The name of the area used in WetlandSummary, excluding the area type
FullName
Text (UTF-8 encoded)
45
Full name
The name of the area used in WetlandSummary, including the area type
Wetlands
Text (UTF-8 encoded)
83
Wetland summary information
The URL of the WetlandSummary page of this area
KML
Text (UTF-8 encoded)
105
KML
The URL of a simplified KML file depicting this area
TotalArea
Double (8 byte floating point)
8
Area (km²)
The total area in km²
admintypen
Text (UTF-8 encoded)
16
admintypen
adminarean
Text (UTF-8 encoded)
32
adminarean
lga_code
Text (UTF-8 encoded)
4
lga_code
abbrev_nam
Text (UTF-8 encoded)
25
abbrev_nam
lga
Text (UTF-8 encoded)
32
lga
ca_area_sq
Double (8 byte floating point)
8
ca_area_sq
Modifications
The local government areas layer used by WetlandSummary is based on the source layers below, with the following modifications:
Name is the value of the lga field with some modifications:
Name removed words "aboriginal", "city", "regional", "shire", "town"
Name "Blackall Tambo" corrected to "Blackall-Tambo"
WetlandSummary reported area is clipped to coastline
Source layer: Local Government area
(lga/lga.shp.xml)
Esri
Creation Date
2020-12-24
Creation Time
06:39:06
Data Id Info
Id Citation
Title
Local Government area
Additional human language abstract/description
The Administrative Boundaries - Local Government Boundaries Dataset is the spatial representation of the Local Government areas of Queensland. The dataset provides the map base for systems dealing with Local Government areas and provides data in order to generate hard copy map products. The dataset is a reference layer for spatial information systems in Queensland. For coastal Local Government areas, the Local Government area comprises the mainland and all islands above their respective sea-shores within the encompassed area, except for Brisbane Local Government area, which comprises the mainland above Low-Water Mark and includes the whole of Fisherman, Green, Mud and St Helena Islands (being islands situated in or adjacent to Moreton Bay) above the Low-Water Mark, excepting land lying below High-Water Mark on both banks of the Brisbane River and any other river, creek or stream within the area. Although Weipa Town LG area is not included in the Local Government Act, it is recognised as a Local Government under the Commonwealth Aluminium Corp Pty Ltd Agreement (Weipa Town Plan) Regulation 1994 Sub Legislation No 339. Although the Island community councils are not included in the Local Government Act, they are recognised as Local Governments under the Community Services (Torres Strait) Act and associated Regulations.
Search Keys
not recorded
Resource purpose/summary
not recorded
Res Const
Consts
Security use limitations
not recorded
This page should be cited as:
Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland (n.d.) Local government areas – spatial metadata, WetlandInfo website, accessed 8 May 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/get-mapping-help/metadata/lga/
— Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation