AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Qld WildNet Data API

OUTAGE NOTIFICATION
The WildNet API will be unavailable from 7am to 9am on Thursday 13/11/2025 for maintenance
This API accesses data from QLD Government's WildNet database that has been approved for public release.  There are a number of functions that retrieve information for species, taxonomy, species lists and reference codes. 
The API returns the information available in the WildNet Application
If you are establishing a long-term connection to the API, please email WildNet@detsi.qld.gov.au to be added to the API users email list. This list will be notified when major changes are made to the API.
WildNet information can also be accessed through:
Biomaps provides a map interface to display the WildNet records approved for publication with other spatial layers (such as cadastre, protected areas, vegetation and biodiversity value mapping). A range of WildNet species list reports based on all WildNet records and other environmental reports can be requested for properties and drawn areas etc.
WetlandMaps provides a map interface to display WildNet records approved for publication with other spatial layers (such as wetland mapping).
The Queensland Globe provides a map interface to display WildNet records approved for publication with other spatial layers and themes.  
Other WildNet products are made available via the Queensland Government Open Data Portal.

Tags: GovHack 2019, The Science Sandpit, WildNet, Wildnet, api, environment, fauna, flora, science, species, wildlife, wildnet
Organization: Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation
Victorian Water Accounts Surface Water Summaries

DEECA uses data from the Victorian Water Register and other sources to produce the Victorian Water Accounts. The Accounts provide a year-by-year overview of water availability and use across Victoria at a bulk supply level. This includes a detailed water account for each of Victoria's 29 river basins and 20 groundwater catchments. Since 2003–04, we have published the Accounts each year in the form of a report.
Accounts for earlier years going back to 2003 remain available as PDFs on the Victorian Water Accounts website. https://accounts.water.vic.gov.au/water-explained/previous-accounts/

Tags: Streams, Water, environmental
Organization: Water and Catchments
Heavy Mineral Sands Lines (1:1,000,000)

The data contains strandlines (lines) of Heavy Mineral Sand mineralisation. See also related dataset MINSAND1M_POLY. Data is derived from various exploration company sources, and has related data in the Minerals and Petroleum sites database (VicMine = minerals.minsite). SITEID_MS can be used to join tables.

Tags: economy, geoscientific information
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
2018 Building Footprints

This dataset shows the footprints of all structures within the City of Melbourne. A building footprint is a 2D polygon (or multi-polygon) representation of the base of a building or structure. The footprint is defined as the boundary of the structure where the walls intersect with the ground plane or podium, rather than an outline of the roof area (roofprint).

Where a building has a significant change in built form, multiple footprint polygons are ‘stacked’ vertically to define shape of the built form. This includes, and is not limited to:

- Tower
- Podium
- Setbacks/offsets

To see the footprints in 3D please refer to our Development Activity Model  

The Australian Height Datum (AHD) is the national vertical datum for Australia. The National Mapping Council adopted the AHD in May 1971 as the datum to which all vertical control mapping would be referred

The data was captured in May 2018.

Tags: 3d, boundary, building-footprint, development, planning, property, spatial, structures
Organization: City of Melbourne
Victorian Water Accounts Groundwater Summaries

DEECA uses data from the Victorian Water Register and other sources to produce the Victorian Water Accounts. The Accounts provide a year-by-year overview of water availability and use across Victoria at a bulk supply level. This includes a detailed water account for each of Victoria's 29 river basins and 20 groundwater catchments. Since 2003–04, we have published the Accounts each year in the form of a report.
Accounts for earlier years going back to 2003 remain available as PDFs on the Victorian Water Accounts website.
Groundwater is found in the spaces and fractures in rock and sediment beneath the ground’s surface.
Where groundwater is held within an aquifer it can be pumped to the surface for use.
This page reports on statewide groundwater use, entitlements and compliance and trade for 2021-22.
Groundwater information is reported in these accounts by groundwater catchments or groundwater management units (GMUs).
Local reports can be selected and viewed by either GMU or groundwater catchment via the groundwater local reports page.
There are 20 groundwater catchments, 8 in the north and 12 in the south.
Within groundwater catchments, there are smaller management units — groundwater management units (GMUs) — which are either water supply protection areas (WSPAs) or groundwater management areas (GMAs). Groundwater resources that are licensed and used outside a WSPA or GMA are reported as ‘outside management units’.
There are 55 GMUs, and of these there are 44 GMAs and 11 WSPAs.
More information:

