This dataset is an extract and collation of 4 months of data from the Craft Tracking System run by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA). This dataset shows the location of cargo ships, fishing vessels, passenger ships, pilot vessels, sailing boats, tankers and other vessel types at 1 hour intervals. The Craft Tracking System (CTS) and Mariweb are AMSA’s vessel traffic databases. They collect vessel traffic data from a variety of sources, including terrestrial and satellite shipborne Automatic Identification System (AIS) data sources. This dataset has been built from AIS data extracted from CTS, and it contains vessel traffic data for January - April 2023. The dataset covers the extents of Australia’s Search and Rescue Region. Each point within the dataset represents a vessel position report and is spatially and temporally defined by geographic coordinates and a Universal Time Coordinate (UTC) timestamp respectively. This dataset is a derivative of the monthly Craft Tracking System data available from https://www.operations.amsa.gov.au/Spatial/DataServices/DigitalData. As such this record is not authoritative about the source data. If you have any queries about the Craft Tracking System data please contact AMSA. Description of the data: This data shows a high volume of cargo ships and tankers traveling between international destinations and the ports of Australia, as well as significant cargo traffic between domestic ports. These vessels tend to travel in straight lines along designated shipping lanes, or along paths that maximize their efficiency on route to their destination. Fishing activities are prominent in international waters, particularly in the Indian Ocean, Coral Sea, and Arafura Seas. The tracking of fishing vessels drops dramatically at the boundary of the Australian Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). Most domestic fishing activities appear to be closer to the Australian coast, often concentrating on the edge of the continental shelf. However, the data does not specifically indicate whether the vessels are domestic or international. Western Australia exhibits a great deal of vessel activity associated with the oil and gas industry. Each of these platforms is serviced by tugboats and tankers. At large ports, dozens of cargo ships wait in grid patterns to transit into the port. Shipping traffic in most of the Gulf of Carpentaria is relatively sparse, as the majority of cargo vessels travel from Torres Strait west into the Arafura Sea, bypassing the gulf. However, there is a noticeable concentration of fishing activity along the coast around Karumba and the Wellesley Islands, presumably associated with the prawning industry. Along the Queensland coastline, vessel traffic is dominated by cargo ships, which travel in designated shipping areas between the Great Barrier Reef and the mainland. There are three passages through the reef off Hay Point (Hydrographers Passage), north of Townsville (Palm Passage), and off Cairns (Grafton Passage). The Great Barrier Reef (GBR) region is frequented by pleasure crafts, sailing vessels, and passenger ships. Pleasure crafts mainly seem to visit the islands and outer reefs, while sailing vessels tend to stay within the GBR lagoon, traversing its length. Passenger ships ferry people to popular reef destinations such as reefs off the Whitsundays, Cairns, and Port Douglas, as well as Heron Island and Lady Musgrave Island. Many large passenger ships, presumably cruise vessels, travel between major ports and international destinations. These ships tend to travel 20 km further offshore than the majority of sailing boats. eAtlas Processing: The following is the processing that was applied to create this derivative dataset. This processing was functionally just a collation of 4 months of data, and a file format change (to GeoPackage) and a trimming of the length of the text attributes (which should not affect their values). Four months of data was used as this was the maximum practical limit of the rendering performance of QGIS and GeoServer. 