--- title: Commonwealth Heritage List places, boundaries, Australia resource: https://publicdata.au/d/au-commonwealth-heritage-list-places/ publisher: Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water licence: CC BY 3.0 AU licence_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/ version: 2025-10-23 rows: 385 fields: 13 source: https://gis.environment.gov.au/gispubmap/rest/services/ogc_services/Commonwealth_Heritage_List/FeatureServer/0 source_sha256: 17f46053768a82bfc76fa1177d8ff3712275c3e84e7849a56c39700fcf5e1b1d language: en-AU operator: National Digital not_endorsed: true --- # Commonwealth Heritage List places, boundaries, Australia The 372 places on the Commonwealth Heritage List and a few nominated places, each with its boundary, class, state, address and listing date, from the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. Published by Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water under CC BY 3.0 AU and republished here in other formats, with cells typed and suppressed values made null. Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water has not endorsed this site. Also called: Commonwealth Heritage List spatial database, Commonwealth heritage places map, CHL boundaries shapefile GeoJSON, Heritage places on Commonwealth land. ## Download Latest version, redirects to `https://publicdata.au/d/au-commonwealth-heritage-list-places/v/2025-10-23/`: - csv: https://publicdata.au/d/au-commonwealth-heritage-list-places/latest/data.csv (74 KB) - xlsx: https://publicdata.au/d/au-commonwealth-heritage-list-places/latest/data.xlsx (52 KB) - json: https://publicdata.au/d/au-commonwealth-heritage-list-places/latest/data.json (134 KB) - geojson: https://publicdata.au/d/au-commonwealth-heritage-list-places/latest/data.geojson (3.5 MB) - parquet: https://publicdata.au/d/au-commonwealth-heritage-list-places/latest/data.parquet (1.2 MB) - sqlite: https://publicdata.au/d/au-commonwealth-heritage-list-places/latest/data.sqlite (94 KB) - duckdb: https://publicdata.au/d/au-commonwealth-heritage-list-places/latest/data.duckdb (200 KB) - gpkg: https://publicdata.au/d/au-commonwealth-heritage-list-places/latest/data.gpkg (1.6 MB) - pmtiles: https://publicdata.au/d/au-commonwealth-heritage-list-places/latest/data.pmtiles (412 KB) - ndjson: https://publicdata.au/d/au-commonwealth-heritage-list-places/latest/data.ndjson (133 KB) - arrow: https://publicdata.au/d/au-commonwealth-heritage-list-places/latest/data.arrow (33 KB) - csv.gz: https://publicdata.au/d/au-commonwealth-heritage-list-places/latest/data.csv.gz (24 KB) Pinned version 2025-10-23: `https://publicdata.au/d/au-commonwealth-heritage-list-places/v/2025-10-23/data.`. Dated versions never change. ## Query The query API returns only the rows you ask for, as JSON, NDJSON or CSV, from the same typed rows as the files. It needs no key. Rows: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/au-commonwealth-heritage-list-places/rows. Counts and sums: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/au-commonwealth-heritage-list-places/aggregate. - Rows: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/au-commonwealth-heritage-list-places/rows?status=eq.Listed%20place&limit=5 - Aggregate: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/au-commonwealth-heritage-list-places/aggregate?group=state&metric=count&status=eq.Listed%20place Each filter is `field=operator.value` in the query string, and every filter must match. A number or date field compares as a number or date, and a text field compares as text. Values are case-sensitive except with `ilike`. Prefix `not.` to negate a filter, as `not.eq.value`. Operators: `eq.value`, `neq.value`, `gt.value`, `gte.value`, `lt.value`, `lte.value`, `like.*text*`, `ilike.*text*`, `in.(a,b,c)`, `is.null`. - `select`: Fields to return, comma-separated. Every field when absent. - `order`: `field.asc` or `field.desc`, comma-separated. The publisher's row order when absent. - `limit`: Rows per page, 1 to 10,000. 100 when absent. - `offset`: Rows to skip. The `next` URL in each answer sets it for you. - `group`: On `aggregate`, fields to group by, comma-separated. - `metric`: On `aggregate`, `count`, `sum.field`, `avg.field`, `min.field` or `max.field`, comma-separated. `count` when absent. - `format`: `json`, `ndjson` or `csv`. JSON carries the provenance header, and the others carry it in response headers. Without a version the API answers from the newest loaded version, and that answer changes when the publisher releases again. Put `versions//` before `rows` or `aggregate` for an answer that never changes. `/api/v1/datasets//versions` lists the loaded versions. The API allows 60 requests in 10 seconds from one address. Above that it answers 429 for 10 seconds with a `Retry-After` header, a `RateLimit-Policy` header and a JSON body that gives the limit. Every API answer carries the same `RateLimit-Policy`. A client should wait the `Retry-After` seconds, or read the files, which have no limit. OpenAPI for this dataset: https://publicdata.au/d/au-commonwealth-heritage-list-places/openapi.json ## Explore Charts and