity in a temperate embayment. Marine and Freshwater Research 62 (12): 1432 - 1448.

Huang, Z., McArthur, M., Radke, L., Anderson, T., Nichol, S., Siwabessy, J. and Brooke, B. 2012. Developing physical surrogates for benthic biodiversity using co-located samples and regression tree models: a conceptual synthesis for a sandy temperature embayment. International Journal of Geographical Information Science DOI:10.1080/13658816.2012.658808.

Tags: ACT, CERF, Marine Data, Marine Geoscience, Published_External, coasts, geochemistry, habitat, mapping, marine, marine biodiversity
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data