Groundwater resources are explained in Water resources
Water management is detailed in How is water managed?
Groundwater accounting is detailed in How do we account for water?


Tags: enviroment, groundwater, water
Organization: Water and Catchments
Associated water volumes for P&G wells in the Surat Cumulative Management Area (CMA)

Associated water volumes for P&amp;G wells in the Surat Cumulative Management Area (CMA)
Since the initial Underground Water Impact Report in 2012, monthly associated water volumes have been provided by coal seam gas (CSG) tenure holders to OGIA every six months. Associated water data from larger conventional developments, such as Moonie, are also provided to OGIA. Historical associated water data from conventional developments has been synthesised from data submitted by tenure holders to the Department of Resources (DoR).
Following the six monthly submission of the data from tenure holders or DoR, OGIA undertakes quality control and assurace checks on the dataset. This export of data includes edits or updates to the dataset at the time of publication. This is undertaken every six months.
The datum used is GDA94.

Tags: Associated Water, CSG, OGIA, Surat CMA, UWIR
Organization: Local Government, Water and Volunteers
Cliff Instability Areas (ASCCIE) - 2040 - 0.2m SLR

The ASCCIE_2040_02mSLR dataset is a digital dataset consisting of multiple spatial layer outputs from modelled erosion scenarios. The dataset is recommended for use at the statewide / regional scale along the Victorian coastline. Application of the data should be guided by the accompanying Victorian Coastal Cliff Assessment technical reports and expert advice. The product is not suitable for individual property scale assessments. Further information is contained in the study report "Victorian Coastal Cliff Assessment", Tonkin and Taylor, Sep 2023.
Consolidated shorelines, which include soil and rock cliffs, are not able to rebuild following periods of
erosion but rather are subject to a one-way process of degradation. ASCCIEs typically have two components:
• Toe Erosion
A gradual retreat of the cliff toe caused by weathering, marine and bio-erosion processes. This
retreat will be affected by global process such as sea level rise and potentially increased soil
moisture. Future cliff toe position based on historical erosion rates with a factor applied to
allow for the effect of future sea level rise.
• Cliff Instability
Episodic instability events are predominately due to a change in loading or material properties
of the cliff or yielding along a geological structure. In soft cliffs, instability causes the cliff slope
to flatten to a slope under which it is “stable” (geo-mechanically). Soil cliff slope instabilities
are influenced by processes that erode and destabilise the cliff toe, including marine
processes, weathering and biological erosion or change the stress within the cliff slope. Most
of the hard cliffs are stable at very steep angles. Instability events may range from small-scale
instabilities (block or rock falls) or discontinuities, to cliff slope instability cause by large-scale
and deep-seated mass movement. The latter mode of failure in hard cliffs is rare.

Tags: environment, oceans
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
DE Annual Report 2023/24 - Environmental Reporting

Disclosure of the department’s performance against the environmental performance indicators as outlined in the Financial Reporting Direction 24.
Annual Report published: https://www.vic.gov.au/department-education-annual-reports

Tags: 2023 to 2024, VPS, annual report, electricity, stationary fuel, total energy use, transportation, waste and recycling, water use
Organization: Department of Education
Cliff Instability Areas (ASCCIE) - 2100 - 0.8m

