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Australian Onshore and Offshore Boreholes WFS

Created 20/01/2026

Updated 20/01/2026

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This OGC conformant web service delivers data from Geoscience Australia's Boreholes database (borehole header and directional survey data) and associated geological observations (lithostratigraphic data). The data includes records of boreholes drilled by Geoscience Australia and its predecessor organisations (BMR, AGSO), all boreholes drilled in Australian Commonwealth offshore marine jurisdictions, and a selection of onshore boreholes drilled by government and private entities. Where possible this service conforms to the GeoSciML v4.1 data transfer standard.

Geoscience Australia is not a reporting or regulatory authority for borehole drilling. Borehole information in Geoscience Australia's Boreholes database is sourced from various regulatory authorities in the States, Northern Territory and Commonwealth governments for Geoscience Australia research purposes. Where Geoscience Australia is not the custodian of borehole data provided in this web service, the custodian agency provided with the data should be consulted as the authoritative source.

The data dictionary for this web service is at https://d28rz98at9flks.cloudfront.net/144577/144577_00_3.pdf. For information on borehole status definitions, refer to https://db-content.ga.gov.au/data_dictionary/Borehole_Status_vocabulary_2021.pdf

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Title Australian Onshore and Offshore Boreholes WFS
Language English
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/663a8538-b8ac-42b3-87b1-2a6146e17bce
Contact Point
Geoscience Australia Data
clientservices@ga.gov.au
Reference Period 02/09/2021
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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Data Portal Data.gov.au