1. The monthly CTS data was downloaded from https://www.operations.amsa.gov.au/Spatial/DataServices/DigitalData and unzipped. This data was then loaded into QGIS. 2. The `Vector / Data Management Tools / Merge Vector Layers...` tool was used to combine the 4 months of data: Input layers: cts_srr_04_2023_pt, cts_srr_03_2023_pt, cts_srr_02_2023_pt, cts_srr_01_2023_pt Save to GeoPackage: AU_AMSA_Craft-tracking-system_Jan-Apr-2023 Layername: AU_AMSA_Craft-tracking-system_Jan-Apr-2023 3. To reduce the size of the dataset the text attributes were trimmed to the length needed to store the attribute data. `Processing Toolbox > Vector table > Refactor fields` Input layer: AU_AMSA_Craft-tracking-sytem_Jan-Apr-2023 Remove attributes: layer, path (these were created by the Merge Vector Layers tool) Change: Source Expression, Original Length, New Length TYPE, 254, 80 SUBTYPE, 254, 20 TIMESTAMP, 50, 25 Refactored: AU_AMSA_Craft-tracking-system_Jan-Apr-2023_Trim.gpkg Layer name: au_amsa_craft_tracking_system_jan_apr_2023 Data dictionary: - CRAFT_ID: Double Unique identifier for each vessel - LON: Double Longitude in decimal degrees - LAT: Double Latitude in decimal degrees - COURSE: Double Course over ground in decimal degrees - SPEED: Double Speed over ground in knots - TYPE: Text Vessel type NULL 'Cargo ship - All' 'Cargo ship - Carrying DG, HS, or MP, IMO Hazard or pollutant category A' 'Cargo ship - Carrying DG, HS, or MP, IMO Hazard or pollutant category B' 'Cargo ship - Carrying DG, HS, or MP, IMO Hazard or pollutant category C' 'Cargo ship - Carrying DG, HS, or MP, IMO Hazard or pollutant category D' 'Cargo ship - No additional info' 'Cargo ship - Reserved 5' 'Cargo ship - Reserved 6' 'Cargo ship - Reserved 7' 'Cargo ship - Reserved 8' 'Engaged in diving operations' 'Engaged in dredging or underwater operations' 'Engaged in military operations' 'Fishing' 'HSC - All' 'HSC - No additional info' 'HSC - Reserved 7' 'Law enforcement' 'Local 56' 'Local 57' 'Medical transport' 'Other - All' 'Other - Carrying DG, HS, or MP, IMO Hazard or pollutant category A' 'Other - Carrying DG, HS, or MP, IMO Hazard or pollutant category B' 'Other - Carrying DG, HS, or MP, IMO Hazard or pollutant category C' 'Other - No additional info' 'Other - Reserved 5' 'Other - Reserved 6' 'Other - Reserved 7' 'Other - Reserved 8' 'Passenger ship - All' 'Passenger ship - Carrying DG, HS, or MP, IMO Hazard or pollutant category A' 'Passenger ship - Carrying DG, HS, or MP, IMO Hazard or pollutant category B' 'Passenger ship - Carrying DG, HS, or MP, IMO Hazard or pollutant category C' 'Passenger ship - Carrying DG, HS, or MP, IMO Hazard or pollutant category D' 'Passenger ship - No additional info' 'Passenger ship - Reserved 5' 'Passenger ship - Reserved 6' 'Passenger ship - Reserved 7' 'Pilot vessel' 'Pleasure craft' 'Port tender' 'Reserved' 'Reserved - All' 'Reserved - Carrying DG, HS, or MP, IMO Hazard or pollutant category B' 'Reserved - Carrying DG, HS, or MP, IMO Hazard or pollutant category C' 'Reserved - Reserved 6' 'Reserved - Reserved 7' 