The Australian Survey of Social Attitudes (AuSSA) is Australia’s main source of data for the scientific study of the social attitudes, beliefs and opinions of Australians, how they change over time, and how they compare with other societies. The survey is used to help researchers better understand how Australians think and feel about their lives. It produces important information about the changing views and attitudes of Australians as we move through the 21st century. Similar surveys are run in other countries, so data from the AuSSA also allows us to compare Australia with countries all over the world. The aims of the survey are to discover: the range of Australians’ views on topics that are important to all of us; how these views differ for people in different circumstances; how they have changed over the past quarter century; and how they compare with people in other countries. AuSSA is also the Australian component of the International Social Survey Project (ISSP). The ISSP is a cross-national collaboration on surveys covering important topics. Each year, survey researchers in some 40 countries each do a national survey using the same questions. The ISSP focuses on a special topic each year, repeating that topic from time to time. The topic for 2018 is Religion. This is the fourth time this has been the topic of the survey, having previously been the theme for the survey in 1991, 1998 and 2008.

Produced by the "https://www.acspri.org.au/" Target="_blank">Australian Consortium for Social & Political Research Inc. (ACSPRI), the "https://www.acspri.org.au/aussa" Target="_blank">Australian Survey of Social Attitudes (AuSSA) is Australia's main source of data for the scientific study of the social attitudes, beliefs and opinions of Australians, how they change over time, and how they compare with other societies. The survey is used to help researchers better understand how Australians think and feel about their lives. It produces important information about the changing views and attitudes of Australians as we move through the 21st century. Similar surveys are run in other countries, so data from the AuSSA also allows comparison between Australia and countries all over the world.

The aims of the survey are to discover: the range of Australians' views on topics that are important to all of us; how these views differ for people in different circumstances; how they have changed over the past quarter century; and how they compare with people in other countries. AuSSA is also the Australian component of the "https://issp.org/" Target="_blank">International Social Survey Programme (ISSP). The ISSP is a cross-national collaboration on surveys covering important topics. Each year, survey researchers in some 40 countries each do a national survey using the same questions. The ISSP focuses on a special topic each year, repeating that topic from time to time. The topic for 2016 is 'Role of Government'. This is the fifth time this has been the topic of the survey, having previously been the theme for the survey in 1985, 1990, 1996 and 2006.

The AuSSA is deposited at the ARDA by the ACSPRI. The codebooks are available at the ARDA. The data are available from the Australian Data Archive.

The 2009 Australian Survey of Social Attitudes (AuSSA) is the fourth in a biennial series that studies social attitudes and behaviour of Australian citizens for the Australian and international research community. AuSSA provides cross-sectional data on the social attitudes and behaviour of Australians, repeating a core questionnaire for each cross-section and fielding specific modules relevant to the changing needs of the social research community. AuSSA is Australia's official survey in the International Social Survey Program and regularly includes ISSP modules. AuSSA 2009 uses two survey instruments (Version A and Version B) and includes both the ISSP's Religion III and Social Inequality IV modules. The 2009 Survey includes attitudes and behaviours that are organised into fourteen categories - Religion, Birth Control and Sex Education, Australia's Population, Environment, Crime and Criminal Justice, Religiosity and Spiritual Life, Social Inequality, Old People in Society, Body Image, Elderly Care, Loneliness, Dental Care, Government Services, and Politics and Society. AuSSA 2009 also includes demographic and behavioural categories (Personal Background) that survey: sex, year born, income, education, employment, union membership, languages spoken, birthplace, household composition and religion. There are also questions about the partner of the respondent: employment, highest-level of education and income.

Australia Industrial Trends Survey: General Business Situation: for Next 6 Months data was reported at 5.000 Index in Mar 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of 2.000 Index for Dec 2024. Australia Industrial Trends Survey: General Business Situation: for Next 6 Months data is updated quarterly, averaging 8.000 Index from Sep 1998 (Median) to Mar 2025, with 107 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 57.000 Index in Dec 2021 and a record low of -61.000 Index in Mar 2009. Australia Industrial Trends Survey: General Business Situation: for Next 6 Months data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.S043: Australian Chamber-Westpac Industrial Trends Survey. [COVID-19-IMPACT]

Military survey maps from the Australia 1 inch to the mile series held in the State Library of South Australia’s map collections. This map series was originally prepared by the Australian Section Imperial General Staff and later by the Royal Australian Survey Corps. These topographic maps at scale 1:63,360 include roads, railways, towns, rivers, creeks and farms, and some cadastral detail. Relief is shown by contours and spot heights. This dataset is a selection from the Australia 1:63,360 series of the 20 map sheets that cover South Australia. Including editions and variations the State Library’s holdings of SA coverage totals 49 map sheets provided in JPEG and PDF versions.

The Australian National Social Science Survey is a major multi-purpose survey measuring a wide range of variables of interest in sociology, political science and labour economics. It is similar to national social surveys conducted regularly in the U.S.A., Britain and West Germany. Much of the data in the Australian survey are directly comparable with these other surveys. The data are representative of the non-institutionalised population aged 18 years and over, capable of being interviewed in English, in all States and Territories of Australia. The questionnaire covers attitudes toward how much money is spent on foreign aid, defence, unemployment, medical and social services, education, roads, science, aborigines, and drug abuse; other issues such as taxation, inflation, crime and punishment, business affairs, uranium, poverty, women and careers, and migrants; feelings toward major Australian political figures, Mr Reagan, Mrs Thatcher, certain social and national groups, and certain countries; confidence in institutions such as banks, police, government, political parties, the military, universities and schools, the press, companies, trade unions and small business; and perceived economic and social priorities for Australia over the next ten years. Other questions relate to the respondent's personal feelings about life, such as loneliness, happiness, satisfaction, level of control, and identity; health, the need for medical services, and availability of trustworthy friends; religious beliefs and priorities; moral reactions to sex, abortion, pornography; facets of human nature; relationships with parents and children; and a sentence completion test. Political data includes party preference and voting history; spouse's party preference; willingness to act to change things; and perceptions of personal feelings of power. Economic data includes detailed information on income from various sources for both respondent and spouse; hours and weeks worked; occupations (coded into the Australian Standard Classification of Occupations: Working Draft); and spouse's education and occupation. Background variables include family history; employment history; education; birthplace; ethnic origin; places of residence; parental occupation and education; religion; age; sex; current state and size of town; place of upbringing; number of years in current area; home ownership; marital status; number, sex and age of children; and union membership.

Data were collected through an online survey from a sample of Australian households, The final sample, after removing the unusable responses yielded 1007 completed responses. The participants were recruited through a market research company, Dynata and the target households were accessed through their internal social research panels. The online survey was administered from 4th to 19th December 2023.

The Australian Aerial Waterbird Surveys (AWS) database stores temporal and spatial waterbird data on individual species, their breeding status and estimates of wetland area, collected during annual aerial surveys, extending back to 1983. The core methodology for these surveys has remained the same. The database includes three principal survey programs: The Eastern Australian Waterbird Survey, the National Waterbird Survey and surveys of the major wetland sites in the Murray-Darling Basin. Since 1983, the Eastern Australian Waterbird Survey has covered about a third of the continent each October, representing one of the larger and longer running biodiversity surveys in Australia, sampling wetland and waterbird communities across 2.7 million km2 of eastern Australia. In 2008, we did aerial surveys over most large wetlands across Australia during a period of two months. Since 2010, we have comprehensively surveyed all the major wetlands in the Murray-Darling Basin. This dateset is subset of species that have been identified as marine in the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). The data can be downloaded at https://aws.ecosystem.unsw.edu.au/

A nationally-representative survey of Australian adults aged 18 years and over (n=2019). A 73-item questionnaire was developed to gauge public opinions on the areas of questioning outlined in the previous section. The survey comprised seven main sections (sections marked with an asterisk include items adapted from Zhang and Dafoe 2019):

Percentage of Households: One Family: One Parent with Dependent Children: Source of Income: Other Income data was reported at 3.400 % in 2020. This records a decrease from the previous number of 5.200 % for 2018. Percentage of Households: One Family: One Parent with Dependent Children: Source of Income: Other Income data is updated yearly, averaging 3.850 % from Jun 2003 (Median) to 2020, with 10 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 5.200 % in 2018 and a record low of 1.800 % in 2004. Percentage of Households: One Family: One Parent with Dependent Children: Source of Income: Other Income data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Australian Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.H040: Survey of Income and Housing: Percentage of Households: by Source of Income.

Percentage of Households: One Family: Couple with Dependent Children: Source of Income: Zero or Negative Income data was reported at 0.300 % in 2020. This records an increase from the previous number of 0.100 % for 2018. Percentage of Households: One Family: Couple with Dependent Children: Source of Income: Zero or Negative Income data is updated yearly, averaging 0.300 % from Jun 2003 (Median) to 2020, with 10 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.600 % in 2010 and a record low of 0.100 % in 2018. Percentage of Households: One Family: Couple with Dependent Children: Source of Income: Zero or Negative Income data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Australian Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.H040: Survey of Income and Housing: Percentage of Households: by Source of Income.

The Australian Lithospheric Architecture Magnetotelluric Project (AusLAMP) is a major new geophysical research program that is under way to map the electrical resistivity structure of the continental lithosphere, by utilising deep-sounding... The Australian Lithospheric Architecture Magnetotelluric Project (AusLAMP) is a major new geophysical research program that is under way to map the electrical resistivity structure of the continental lithosphere, by utilising deep-sounding magnetotelluric (MT) data that is being progressively acquired via an eventual continent-wide deployment of long-period (10-10 000 s) magnetotelluric instruments in a half-degree interval (~55 km) grid of stations set across all of Australia. AusLAMP aims to provide constraints on the tectonic evolution of the continent and its hidden mineral exploration potential, as part of the UNCOVER initiative. This data package contains 3D electrical resistivity models of the continental crust, derived from a PACE Copper - funded component of the AusLAMP survey dataset which was obtained in north-eastern South Australia. The subject modelled area covers the Cooper Basin and the Simpson Desert, and is an area that previously has received minimal coverage by any deep-probing geophysical techniques. The 3D modelling data inversion was performed using MT data from 123 long-period MT sites using ModEM3DMT, and the model is delivered in a variety of formats including in 3D as Gocad and Paraview formats, or alternatively, as georeferenced depth slices ready to view in ArcGIS and GoogleEarth, as well as in a variety of ASCII formats presented with and without model boundary padding.

This collection contains data used in the 2017 pilot of an Australia-wide Open Data survey conducted by the Environmental Informatics group in CSIRO L&W. It contains list of open data collections and records (government and research), and files with lists of web endpoints queried for its size, format and date. The data is then able to be used with a companion software package which performs the analytics and visualisation for the pilot survey.

The majority of open data collections and records used in this survey comes from sources listed in the Credit field, which were indexed in the CSIRO Knowledge Network (http://kn.csiro.au). Data from THREDDS data service sources (NCI, TPAC, AODN, CSIRO TDS) were not indexed by the CSIRO Knowledge Network but is included as part of this pilot survey representing significant parts of the open research data sector.

Files contained in this repository summarise various perspectives of the survey and uses Tab-separated values (TSV) format and JSON format. These formats were chosen for ease of use in the software package for analysis and visualisation. The software used will be published as a separate entry (DOI to be added soon).

Percentage of Households: One Family: Other: Source of Income: Other Income data was reported at 7.400 % in 2020. This stayed constant from the previous number of 7.400 % for 2018. Percentage of Households: One Family: Other: Source of Income: Other Income data is updated yearly, averaging 6.400 % from Jun 2003 (Median) to 2020, with 10 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 8.200 % in 2016 and a record low of 3.300 % in 2003. Percentage of Households: One Family: Other: Source of Income: Other Income data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Australian Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.H040: Survey of Income and Housing: Percentage of Households: by Source of Income.

