Australian Borehole Header Information Collection

Created 16/10/2025

Updated 16/10/2025

This collection includes information regarding the location and design of Australian onshore and offshore boreholes, where boreholes are defined as the generalized term for any narrow shaft drilled in the ground, either vertically or horizontally. In this context, boreholes include: Mineral Drillholes, Petroleum Wells and Water Bores along with a variety of others types, but does not include Costean, Trench or Pit. Value: Information related to the boreholes described in this collection have the potential to support geological investigations and assessment of a variety of resources. Scope: Selected open file boreholes Australian boreholes located onshore and offshore

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Field Value
Title Australian Borehole Header Information Collection
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/e329da93-9ba6-453d-bdf6-ba6c6b5e7119
Contact Point
Geoscience Australia Data
clientservices@ga.gov.au
Reference Period 01/01/1950
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
{
  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        100.0,
        -45.0
      ],
      [
        160.0,
        -45.0
      ],
      [
        160.0,
        -10.0
      ],
      [
        100.0,
        -10.0
      ],
      [
        100.0,
        -45.0
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
Data Portal Geoscience Australia

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "Australian Borehole Header Information Collection". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/australian-borehole-header-information-collection