A spatial dataset of all Crown lands in Nova Scotia. Crown lands are all or any part of the land under the administration and control of the Minister of Natural Resources and Renewables as per the Crown Lands Act. The dataset includes land in which the Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources and Renewables has full or partial interest. Data download also available via GeoNova: https://nsgi.novascotia.ca/WSF_DDS/DDS.svc/DownloadFile?tkey=fhrTtdnDvfytwLz6&id=87 Map service view also available via GeoNova: https://www.arcgis.com/home/webmap/viewer.html?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnsgiwa.novascotia.ca%2Farcgis%2Frest%2Fservices%2FPLAN%2FPLANCrownLandsWM84V1%2FMapServer&source=sd

This is data of petitions made to government by individuals or groups of people seeking grants of Crown Land in early Nova Scotia, 1765-1800. The database contains 11,464 names of intending settlers, as identified in 1,890 surviving petitions; data fields also include year of each petition, location of land by county, brief description of land applied for, and notations concerning related documentation (e.g. warrants to survey, surveyor’s reports, licences to occupy, etc.).

A spatial dataset of all Crown lands in Nova Scotia. Crown lands are all or any part of the land under the administration and control of the Minister of Natural Resources and Renewables as per the Crown Lands Act. The dataset includes land in which the Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources and Renewables has full or partial interest. Data download also available via GeoNova: https://nsgi.novascotia.ca/WSF_DDS/DDS.svc/DownloadFile?tkey=fhrTtdnDvfytwLz6&id=87 Map service view also available via GeoNova: https://www.arcgis.com/home/webmap/viewer.html?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnsgiwa.novascotia.ca%2Farcgis%2Frest%2Fservices%2FPLAN%2FPLANCrownLandsWM84V1%2FMapServer&source=sd

A shapefile showing the locations and harvest methods of proposed harvest plans on Crown land in Nova Scotia. Link to SHP file: https://nsgi.novascotia.ca/WSF_DDS/DDS.svc/DownloadFile?tkey=fhrTtdnDvfytwLz6&id=183

The Government Property Index (GPI) allows the general public to view and search basic information on NSW Government-owned land and view it on a map through the NSW Planning Portal – Spatial Viewer.\r \r The final dataset was derived through the implementation of the following inputs - \r \r - GPR \r \r - Crown Lands (DCDB)\r \r - National Parks \r \r - Land Parcels (DCDB)\r \r - Spatial Services\r \r - PlanningDB\r \r - Property (GURAS)\r \r Furthermore, there are five data fields which are in-scope for the GPI - \r \r 1.\tLot / Section / Plan \r \r 2.\tAddress \r \r 3.\tArea\r \r 4.\tZone \r \r 5.\tLocal Government Area (LGA)\r \r Two special cases are Crown Land data and National Parks data, which were obtained by ‘intersecting’ the land parcels (Lot/Section/Plan) against the Crown Land Polygon and the National Parks (Estate) Polygon respectively.\r \r Through the combined processing of these inputs into the GPI database, the final spatial data was added onto the NSW Planning Portal – Spatial Viewer for consumption by the public.\r

This data layer shows the distribution of Candidate Old Growth forest and other Successional Stages on Crown Land in Lower North East New South Wales as required by the Regional Forest Agreements (RFA). An expert panel convened by the NSW Environmental Heritage and Technical Committee (EHTC) in 1997 developed a process for the identification and derivation of the following Successional Stages:; ; Candidate Old Growth ; Disturbed Old Growth ; Mature Forest; Disturbed Mature Forest; Young Forest; Recently Disturbed Forest; Rainforest.; ; This data layer is an update of the original Successional Stages layer produced during the U/LNE Comprehensive Regional Assessment (CRA) process in 1998. The Comprehensive Regional Assessment Aerial Photographic Interpretation (CRAFTI) data were crucial for Successional Stage derivation, however they were not completed in time for derivation on freehold land in Upper North East (floristics) and all tenures in Lower North East (structure and floristics). The U/LNE Forest Agreements stipulate that data on freehold land will be updated when CRAFTI data become available. With the finalisation of the digital CRAFTI layer in September 2000, Successional Stages could be derived across freehold lands. ; ; The same methodology for deriving the original Successional Stages layer during the CRA (RACD 1999a) was used for this process. Distribution of Candidate Old Growth forest and other Successional Stages were derived by integrating structural maturity classes from 1:25,000 scale Aerial Photographic Interpretation (API), interpretability classes derived from vegetation mapping units, and disturbance history from CRAFTI and State Forests New South Wales (SFNSW) records. The rainforest component is an amalgamation of mapped data from SFNSW Forest Typing (Forestry Commission of NSW 1989) and CRAFTI taken from the Forest Ecosystems layer (RACD 1999b).; ; RFA projects dependent on the completion of the Successional Stages layer include fauna and flora habitat remodelling and derivation of old growth forest ecosystems on freehold land. The data will also be of use to the Department of Land and Water Conservation and Regional Vegetation Committees in land management decisions.; ; VIS ID 3890

This series of Head Office Crown lands tenure cards was created to document the agreements made between the State of New South Wales and landholders in relation to the occupation of Crown lands through tenure.

