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Australian Government Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Water Data Metadata
02 6274 1111
02 6274 1666
GPO Box 3090
Canberra
ACT
2601
Australia
geospatial@awe.gov.au
https://www.dcceew.gov.au
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Australian Government Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Water Data Metadata
02 6274 1111
02 6274 1666
GPO Box 3090
Canberra
ACT
2601
Australia
geospatial@awe.gov.au
https://www.dcceew.gov.au
Australian Government Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
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<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>National dataset of Australia's Ramsar Wetlands. </SPAN></P><P><SPAN>The Convention on Wetlands of International Importance (the Ramsar Convention) was signed in Ramsar, Iran on 2 February 1971. The Ramsar Convention aims to halt the worldwide loss of wetlands and to conserve, through wise use and management, those that remain. The Convention encourages member countries to nominate sites containing representative, rare or unique wetlands, or that are important for conserving biological diversity, to the List of Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar sites). Australia was one of the first countries to become a Contracting Party to the Convention and designated the world's first Ramsar site, Cobourg Peninsula, in 1974. </SPAN></P><P><SPAN>This project was initiated by the Wetlands Section of the Australian Government Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. Spatial data was sourced from the relevant State and Territory agencies and compiled into a single national coverage.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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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.
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WATER Lakes
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WATER Wetlands_Conservation
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Australian Government Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Water Data Metadata
02 6274 1111
02 6274 1666
GPO Box 3090
Canberra
ACT
2601
Australia
geospatial@awe.gov.au
https://www.dcceew.gov.au
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Water Data Manager
Please refer to metadata sources and the Australian Wetland Database for each site.
© Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water) 2023
National dataset of Australia's Ramsar Wetlands.
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Australian Government Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Water Data Metadata
02 6274 1111
02 6274 1666
GPO Box 3090
Canberra
ACT
2601
Australia
geospatial@awe.gov.au
https://www.dcceew.gov.au
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WATER Wetlands_Conservation
WATER Wetlands_Inventory
WATER Wetlands_Mapping
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published externally
Australian Government Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water with data compiled through cooperative efforts of the States/Territories Government wetland agencies. January 2026.
Participating Agencies:
ACT Government, Environment and Planning Directorate,
NSW Office of the Environment and Heritage,
NT Department of Land Resource Management,
Qld Department of Department of Environment and Heritage Protection,
SA Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources,
Tas Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment,
Vic Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning,
WA Department of Environment and Conservation.
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This dataset is a polygon dataset which amalgamates spatial boundaries provided by data custodians to produce a national dataset.
Data received from each State or Territory were compiled by ERIN and verified by the Wetlands Section of the Australian Government Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. The boundaries are supplied by the custodian States and Territories, no alterations have been made to boundaries except for datum/projection transformations. Note: The data in the final coverage contains data captured from different sources including Satellite imagery, orthophoto, digitising 1:100 000 maps and smaller scale. SOURCE field contains general description of input data source.
Data were compiled using ArcGIS software.
Update February 2016 to include revised Narran Lake Nature Reserve.
Update February 2019 to include changes to Moreton Bay site.
Update March 2019 to include changes Towra Point Nature Reserve, Macquarie Marshes, Hunter Estuary Wetlands, NSW Central Murray Forest. Alias changed for GAZETTED_AREA_HA, AREA_HA and TOTAL_SITE_AREA_HA to clarify meanings.
Update January 2020 to remove duplicate entries
Update January 2026 to include changes to Kakadu National Park site and update REFCODE field.
Absolute External Positional Accuracy Check
20190314
Variable due to numerous sources
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Non Quantitative Attribute Accuracy Check
20190314
100%, unique Refcode being the important item.
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Conceptual Consistency Check
20190314
No information provided beyond normal procedures for compiling GIS data.
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Completeness Omission Check
20190314
Complete
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Internal feature number.
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SHAPE
Feature geometry.
ESRI
Coordinates defining the features.
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Geometry
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JURISDICTION
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Field not used
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Area at listing
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Current Area
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Length of feature in internal units.
Esri
Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.
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Shape_Area
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Area of feature in internal units squared.
Esri
Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.
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