Indigenous Protected Areas (IPA) - Dedicated

ISO-19139 Metadata

Resource Identification Information:

Citation:

Title: Indigenous Protected Areas (IPA) - Dedicated

Alternate titles: PARKS_TEAM.ipa_dedicated

Reference date - creation: 2006-08-01

Reference date - revision: 2025-03-02

Presentation format: mapDigital

Unique resource identifier:

Value: f16e1b55-afc6-44fb-8eae-413fb91ff727

Other citation details: When using this data in visual material (e.g. maps, web sites) the CC By licence requires citation of this data in an acknowledgement as "Dedicated Indigenous Protected Areas, Commonwealth of Australia 2025." The use of this data for the development of another data product should include the following statement within metadata of the new product that is embedded within and delivered with it: "This data has been developed using the Dedicated Indigenous Protected Areas, Commonwealth of Australia 2025."

Party responsible for the resource - custodian:

Organization's name: Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water

Contact's position: Parks Data Manager

Contact information:

Phone:

Voice: 02 6274 1111
Fax: 02 6274 1666

Address:

Delivery point: GPO Box 3090
City: Canberra
Administrative area: ACT
Postal code: 2601
Country: AU
e-mail address: geospatial@dcceew.gov.au

Online resource:

Online location:https://www.dcceew.gov.au
Function performed: download
Description: 002

Themes or categories of the resource: boundaries

Theme keywords:

Keywords: BOUNDARIES Cultural, BOUNDARIES Administrative, BOUNDARIES Administrative_Management

Thesaurus name:

Title: ANZLIC Search Words
Reference date - revision: 2008-05-15
Edition: Version 2.1
Edition date: 2008-05-15

Theme keywords:

Keywords: BOUNDARIES Cultural, BOUNDARIES Administrative, BOUNDARIES Administrative_Management

Thesaurus name:

Title: ANZLIC Search Words
Reference date - revision: 2008-05-15
Edition: Version 2.1
Edition date: 2008-05-15

Theme keywords:

Keywords: BOUNDARIES Cultural, BOUNDARIES Administrative, BOUNDARIES Administrative_Management

Thesaurus name:

Title: ANZLIC Search Words
Reference date - revision: 2008-05-15
Edition: Version 2.1
Edition date: 2008-05-15

Descriptive keywords:

Keywords: Downloadable Data
Thesaurus name: ArcGIS Content Type

Abstract: This dataset details the Dedicated Indigenous Protected Areas (IPA) across Australia through the implementation of the Indigenous Protected Areas Programme. These boundaries are not legally binding.An Indigenous Protected Area (IPA) is an area of Indigenous-owned land or sea where traditional Indigenous owners have entered into an agreement with the Australian Government to promote biodiversity and cultural resource conservation-making up over half of Australia's National Reserve System.Further information can be found at the website below.https://www.dcceew.gov.au/environment/land/indigenous-protected-areashttps://www.niaa.gov.au/indigenous-affairs/environment/indigenous-protected-areas-ipas

Purpose: Details the Dedicated Indigenous Protected Areas (IPA) across Australia through the implementation of the Indigenous Protected Areas Programme.

Graphic overview:

File name: http://intspat01.ris.environment.gov.au/metadata_int/images/f16e1b55-afc6-44fb-8eae-413fb91ff727.jpg

Dataset language: eng

Dataset character set: utf8

Status: onGoing

Maintenance:

Update frequency: asNeeded

Resource constraints:

Legal constraints:

Access constraints: license
Use constraints: license
Other constraints: This data has been licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia Licence. More information can be found at http://www.ausgoal.gov.au/creative-commons.

Resource constraints:

Legal constraints:

Access constraints: license
Use constraints: license
Other constraints: CC BY

Resource constraints:

Legal constraints:

Access constraints: copyright
Use constraints: copyright
Other constraints: © Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water and National Indigenous Australians Agency, 2024.

Resource constraints:

Legal constraints:

Other constraints: It is the responsibility of the person using the IPA dataset to always check the metadata for the currency date within each jurisdiction and if required seek advice from the IPA Programme on details of more recent gazettals of protected areas. This dataset is unsuitable for use in any legal issue regarding boundaries. The land title authority in your area should be referred to for accurate and appropriate legal spatial data.