The Onshore Seismic Data Collection includes regional crustal scale seismic datasets across the Australian Continent collected by Geoscience Australia (GA) and its predecessors, the Bureau of Mineral Resources (BMR) and Australian Geological Survey Organisation (AGSO) in collaboration with the State and Territory Geological Surveys, Australian National Seismic Imaging Resource (ANSIR) ( National Research Facility for Earth Sounding), AuScope Earth Imaging (under the Australian Government's National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy), Universities and other industry and research partners. The collection preserves raw and processed seismic data. The GIS dataset of Onshore Seismic Surveys from 1976 to present (updated May 2019) shows locations of seismic recording stations (the original ecat 100802). It is generated from a database containing coordinates of all Geoscience Australia's seismic traverses. This Shape file enables users to display seismic lines on a map and contains links to data packages available for free download. <

b>Value: Data used to expand the geoscientific understanding of the earth's crustal structure and provide new insights into Australia's onshore energy and mineral potential. This data can be used for the assessment of resource potential.

Scope: Primarily targeted regional crustal scale cross-sections (2D) for research purposes.

To view the seismic dataset by state use the following URL:
https://www.ga.gov.au/about/projects/resources/seismic

Survey data from the Australian Marine Debris Initiative and the result of spatial analysis from multiple creative commons datasets.

AGSOs Australian National Gravity Database contains data from more than 900 000 point gravity observations on the Australian mainland, over the continental margins, on the Australian Antarctic Territory, and other external territories of Australia. These data have been collected from nearly 1000 gravity surveys dating back to 1937. This repository of gravity information is a valuable national asset with importance to the mineral and petroleum exploration industries, geodesy and the international scientific community. The Australian Fundamental Gravity Network provides a consistent and accurate set of gravity control points throughout Australia and its territories. These gravity control points, which are fully documented, are spaced at intervals of roughly 150 km over the continent. Ideally, all gravity surveys conducted in Australia should be tied into this network.

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The Australian National Health Survey (NHS), conducted every three years by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), provides a nationally representative profile of Australians' health and wellbeing. The 2017-18 survey collected self-reported data on health, demographics, and lifestyle factors from both adults and children, offering valuable insights into the nation's health status and behaviors through a comprehensive sampling design.

This dataset contains polygon extents of all known bathymetry surveys and bathymetry compilations in Australia's marine jurisdiction, including the Australian Antarctic Territory. Each polygon includes metadata identifying attributes, contact details, information on the public availability of data, and (in the case of published data) gridded resolution.

The following data sources have been used as inputs: • AusSeabed 'Bathymetry Acquisitions Coverage (Dynamic)' (https://dx.doi.org/10.26186/148613) • AusSeabed 'Bathymetry Compilations Coverage (Dynamic)' (https://dx.doi.org/10.26186/148614) • computed footprints (suffixed by _L0_Coverage) of bathymetry data published through AusSeabed Warehouse Geoserver (https://warehouse.ausseabed.gov.au/geoserver) • computed footprints (suffixed by _BBOX) of bathymetry data published through CSIRO Geoserver (https://www.cmar.csiro.au/geoserver) • manually computed footprints of bathymetry data published through other online repositories: WA Bathymetry Portal (https://dot-wa.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=d58dd77d85654783b5fc8c775953c69b), the Australian Ocean Data Network (https://portal.aodn.org.au) and the NSW SEED Portal (https://www.seed.nsw.gov.au)

This dataset was generated to enable reporting for Seamap Australia's 'State of Knowledge' functionality (https://seamapaustralia.org/map/), as existing coverage information does not contain metadata on gridding resolution. The dataset is live and will be continually updated as new surveys are conducted and new coverage information becomes available. Gridding resolution will be appended to existing survey extents when historical surveys are published.

This dataset is updated regularly (date of last update: 23/05/2025) and will be maintained in perpetuity until such time that the information required for Seamap Australia's 'State of Knowledge' functionality is delivered through an alternative mechanism.

Note that a degree of spatial simplification has been conducted to reduce filesize and polygon complexity. All efforts have been made to maintain true survey extent (area-preserving simplification has been used), but polygons may not be representative of the true survey extents, particularly in the case of reported extents from unpublished surveys which cannot be verified.