'Sailing' 'SAR' 'Ship according to RR Resolution No. 18 (Mob-83)' 'Tanker - All' 'Tanker - Carrying DG, HS, or MP, IMO Hazard or pollutant category A' 'Tanker - Carrying DG, HS, or MP, IMO Hazard or pollutant category B' 'Tanker - Carrying DG, HS, or MP, IMO Hazard or pollutant category C' 'Tanker - Carrying DG, HS, or MP, IMO Hazard or pollutant category D' 'Tanker - No additional info' 'Tanker - Reserved 5' 'Tanker - Reserved 6' 'Tanker - Reserved 7' 'Tanker - Reserved 8' 'Towing' 'Towing Long/Large' 'Tug' 'unknown code 0' 'unknown code 1' 'unknown code 100' 'unknown code 104' 'unknown code 106' 'unknown code 111' 'unknown code 117' 'unknown code 123' 'unknown code 125' 'unknown code 140' 'unknown code 150' 'unknown code 158' 'unknown code 2' 'unknown code 200' 'unknown code 207' 'unknown code 209' 'unknown code 223''unknown code 230' 'unknown code 253' 'unknown code 255' 'unknown code 4' 'unknown code 5' 'unknown code 6''unknown code 9' 'Vessel with anti-pollution facilities or equipment' 'WIG - All' 'WIG - Carrying DG, HS, or MP, IMO Hazard or pollutant category A' 'WIG - Carrying DG, HS, or MP, IMO Hazard or pollutant category B' 'WIG - Carrying DG, HS, or MP, IMO Hazard or pollutant category C' 'WIG - No additional info' 'WIG - Reserved 6' 'WIG - Reserved 7' - SUBTYPE: Text Vessel sub-type NULL 'Fishing Vessel' 'Powerboat' - LENGTH: Short integer Vessel length in metres - BEAM: Short integer Vessel beam in metres - DRAUGHT: Double Draught of the vessel, in metres. - TIMESTAMP: Text Vessel position report UTC timestamp in dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm:ss AM/PM format eAtlas notes: Fishing vessels are encoded as, TYPE: Fishing or TYPE: NULL, SUBTYPE: Fishing Vessel or TYPE: unknown code X. A lot of the vessels with and unknown code appeared to be predominately fishing vessels based on their behaviour. Location of the data: This dataset is filed in the eAtlas enduring data repository at: data\\non-custodian\ongoing\AU_AMSA_Craft-tracking-system

This dataset details the Declared 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. The Indigenous Protected Areas element of the Caring for our Country initiative supports Indigenous communities to manage their land as IPAs, contributing to the National Reserve System. Further information can be found at the website below. http://www.environment.gov.au/indigenous/ipa/index.html Declared IPAs in order of gazettal date: Nantawarrina Preminghana Risdon Cove putalina Deen Maar Yalata Warul Kawa Watarru Walalkara Mount Chappell Island Badger Island Dhimurru Guanaba Wattleridge Mount Willoughby Paruku Ngaanyatjarra Tyrendarra Toogimbie Anindilyakwa Laynhapuy - Stage 1 Ninghan North Tanami Warlu Jilajaa Jumu Kaanju Ngaachi Great Dog Island Babel Island lungatalanana Angas Downs Pulu Islet Tarriwa Kurrukun Warddeken Djelk Jamba Dhandan Duringala Kurtonitj Framlingham Forest Kalka - Pipalyatjara Boorabee and The Willows Lake Condah Marri-Jabin (Thamurrurr - Stage 1) Brewarrina Ngemba Billabong Uunguu - Stage 1 Apara - Makiri - Punti Antara - Sandy Bore Dorodong Weilmoringle Yanyuwa (Barni - Wardimantha Awara) Minyumai Gumma Mandingalbay Yidinji Southern Tanami Angkum - Stage 1 Ngunya Jargoon Birriliburu Eastern Kuku Yalanji Bardi Jawi Girringun Wilinggin Dambimangari Balanggarra Thuwathu/Bujimulla Yappala Wardaman - Stage 1 Karajarri - Stage 1 Nijinda Durlga - Stage 1 Note: This record is a copy from the Department of the Environment for use in the eAtlas. For the latest version of this dataset check the Department of the Environment website.