The ASCCIE_2100_08mSLR dataset is a digital dataset consisting of multiple spatial layer outputs from modelled erosion scenarios. The dataset is recommended for use at the statewide / regional scale along the Victorian coastline. Application of the data should be guided by the accompanying Victorian Coastal Cliff Assessment technical reports and expert advice. The product is not suitable for individual property scale assessments. Further information is contained in the study report "Victorian Coastal Cliff Assessment", Tonkin and Taylor, Sep 2023.
Consolidated shorelines, which include soil and rock cliffs, are not able to rebuild following periods of
erosion but rather are subject to a one-way process of degradation. ASCCIEs typically have two components:
• Toe Erosion
A gradual retreat of the cliff toe caused by weathering, marine and bio-erosion processes. This
retreat will be affected by global process such as sea level rise and potentially increased soil
moisture. Future cliff toe position based on historical erosion rates with a factor applied to
allow for the effect of future sea level rise.
• Cliff Instability
Episodic instability events are predominately due to a change in loading or material properties
of the cliff or yielding along a geological structure. In soft cliffs, instability causes the cliff slope
to flatten to a slope under which it is “stable” (geo-mechanically). Soil cliff slope instabilities
are influenced by processes that erode and destabilise the cliff toe, including marine
processes, weathering and biological erosion or change the stress within the cliff slope. Most
of the hard cliffs are stable at very steep angles. Instability events may range from small-scale
instabilities (block or rock falls) or discontinuities, to cliff slope instability cause by large-scale
and deep-seated mass movement. The latter mode of failure in hard cliffs is rare.

Tags: environment, oceans
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Heavy Mineral Sands Polygons (1:1,000,000)

The data contains WIM style areas and strandlines (polygons) of Heavy Mineral Sand mineralisation. See also related dataset MINSAND1M_ARC. Data is derived from various exploration company sources, and has related data in the Minerals and Petroleum sites database (VicMine = minerals.minsite). SITEID_MS can be used to join tables.

Tags: economy, geoscientific information
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Cliff Risk Score - Short Term - now to 2040

The Cliff_RiskScore_ShortTerm_to_2040 dataset evaluates the likelihood and consequence of cliff instability to support risk management in areas with coastal cliffs. This includes the classification of risk across the determined timeframes and climate change scenarios.
The dataset provides a second-pass, regional assessment providing a top-down coastal
compartment view of risk which. The outputs of second-pass risk assessments can be used to
support discussion among stakeholders regarding coastal erosion and instability risks, broader
climate change risks and the development of adaptation pathways within Victoria’s coastal
compartments. However, it should be noted that this assessment has been undertaken at a
high level (regional/state-wide scale) and is not appropriate for local scale planning. The data
from this assessment may be superseded by local scale and site-specific assessments
undertaken by a suitably qualified and experienced practitioner. The assessment is based on
available data, tools and understanding of coastal processes.
Further information is contained in the study report "Victorian Coastal Cliff Assessment - Stage 2 Risk Assessment", Tonkin and Taylor, September 2023.

Tags: environment, oceans
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Cenitex Annual Financial Statements 2017/18 (unaudited)

These financial statements relate to Cenitex. This is not an audited set of the Cenitex financial statements. Please refer to the CenITex Annual Report for an audited set of the financial statements, the Report of the Chairman, Chief Executive and other relevant

Tags: Annual Financial Reporting, Annual Financial Statements, CenITex, Financial Reporting
Organization: Cenitex
VMIA Annual Report - Five Year Financial Summary

Financial five year summary of operational and budgetary objectives and performance against objectives for the relevant period including income, expenses, surplus cash inflow, assets and liabilities. VMIA’s financial objective is to maintain a sustainable financial model that protects the state’s Comprehensive Operating Statement and Balance Sheet from unforeseen shocks and losses, and reduces the cost of services to the state.