In 1861 Crown lands management was reformed with the Crown Lands Occupation Act 1861 (25 Vic. No.2) which allowed for the leasing of Crown lands. The Act regulated the occupation and management and subsequent alienation of Crown lands.

Prior to 1907 details of Crown tenures were recorded in registers arranged by tenure type. In 1907, abbreviated details of all current holdings which had not been granted were transferred to the Crown lands tenure card system. The contents date of some tenure cards therefore predates 1907. (1)

Two duplicate sets of tenure cards were created. The district offices created a district area set of cards and would then inform the Head Office which would create a comprehensive duplicate set of tenure cards for all districts.

There are a large number of types of tenure including but not limited to: closer settlement leases, settlement leases, conditional purchases, town lands lease and weekend leases.

The arrangement of the Head Office tenure card series is by tenure type. Within the tenure type the arrangement can vary but the majority of tenure is arranged and listed alphabetically by district then chronologically. The individual arrangement becomes clear in the item level descriptions.

Some tenure types contain multiple systems of arrangement. Within 'settlement leases', 'conditional leases', 'residential leases' and 'section leases' the classification system within districts changed from a numerical to an annual numerical system and both examples can be found amongst these tenure cards.

The tenure cards for 'after auction purchase' and 'auction purchase' demonstrate three types of arrangement: firstly from the 1890s these cards are arranged alphabetically by district and chronologically, these cards are defined by the 1000 number prefix, this system of arrangement changed from 1968 to 1977 to an annual numerical system, where all districts were inter-sorted into this system, thirdly the system of arrangement changed to alphabetical by district arranged by an annual numerical system. Some of the 1000 number prefix arranged cards seem to have been inter-sorted into this alphabetical by district arrangement.

The tenure cards for 'tender purchases' do not have any classification number and are arranged by district with no other system of arrangement within the run of cards.

There are also examples of tenure cards that are arranged alphabetically by the surname of the person holding the lease.

Within the tenure type the cards are also arranged by whether the card is current, current/spent or spent. Spent cards have been removed from the general run of current cards and have a separate sequence.

The templated fields on tenure cards vary according to tenure type and the size of the card but the majority of the cards contain the following headings: Holding; Land District; Parish; County; Shire; Conversion/Subdivision of; Formerly; Date Applied for: Date Allowed/Approved/Confirmed; Portion; Allotment; Section; City/Town/Village; Locality; Plan; Papers LB (Land Board) HO (Head Office); ADP Account; Nature of Transfer; Holder; Date of Transfer; Record; Area; Rent; Effective Date; Gazette or Authority; Crown Improvements; Term; Road Construction Costs; Classified Area; General Notations; Rent Re-appraisement Due; Minister's Consent Required; Depth Restriction; Subsidence Clause; Building Condition; Survey Completed/Deferred; Mortgagee Address; Basal Holding; Certificate of Conformity; Lease Instrument; Perpetual Lease Grant; Holder's Address; Office Notations.

The physical format of the cards is paper based cards in small to medium and large sizes.

Tenures can be readily identified from the parish maps and from registers of tenures.

Crown Land Tenure was converted to the Real Property (Torrens) System prior to the introduction of the Crown Lands Act 1989 (Act No.6, 1989). The conversion of all live tenures in the Eastern and Central divisions of the State was completed prior to 1 January 1986, with the Western Division following on and completed prior to 1 January 1987. This ended the notation of tenure cards and since this time no more have been created in either the regional or Head Office of Lands. (2)

Endnotes
1. A Guide to searching NSW Lands Title Records - User guide - Searching the records of the Registrar General, p.60; NSW State Archives file 08/0624 D18/23504.
2. A Guide to searching NSW Lands Title Records - User guide - Searching the records of the Registrar General, p.61; NSW State Archives file 08/0624 D18/23504.

