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title: Australian Government Murray-Darling Basin Authority open data
resource: https://publicdata.au/cth/murray-darling-basin-authority/
jurisdiction: Australian Government
catalogue_read: 2026-09-28
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# Australian Government Murray-Darling Basin Authority open data

Murray-Darling Basin Authority lists 21 datasets on data.gov.au. 13 of them have an open licence and a file or API we can read.

## On the portals

- [Coorong and Lower Lakes waterbird census data](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/coorong-and-lower-lakes-waterbird-census-data) (ACCDB, PDF; CC-BY-4.0; updated 2026-05-22)
- [Hydrological model data for the Northern Basin Reveiw](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/hydrological-model-data-for-the-northern-basin-reveiw) (XLSX; CC-BY-2.5-AU; updated 2026-05-22)
- [Murray–Darling Basin macroinvertebrate survey](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/murray-darling-basin-authority-mdfrc-macroinvertebrate-survey) (ACCESS RELATIONAL DATABASE; CC-BY-3.0-AU; updated 2026-05-22)
- [Ruppia monitoring Southern Coorong](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/ruppia-monitoring-southern-coorong) (ACCDB, PDF; CC-BY-4.0; updated 2026-05-22)
- [The Living Murray Fish data](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/the-living-murray-fish-data) (CSV; CC-BY-4.0; updated 2026-05-22)
- [Murray-Darling Basin Fish and Macroinvertebrate Survey](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/murray-darling-basin-fish-and-macroinvertebrate-survey) (CSV, MDB, PDF; CC-BY-4.0; updated 2025-12-16)
- [Floodplain tree stand condition by area 1988–2021](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/floodplain-tree-stand-condition-by-area-1988-2021) (XLXS; none stated; updated 2025-07-23)
- [Murray-Darling Basin Tree Stand Condition Assessment Tool](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/murray-darling-basin-tree-stand-condition-assessment-tool) (CSV, MS WORD, PDF, ZIP; CC-BY-4.0; updated 2023-08-10)
- [Waterbird data for the Basin Plan Evaluation 2020](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/waterbird-data-for-the-basin-plan-evaluation-2020) (CSV; CC-BY-4.0; updated 2023-08-10)
- [Murray-Darling Basin Weir Information System](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/murray-darling-basin-weir-information-system) (API, GDB, GEOJSON, KMZ +1; CC-BY-4.0; updated 2023-08-09)
- [River red gum and black box saplings in Hattah Lakes, Victoria](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/river-red-gum-and-black-box-saplings-in-hattah-lakes-victoria) (XLS; CC-BY-4.0; updated 2023-08-09)
- [Socio-economic data for the Basin Plan Evaluation 2020](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/socio-economic-data-for-the-basin-plan-evaluation-2020) (XLSX; Other; updated 2023-08-09)
- [Supporting Data Sets for Technical Reports Basin Plan Evaluation 2017](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/supporting-data-sets-for-technical-reports-basin-plan-evaluation-2017) (PDF; CC-BY-4.0; updated 2023-08-09)
- [Catchment inflow data for the Basin Plan Evaluation 2020](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/catchment-inflow-data-for-the-basin-plan-evaluation-2020) (CSV, XLSX; CC-BY-3.0-AU; updated 2023-07-31)
- [Environmental watering data for the Basin Plan Evaluation 2020](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/environmental-watering-data-for-the-basin-plan-evaluation-2020) (XLSX; CC-BY-4.0; updated 2023-07-31)
- [Fish data for the Basin Plan Evaluation 2020](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/fish-data-for-the-basin-plan-evaluation-2020) (CSV; CC-BY-4.0; updated 2023-07-31)
- [Hydrologic indicator results for the Basin Plan Evaluation 2020](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/hydrologic-indicator-results-for-the-basin-plan-evaluation-2020) (CSV, XLSX; CC-BY-4.0; updated 2023-07-31)
- [Modelled hydrologic data for the Basin Plan Evaluation 2020](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/modelled-hydrologic-data-for-the-basin-plan-evaluation-2020) (CSV, XLSX; CC-BY-4.0; updated 2023-07-31)
- [Observed hydrologic data for the Basin Plan Evaluation 2020](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/observed-hydrologic-data-for-the-basin-plan-evaluation-2020) (CSV, XLSX; Other; updated 2023-07-31)
- [Vegetation data for the Basin Plan Evaluation 2020](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/vegetation-data-for-the-basin-plan-evaluation-2020) (ACCDB, XLSX; CC-BY-4.0; updated 2023-07-31)
- [Basin Irrigation and Salinity Mapping (BISM) Atlas v2.2](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/basin-irrigation-and-salinity-mapping-bism-atlas-v2-2) (KML, PDF, TXT, ZIP; CC-BY-NC-3.0-AU; updated 2023-02-02)

Full list: https://publicdata.au/cth/murray-darling-basin-authority/catalogue.json