Tags: Annual Reports, Budget, Finance, Performance, VMIA
Organization: Victorian Managed Insurance Authority
Cliff Instability Areas (ASCCIE) - 2100 - 1.1m SLR

The ASCCIE_2100_1_1mSLR dataset is a digital dataset consisting of multiple spatial layer outputs from modelled erosion scenarios. The dataset is recommended for use at the statewide / regional scale along the Victorian coastline. Application of the data should be guided by the accompanying Victorian Coastal Cliff Assessment technical reports and expert advice. The product is not suitable for individual property scale assessments. Further information is contained in the study report "Victorian Coastal Cliff Assessment", Tonkin and Taylor, Sep 2023.
Consolidated shorelines, which include soil and rock cliffs, are not able to rebuild following periods of
erosion but rather are subject to a one-way process of degradation. ASCCIEs typically have two components:
• Toe Erosion
A gradual retreat of the cliff toe caused by weathering, marine and bio-erosion processes. This
retreat will be affected by global process such as sea level rise and potentially increased soil
moisture. Future cliff toe position based on historical erosion rates with a factor applied to
allow for the effect of future sea level rise.
• Cliff Instability
Episodic instability events are predominately due to a change in loading or material properties
of the cliff or yielding along a geological structure. In soft cliffs, instability causes the cliff slope
to flatten to a slope under which it is “stable” (geo-mechanically). Soil cliff slope instabilities
are influenced by processes that erode and destabilise the cliff toe, including marine
processes, weathering and biological erosion or change the stress within the cliff slope. Most
of the hard cliffs are stable at very steep angles. Instability events may range from small-scale
instabilities (block or rock falls) or discontinuities, to cliff slope instability cause by large-scale
and deep-seated mass movement. The latter mode of failure in hard cliffs is rare.

Tags: environment, oceans
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Monthly Stream Restrictions

Unregulated catchments and restrictions on diversions:

- Unregulated catchments contain waterways that do not have large dams or weirs controlling the streamflow. Water is taken directly from these systems by pumps or diverted to off-stream storages. 
- Unregulated catchments may contain rivers, creeks and numerous small waterways, and provide water to landholders for irrigation, commercial or domestic and stock needs.
- Water availability in unregulated catchments is based purely on rainfall and run-off, not on storage. Therefore, water supplies are more susceptible to variation in streamflow, and less water is available in the drier months and in drought periods.
- Diversion of water in unregulated catchments is managed by water corporations through take and use licensing and local management plans. 
- To ensure the equitable sharing of available water, local management plans include rules for restricting licence holder diversions through roster, restrictions or bans.

This file reports on the restriction status of streams as at the end of the month. As the status is taken from the last (or latest) day of the month, the status does not take into account any variation in restriction stages during the month. Roster/restriction stages vary between water corporations and waterways. A description of the restriction stages for each catchment/waterway is documented in the local management plans.

Tags: Water Usage, enviroment, restrictions
Organization: Water and Catchments
LCC, ECC, and VEAC unreviewed areas

A GIS layer of areas, former cities, townships, and boroughs that have not been assessed or reviewed in an investigation by LCC, ECC, or VEAC. 
The Land Conservation Council Act 1970 excluded areas from public land use studies based on municipal status; this criteria was not included in the two subsequent Acts establishing the ECC and VEAC. The status of former cities, towns, and boroughs (outside the metropolitan Melbourne area) that were excluded from past studies and have not been subsequently assessed by the ECC or VEAC is shown as well as the current municipality. Note that several municipal areas were restructured during the interval of past studies and the status of recommendations in areas technically excluded at the time of final recommendations was treated variably (recommendations for the former City of South Barwon were accepted in Melbourne Study Area Final Recommendations (1977); recommendations for, City of Cranbourne, City of Seymour in Melbourne Area District 2 Review Final Recommendations (1994) were not accepted). A government response to accept any of these recommendations is taken to mean that the LCC’s recommendations apply.
All municipalities except Queenscliffe were restructured between 1993 and 1995. Municipal boundaries at the time of LCC public land use studies, in most cases, do not reflect the current local government areas across the state.
The beds of the Gippsland Lakes were excluded from all public land use investigations by the LCC, ECC and VEAC.
Thematic land use reviews such as the LCC’s Rivers and Streams Special Investigation, Wilderness Special Investigation, Historic Places Special Investigation South-Western Victoria, ECC’s Marine, Coastal &amp; Estuarine Investigation covered specific types of public land that was within some of the excluded municipalities.