This data layer shows the distribution of Candidate Old Growth forest and other Successional Stages on Crown Land in Upper North East New South Wales as required by the Regional Forest Agreements (RFA). An expert panel convened by the NSW Environmental Heritage and Technical Committee (EHTC) in 1997 developed a process for the identification and derivation of the following Successional Stages:; ; Candidate Old Growth ; Disturbed Old Growth ; Mature Forest; Disturbed Mature Forest; Young Forest; Recently Disturbed Forest; Rainforest.; ; This data layer is an update of the original Successional Stages layer produced during the U/LNE Comprehensive Regional Assessment (CRA) process in 1998. The Comprehensive Regional Assessment Aerial Photographic Interpretation (CRAFTI) data were crucial for Successional Stage derivation, however they were not completed in time for derivation on freehold land in Upper North East (floristics) and all tenures in Lower North East (structure and floristics). The U/LNE Forest Agreements stipulate that data on freehold land will be updated when CRAFTI data become available. With the finalisation of the digital CRAFTI layer in September 2000, Successional Stages could be derived across freehold lands. ; ; The same methodology for deriving the original Successional Stages layer during the CRA (RACD 1999a) was used for this process. Distribution of Candidate Old Growth forest and other Successional Stages were derived by integrating structural maturity classes from 1:25,000 scale Aerial Photographic Interpretation (API), interpretability classes derived from vegetation mapping units, and disturbance history from CRAFTI and State Forests New South Wales (SFNSW) records. The rainforest component is an amalgamation of mapped data from SFNSW Forest Typing (Forestry Commission of NSW 1989) and CRAFTI taken from the Forest Ecosystems layer (RACD 1999b).; ; RFA projects dependent on the completion of the Successional Stages layer include fauna and flora habitat remodelling and derivation of old growth forest ecosystems on freehold land. The data will also be of use to the Department of Land and Water Conservation and Regional Vegetation Committees in land management decisions.; ; VIS ID 3891

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The final dataset was derived through the implementation of the following inputs - GPR Crown Lands (DCDB) National Parks Land Parcels (DCDB) Spatial Services PlanningDB Property (GURAS) Furthermore, there are five data fields which are in-scope for the GPI - Lot / Section / Plan Address Area Zone Local Government Area (LGA) Two special cases are Crown Land data and National Parks data, which were obtained by ‘intersecting’ the land parcels (Lot/Section/Plan) against the Crown Land Polygon and the National Parks (Estate) Polygon respectively. Through the combined processing of these inputs into the GPI database, the final spatial data was added onto the NSW Planning Portal – Spatial Viewer for consumption by the public. Data and Resources

This category covers items of surplus, not including Real Property, that were publicly tendered for purchase and removal from specific locations throughout the Province.

The survey aimed to collect data on species composition and health information in representative sites on Kulkurna Crown land. Data collection is to assist in determining management recommendations for reserve and to assist in the broader objective of management of the Chowilla floodplain. The Kulcurna Crown Reserve - NSW Survey is part of the Biological Survey of South Australia Program which is a series of systematic surveys conducted across the state between 1971 and the present with the broad aim of providing a baseline inventory of South Australia's flora and fauna biodiversity.

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Summary: A comprehensive NSW Land Tenure layer has been developed, integrating the latest and most reliable datasets sourced from various governmental authorities and departments. To the best of our knowledge, this layer offers detailed mapping of recent updates and changes in land tenure across the state. It includes information on land allocations, ownership transformations, and management updates, providing an up-to-date and accurate representation of land tenure in New South Wales.