Spatial representation type: vector

Format:

Format name: Shapefile
Format version: 1

Processing environment: Esri ArcGIS 13.3.0.52636

Spatial resolution:

Dataset's scale:

Scale denominator: 100000

Spatial resolution:

Ground sample distance: 100 m

Extent:

Geographic element - Bounding rectangle:

Extent contains the resource: true
West longitude: 117.163301
East longitude: 153.389559
North latitude: -9.512017
South latitude: -43.113159

Extent:

Geographic element - Bounding rectangle:

Extent contains the resource: true
West longitude: 117.163301
East longitude: 153.467745
North latitude: -9.511911
South latitude: -43.113447

Supplemental information: published externally

Credits: When using this dataset for analysis or mapping you must always acknowledge the National Indigenous Australians Agency and the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water © Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water and National Indigenous Australians Agency, 2025.

Point of contact - pointOfContact:

Organization's name: Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water

Contact's position: Parks Data Manager

Contact information:

Phone:

Voice: 02 6274 1111
Fax: 02 6274 1666

Address:

Delivery point: GPO Box 3090
City: Canberra
Administrative area: ACT
Postal code: 2601
Country: AU
e-mail address: geospatial@dcceew.gov.au

Online resource:

Online location:https://www.dcceew.gov.au
Function performed: download
Description: 002

Spatial Representation - Vector:

Level of topology for this dataset: geometryOnly

Geometric objects:

Object type: composite
Object count: 104

Reference System Information:

Reference system identifier:

Value: 4283
Code space: EPSG
Version: 6.5(3.0.1)

Data Quality Information:

Scope of quality information:

Level of the data:dataset

Lineage:

Lineage statement: The spatial boundaries were originally compiled by the NRS program and by ERIN since February 2009. Boundaries have been compiled as areas that have been declared through the IPA Programme. In 2006 ERIN revised the IPA dataset to align with the Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database (CAPAD). This included modification of the spatial data to remove discrepancies as well as an attribution review for accuracy and completeness. This was undertaken with advice from the IPA Programme staff. Since February 2009 most boundaries have been sourced directly from the Indigenous Management Group (IMG) responsible for that IPA. Where this has occurred, it is marked in the Source field. Note: On occasions the spatial boundaries of declared IPAs may alter as new and more up-to-date mapping is made available from IMG's to ERIN. This will alter the GIS area (Ha) figure. Some IPAs have had their boundaries realigned to be consistent with the Geoscience Australia GEODATA COAST 100K 2004 dataset

Data quality report - Absolute external positional accuracy:

Conformance test results:

Test passed: true

Meaning of the result: Boundaries were either provided as spatial data, compiled using cadastral boundary, roads or rivers layers, digitized from hand drawn maps or plotted using textual descriptions. The accuracy of the boundaries copied from existing GIS data vary from less than 1m to 500m. The existing GIS data scale ranged from 1:1,000 (ACT) to 1:500,000 (northern WA). Boundaries of large areas are densified with vertices to increase their spatial area accuracy.

Description of conformance requirements:

Title: Absolute External Positional Accuracy Check
Reference date - revision: 2022-06-21

Data quality report - Non quantitative attribute accuracy:

Conformance test results:

Test passed: true

Meaning of the result: All anomalies were corrected by DCCEEW in consultation with the IPA Programme staff. Attributes in the IPA dataset are a subset of CAPAD attribute fields and are as follows: NAME: official (gazetted) name of a IPA or unofficial name. Gazetted IPAs with no name are flagged as "Unnamed". TYPE: official gazetted designation of the IPA. STATE: State the IPA is located in. STATUS: whether the IPA is ‘dedicated’ or not. GAZ_AREA: area of IPA in hectares as described in the nomination document (eg. parliamentary gazettal), to the nearest hectare. GIS_AREA: area of IPA in hectares as calculated in ArcGIS using the Australian Albers Equal Area projection. Where IPAs are made up of multiple polygons (parts) the GIS_AREA is the sum of all the polygons. IUCN: the IUCN protected area category described by the Managing authority, as outlined in the IUCN publication: "Guidelines for applying Protected Area management categories". Gland: IUCN, 2013. (ISBN: 978-2-8317-1636-7). IUCN Definitions include: Ia Strict Nature Reserve: PA managed mainly for science; Ib Wilderness Area: PA managed mainly for wilderness protection; II National Park: PA managed mainly for ecosystem protection; III Natural Monument: PA managed mainly for conservation of specific natural features; IV Habitat / Species Management Area: PA managed mainly for conservation through management intervention; V Protected Landscape / Seascape: PA managed mainly for landscape/seascape conservation and recreation; VI Managed Resource Protected Area: PA managed mainly for the sustainable use of natural ecosystems. AUTHORITY: This attribute contains code sets for the contributing State/Territory nature and conservation agencies and Indigenous Land Councils. Definitions include: ILC = Local Indigenous Land Council IMG = Indigenous Management Group TSRA = Torres Strait Regional Authority GAZ_DATE: original gazettal/ proclamation date. LATEST_GAZ: Date of most recent gazetted amendment or verification. ENVIRON: Where an IPA component comprises of land (T=terrestrial) or sea country (M=marine). SOURCE: Source of spatial dataset (e.g., CAPAD). Definitions include: Cadlite = Cadastral parcels, as supplied by the Public Sector Mapping Authorities [PSMA/Geoscape], Cons = Consultant / Third party contractor, CAPAD = Terrestrial component of CAPAD, DLI = WA Land Information Authority (Landgate) DPIPWE = Tas Dept of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment, IMG = Indigenous Management Group, NNTT = National Native Title Tribunal, NRETAS = NT Dept of Land Resource Management (formerly the Dept of Natural Resources, Environment, the Arts and Sport), NRSP = National Reserve System Program, DCCEEW COMMENTS: Any comments, name changes, etc

Description of conformance requirements:

Title: Non Quantitative Attribute Accuracy Check
Reference date - revision: 2016-09-21

Data quality report - Conceptual consistency:

Conformance test results:

Test passed: true

Meaning of the result: Attribute data conform to a subset of the nationally agreed CAPAD specifications. All source datasets which were not consistent with the CAPAD standards were corrected as required. Spatial data of source datasets were checked and corrected for mismatches across jurisdictional boundaries (see lineage for further details). All polygons were given visual checks for spatial errors and for appropriate attribute information.

Description of conformance requirements:

Title: Conceptual Consistency Check
Reference date - revision: 2022-06-21

Data quality report - Completeness omission:

Conformance test results:

Test passed: true

Meaning of the result: All Dedicated IPAs are complete to the revision date of this dataset.

Description of conformance requirements:

Title: Completeness Omission Check
Reference date - revision: 2022-06-21

Distribution Information:

Distributor:

Distributor information - distributor:

Organization's name: Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water

Contact's position: Data Manager

Contact information:

Phone:

Voice: 02 6274 1111
Fax: 02 6274 1666

Address:

Delivery point: GPO Box 3090
City: Canberra
Administrative area: ACT
Postal code: 2601
Country: AU
e-mail address: geospatial@dcceew.gov.au

Online resource:

Online location:https://www.dcceew.gov.au
Function performed: download
Description: 002

Format:

Format name: Shapefile
Format version: 1

Transfer options:

Online resource:

Online location:http://www.environment.gov.au/fed/catalog/main/home.page
Function performed: download
Description: 002

Format:

Format name: Feature Class
Format version: 1

Metadata Information:

Metadata language: eng

Metadata character set: utf8

Last update: 2025-03-03

Maintenance:

Update frequency: asNeeded

Metadata contact - pointOfContact:

Organization's name: Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water

Contact's position: Parks Data Manager

Contact information:

Phone:

Voice: 02 6274 1111
Fax: 02 6274 1666

Address:

Delivery point: GPO Box 3090
City: Canberra
Administrative area: ACT
Postal code: 2601
Country: AU
e-mail address: geospatial@dcceew.gov.au

Online resource:

Online location:https://www.dcceew.gov.au
Function performed: download
Description: 002

Scope of the data described by the metadata: dataset

Scope name: dataset

Name of the metadata standard used: ISO 19139 Geographic Information - Metadata - Implementation Specification

Version of the metadata standard: 2007

Metadata identifier: f16e1b55-afc6-44fb-8eae-413fb91ff727