16803f0b-6934-41ae-bf82-d16265784c7f urn:uuid English UTF-8 nonGeographicDataset nonGeographicDataset 2014-09-09T04:02:07 creation ISO 19115 2016 QLD Local Government Areas - Geoscape Administrative Boundaries 16803f0b-6934-41ae-bf82-d16265784c7f The digital Local Government Areas and their legal identifiers have been derived from the cadastre data from each Australian state and territory jurisdiction and are available below. Local Government Areas are part of Geoscape Administrative Boundaries, which is built and maintained by [Geoscape Australia](https://geoscape.com.au/) using authoritative government data. Further information about contributors to Administrative Boundaries is available [here](https://geoscape.com.au/legal/data-copyright-and-disclaimer/). The full Administrative Boundaries dataset comprises seven Geoscape products: * Localities * Local Government Areas (LGAs) * Wards * Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Boundaries, * Electoral Boundaries * State Boundaries and * Town Points Updated versions of Administrative Boundaries are published on a quarterly basis. Users have the option to download datasets with feature coordinates referencing either GDA94 or GDA2020 datums. **Notable changes in the February 2026 release** * There have been spatial changes (area) greater than 1 km2 to the local government areas ‘Burke Shire’, ‘Charters Towers Regional’, ‘Longreach Regional’, ‘Barcoo Shire’, ‘Flinders Shire’, ‘Isaac Regional’ and ‘Doomadgee Aboriginal Shire’. Further information on Administrative Boundaries, including FAQs on the data, is available [here](https://geoscape.com.au/data/administrative-boundaries/) through Geoscape Australia’s network of [partners](https://geoscape.com.au/partners/). They provide a range of commercial products based on Administrative Boundaries, including software solutions, consultancy and support. ## License Information The Australian Government has negotiated the release of Administrative Boundaries to the whole economy under an [open CCBY 4.0 license](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Users must only use the data in ways that are consistent with the Australian Privacy Principles issued under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth). **Users must also note the following attribution requirements:** _Preferred attribution for the Licensed Material:_ > _Administrative Boundaries © [Geoscape Australia](https://geoscape.com.au/legal/data-copyright-and-disclaimer/) licensed by the Commonwealth of Australia under_ [_Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence (CC BY 4.0)_](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). _Preferred attribution for Adapted Material:_ > _Incorporates or developed using Administrative Boundaries © [Geoscape Australia](https://geoscape.com.au/legal/data-copyright-and-disclaimer/) licensed by the Commonwealth of Australia under_ [_Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence (CC BY 4.0)_](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[137.9946462, -29.17866341], [153.5518496, -29.17866341], [153.5518496, -9.08799056], [137.9946462, -9.08799056], [137.9946462, -29.17866341]]]} 137.9946462 153.5518496 -29.17866341 -9.08799056 Geoscape Geoscape Administrative Boundaries LGA Local Government Area Local Government Areas QLD LGA QLD Local Government Area FEB26 - QLD - Geoscape LGA - ESRI Shapefile - GDA94 documentDigital GDA94 ZIP FEB26 - QLD - Geoscape LGA - ESRI Shapefile - GDA2020 documentDigital GDA2020 ZIP QLD Local Government Areas - PSMA Administrative Boundaries - Preview this Dataset (WMS) documentDigital View the data in this dataset online via an online map WMS QLD Local Government Areas - PSMA Administrative Boundaries Web Feature Service API Link documentDigital WFS API Link for use in Desktop GIS tools WFS QLD Local Government Areas - PSMA Administrative Boundaries GeoJSON documentDigital For use in web-based data visualisation of this collection GeoJSON