Description: The statewide Land Tenure layer is a comprehensive dataset created by incorporating spatial and aspatial data from various state and commonwealth government departments, organisations and authorities, including the Forestry Corporation of NSW; NSW Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development; NSW Spatial Services; Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (Environment and Heritage); The Australian Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (ABARES: SOFR23 & SOFR18); the NSW SEED data portal; and National Park. The wall-to-wall spatial feature class demonstrates how land in NSW is being managed or owned. It can also be employed to monitor changes in land management or ownership transfer over time. The process of acquiring datasets for updating the tenure layer and creating the statewide layer began in January 2024 and continued until August 2024. The collected datasets were amalgamated, and gaps were filled. This combined layer has then been manually assessed and visually compared against various datasets to ensure its completeness and accuracy. Esri basemaps such as Imagery, Imagery Hybrid, OpenStreetMap, and Google Earth maps were also used for visual assessment. Furtheremore, expert knowledge from government professionals, and land history web search were considered to address potential inaccuracies and unreliability in datasets from various sources. The land tenure data consists of seven Tenure classes each class covering various tenure types as below: - Tenure Class: presents tenure classification of the dataset as Crownland-Leasehold; Crownland-Other; Indigenous Owned; National Park; Private; State Forest; Unresolved Tenure. Tenure Type of each tenure class are as follow: Crownland-Leasehold: Crown Timberland Lease; LEASE (SOFR2023); Leasehold Crown Land; Western Lands Lease; Crownland-Other: Crown Road; Crown Waterway; Either Crown Waterway, Road or other; OCL (SOFR2023); Other crownland; Public Road; Reserved Crown Timber Land; Timber Reserve; Vacant And Reserved Crown Land; Vacant Crown Land; Reserve for Public Buildings (Forestry); Indigenous Owned: Aboriginal Area; National Park: Conservation Reserve; Fire trail within national parks; Historic Sites; National Park; Nature Reserve; NCR (SOFR2023); Regional Park; State Conservation Area; Private: Hardwood Joint Venture; PRIV (SOFR2023); Private; Hardwood Plantations; Private Property; Private Softwood Plantation; Profit á Prendre; Softwood Joint Venture; State Forest: FCNSW Ownership; MUF (SOFR2023); State Forest: State Forest OEH Managed Flora Reserve; Unresolved Tenure: null (-2); ND (SOFR2023). - Shape_Area: Area of each Tenure class in square meter. Caveats: - In general, data from diverse sources retains different levels of accuracy, reliability and coverage, therefore, a thorough visual assessment has been carried out to overcome the issue. Having said that, there still could be potential minor errors which could have been missed due to the large extent of the dataset. - Note that Roads, Waterways and general public areas across the Greater Sydney and Wollongong have not been properly mapped in this version. This will be updated in the next update.

The Cadastral Fabric is made up of the following features within the NSW Digital Cadastral Database (DCDB).

Lot: depicts a parcel of land created on a survey plan. Each lot may be represented by standard lots, standard part lots, strata or stratum. Each lot has a lot number, section number, plan lot area, plan number, plan label, ITS title status, and stratum label.

Road: represents dedicated public roads which are open ways for the passage of vehicles, persons or animals on land. The road dataset includes public roads in use. Each road type has a section number, plan number, plan label, ITS title status, road type, road width or Crown/Council width, lot number, and stratum label.

Unidentified: represents a parcel of land that cannot be identified. Crown land, vested, dedicated and severed land may be included in this category as well as Old System lots for which lot/DP identification cannot be found. This dataset also identifies the locations of 100ft wide reserves, ACT regions, closed roads, crossings, surveyed areas, and un-surveyed areas.

Water Feature: represents tidal, non-tidal and ocean waters which form a cadastral boundary.

Environmental Impact Statement: Tarcutta Creek Catchment draft crown land assessment

The transitional NVR map - land excluded from the LLS Act layer is a component of the transitional NVR map. The transitional NVR map was prepared by Department of Planning and Environment (DPE) under Part 5A of the Local Land Services Act 2013 (LLS Act) and supporting Local Land Services Regulation 2014. Section 60A of the Local Land Service Act 2013 (LLS Act) identifies land where the regulatory framework for native vegetation clearing in rural areas does not apply. This land is mapped as Land Excluded from the LLS Act on the transitional NVR map. The 2022 annual review of the transitional NVR map was published on 23 March 2022. Please read below for details of land types included in the transitional NVR map - land excluded from the LLS Act layer and changes occurring as a result of the 2022 Annual Review. The latest version of the map can be viewed online using the transitional NVR Map Viewer Land excluded from the LLS Act listed under Section 60A of the LLS Act includes: Urban areas under the State Environmental Planning Policy (Vegetation in Non-Rural Areas) 2017, including 33 local government areas and 22 listed local environmental plan zones under the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979. National Park estate and other conservation areas State forestry land. Crown Reserves; land dedicated or reserved under the Crown Lands Act 1989 Interim Heritage order or listing on the State Heritage Register under the Heritage Act 1977 Lord Howe Island Changes to the transitional NVR map - land excluded from the LLS Act layer arising from the 2021 Annual Review include: Environmental Planning Instrument (EPI) land zoning – updates to land excluded from the LLS Act as a result of changes to land zoning for some local government areas. National Park, State Forest and Crown Land Estate Updates to land excluded from the LLS Act as a result of changes to the National Park, State Forest and Crown Land Estates A complete list of lands excluded from the LLS Act can be found in the Native Vegetation Regulatory Map - Method statement found: https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/-/media/OEH/Corporate-Site/Documents/Animals-and-plants/Biodiversity/native-vegetation-regulatory-map-method-statement-220033.pdf