Tags: boundaries, environment
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Geophysical metamorphism (1:100,000), Geophysical Interpretation of Contact and Regional Metamorphism Polygon

This dataset displays areas of contact and regional metamorphism, and the style of metamorphism,  mapped using using combined interpretations of airborne magnetic, radiometric and gravity survey data at 1:100,000.
At scales larger than 1:120,000 the display is a combination of both 1:100,000 and 1:250,000 geophysical mapping.  Recent 1:250,000 geophysical mapping has been of such quality and detail it has been used to supersede older coincident 1:100,000 mapping.  This occurs in the following areas:  St Arnaud 7524, Dunolly 7624, Charlton 7525, Wedderburn 7625 and part of Ararat 7423 are superseded by St Arnaud SJ54-4.  Bendigo 7724, Heathcote 7824 and Nagambie 7924 are superseded by Bendigo SJ55-1. 
Balmoral 7223, Ararat 7423, Horsham SJ54-3 and St Arnaud SJ54-4 supersede Grampians 7323 where there is overlap.
This data has been collected by the Geological Survey of Victoria.  This dataset is accompanied by other datasets representing geological polygons and boundaries, sub-surface geological polygons, structural lines and miscellaneous lines.

Tags: geoscientific information
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
VMIA Ministerial Directions pursuant to s25A VMIA Act 1996

Section 25A of the Victorian Managed Insurance Act 1996 states the Minister may direct the Authority to provide insurance or an indemnity for other persons or bodies.  This is a table of directions made under section 25A as published in the Annual Report.

Tags: Annual Reports, Client, Minister, Section 25A, VMIA, Victorian Managed Insurance Authority
Organization: Victorian Managed Insurance Authority
Cliff Instability Areas (ASCCIE) - 2100 - 1.4m SLR

The ASCCIE_2100_1_4mSLR dataset is a digital dataset consisting of multiple spatial layer outputs from modelled erosion scenarios. The dataset is recommended for use at the statewide / regional scale along the Victorian coastline. Application of the data should be guided by the accompanying Victorian Coastal Cliff Assessment technical reports and expert advice. The product is not suitable for individual property scale assessments. Further information is contained in the study report "Victorian Coastal Cliff Assessment", Tonkin and Taylor, Sep 2023.
Consolidated shorelines, which include soil and rock cliffs, are not able to rebuild following periods of
erosion but rather are subject to a one-way process of degradation. ASCCIEs typically have two components:
• Toe Erosion
A gradual retreat of the cliff toe caused by weathering, marine and bio-erosion processes. This
retreat will be affected by global process such as sea level rise and potentially increased soil
moisture. Future cliff toe position based on historical erosion rates with a factor applied to
allow for the effect of future sea level rise.
• Cliff Instability
Episodic instability events are predominately due to a change in loading or material properties
of the cliff or yielding along a geological structure. In soft cliffs, instability causes the cliff slope
to flatten to a slope under which it is “stable” (geo-mechanically). Soil cliff slope instabilities
are influenced by processes that erode and destabilise the cliff toe, including marine
processes, weathering and biological erosion or change the stress within the cliff slope. Most
of the hard cliffs are stable at very steep angles. Instability events may range from small-scale
instabilities (block or rock falls) or discontinuities, to cliff slope instability cause by large-scale
and deep-seated mass movement. The latter mode of failure in hard cliffs is rare.

Tags: environment, oceans
Organization: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Monthly Water Storage Levels

Regional, Melbourne and all Victoria monthly water storage levels.
This file contains storage level data as at the end of the month for 64 Victorian storages since January 2010. The volume for each storage is in megalitres (ML). This data is collated and published after the month has passed.

The next update is in mid-November 2025.

Tags: Water Usage, environmental, water storage
Organization: Water and Catchments