This dataset shows the broad geology of the Wet Tropics of Queensland and surrounding areas from Ayr up to north of Cooktown. It is a combination of the "Geology of the Wet Tropics Bioregion (WTMA)" dataset (WtmaGeology) from the Vegetation mapping of the Wet Tropics and the state wide Regional Ecosystem mapping by the Queensland Government. Whilst the WtmaGeology dataset provided high resolution mapping of geology in the Wet Tropics Bioregion it only provided geology where there was remnant vegetation. As a result cleared and regrowth areas were not assigned a geology type. This dataset resolves this problem by filling in these areas with geology information extracted from the Regional Ecosystem mapping. In addition to this the Regional Ecosystem mapping data was used to expand the coverage outside the Wet Tropics Bioregion to provide a continuity with the adjoining Bioregions. To maintain compatibility compatibility between the two sources of mapping some of the WtmaGeology classifications were grouped. As a result this dataset has broader classifications then the WtmaGeology dataset. The geology in this dataset has the following classifications: Geology - Landzone * Saline Alluvium - 1 * Coastal Dunes- 2 * Alluvium and Colluvium - 3 * Clay Plains - 4 * Loamy and Sandy Plains - 5 * Ironstone - 7 * Basalts - 8 * Sedimentary - 9 * Sandstone - 10 * Metamorphics - 11 * Granites and Rhyolites - 12 * water More information about each of the geology classifications can be found in the Land Zone descriptions - https://www.qld.gov.au/environment/plants-animals/plants/ecosystems/land-zones/. The geology from the Regional Ecosystem mapping was extracted using the following process. The Landzone was extracted from the Pre-clearing regional ecosystems mapping; thence the Broad Geology was determined from the Landzone descriptions - General term. General term was kept consistent as possible with the geology descriptors in the WtmaGeology coverage. The major discrepancies would be for geology described outside of the Bioregion of the Wet Tropics, such as Desert Uplands or Brigalow Belt. Background information on the Regional Ecosystem source data: Pre-clearing regional ecosystems mapping was developed at a map scale of 1:100,000 and 1:50,000 the in the Bioregion of the Wet Tropics, based on surveys of vegetation communities and related landform, soils and geology and on 1:80,000 B&W 1960-1993 aerial photography. The survey and mapping of regional ecosystems of Queensland provides information for regional groups, non-government organisations, government departments, local government and industry, for planning and management purposes. (Dataset for Queensland incomplete). The major discrepancies would be for geology described outside of the Bioregion of the Wet Tropics, such as Desert Uplands or Brigalow Belt. The pre-clearing mapping is based on aerial photography and field survey of vegetation communities. Regional ecosystem linework reproduced at a scale greater than 1:100,000, except in designated areas, should be used as a guide only. Version 7.0 regional ecosystem descriptions, as originally described in Sattler & Williams (ed.) (1999) is available for download on the website: http://www.ehp.qld.gov.au/ecosystems/biodiversity/regional -ecosystems/how_to_download_redd.html (Regional Ecosystem Description Database). Format: This dataset is available in two formats: a ArcGIS Shapefile (249 MB) and and ArcGIS File Geodatabase (100 MB).

This dataset shows the point location of communities on Torres Strait Islands. There are 18 Islands in the Torres Strait and 19 Communities. St Pauls and Kubin villages are both located on Moa Island. Each point includes an URL attribute pointing to the community pages on the TSRA website. The Island Communities are: Boigu Island, Warraber Island, Ugar Island, Thursday Island, Saibai Island, Poruma Island, Prince of Wales Island, Mer Island, Masig Island, Mabuiag Island, Iama Island, Horn Island, Hammond Island, Erub Island, Dauan Island, Badu Island, St Pauls, Moa Island, Kubin, Moa Island The dataset is a point shapefile, created in ArcGIS Version 10.0. Data Dictionary: - URL: URL to the community page for the island on the TSRA website. - Region: Region within Torres Strait (Northern islands, Central islands, Eastern islands, Southern islands, Western islands) from the Torres Strait Island Regional Council. - Pop2011: Population of each island from the 2011 census. Data Location: This dataset is filed in the eAtlas enduring data repository at: data\TSRA\TS_TSRA_Inhabited-Islands_2014 Change Log: - V2 21-03-2016 (Eric Lawrey, AIMS): Added Regions and population statistics.