dashboards in the browser: https://publicdata.au/d/au-commonwealth-heritage-list-places/explore/. A dashboard can be shared as a link or embedded. ## Fields | field | type | publisher's header | note | |---|---|---|---| | `objectid` | integer | OBJECTID | | | `place_id` | integer | PLACE_ID | | | `file_number` | string | FILE_ | | | `name` | string | NAME | | | `class` | string | CLASS | | | `status` | string | STATUS | | | `state` | string | STATE | | | `area_ha` | number | AREA_HA | | | `updated` | date | UPDATE_ | | | `register_date` | date | REGISTER | | | `address` | string | ADDRESS | | | `shape_area` | number | Shape__Area | | | `shape_length` | number | Shape__Length | | Key: `objectid`. ## Versions - 2025-10-23: 385 rows, 13 fields, sha256 17f46053768a. https://publicdata.au/d/au-commonwealth-heritage-list-places/v/2025-10-23/ Machine-readable: https://publicdata.au/d/au-commonwealth-heritage-list-places/versions.json, https://publicdata.au/d/au-commonwealth-heritage-list-places/changes.json, https://publicdata.au/d/au-commonwealth-heritage-list-places/datapackage.json, https://publicdata.au/d/au-commonwealth-heritage-list-places/schema.json, https://publicdata.au/d/au-commonwealth-heritage-list-places/history.tar.zst ## Part of Australian Government heritage lists - [National Heritage List places, boundaries, Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/au-national-heritage-list-places/) ## Same subject, other publishers - [Federal electorate boundaries, 2025, Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/abs-federal-electoral-divisions-2025/) (Cth) - [State electorate boundaries, 2025, Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/abs-state-electoral-divisions-2025/) (Cth) - [Suburb and locality boundaries, South Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-suburb-boundaries/) (SA) - [Victorian Heritage Register places, boundaries](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-heritage-register/) (Vic) - [Suburb and locality boundaries, 2021, Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/abs-suburbs-localities-2021/) (Cth) - [Suburb and locality boundaries, New South Wales (Geoscape)](https://publicdata.au/d/au-localities-nsw/) (Cth) - [Suburb and locality boundaries, Victoria (Geoscape)](https://publicdata.au/d/au-localities-vic/) (Cth) - [Postcode (postal area) boundaries, 2021, Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/abs-postal-areas-2021/) (Cth) - [Statistical Areas Level 2 (SA2) boundaries, 2021, Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/abs-sa2-2021/) (Cth) - [Suburb and locality boundaries, South Australia (Geoscape)](https://publicdata.au/d/au-localities-sa/) (Cth) - [Suburb and locality boundaries, Western Australia (Geoscape)](https://publicdata.au/d/au-localities-wa/) (Cth) - [Suburb and locality boundaries, Tasmania (Geoscape)](https://publicdata.au/d/au-localities-tas/) (Cth) ## Attribution and citation Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australian Government, Commonwealth Heritage List Spatial Database (CHL) - public, sourced 3 October 2026, https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/commonwealth-heritage-list-spatial-database-chl-public, licensed under CC BY 3.0 AU. The licence requires the publisher's attribution. We ask that you also name publicdata.au and link to the version you used. Plain text: Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australian Government, Commonwealth Heritage List Spatial Database (CHL) - public, sourced 3 October 2026, https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/commonwealth-heritage-list-spatial-database-chl-public, licensed under CC BY 3.0 AU. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-commonwealth-heritage-list-places/v/2025-10-23/ Harvard: Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (2025) Commonwealth Heritage List places, boundaries, Australia, version 2025-10-23 [data set], CC BY 3.0 AU, sourced 3 October 2026. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au. Available at: https://publicdata.au/d/au-commonwealth-heritage-list-places/v/2025-10-23/ Markdown: Data: [Australian Government heritage lists](https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/commonwealth-heritage-list-spatial-database-chl-public), Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, [CC BY 3.0 AU](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/), sourced 3 October 2026. Files: [publicdata.au](https://publicdata.au/d/au-commonwealth-heritage-list-places/v/2025-10-23/) by [National Digital](https://nationaldigital.com.au/). ## Questions ### How do I download Commonwealth Heritage List places, boundaries as a CSV file? Open https://publicdata.au/d/au-commonwealth-heritage-list-places/latest/data.csv. It redirects to the newest dated version, which is https://publicdata.au/d/au-commonwealth-heritage-list-places/v/2025-10-23/data.csv today. The same path serves Excel, JSON, GeoJSON, Parquet, SQLite, DuckDB, GeoPackage, PMTiles, NDJSON, Arrow. A dated URL never changes, so use it when the file must stay the same. ### Can I open Commonwealth Heritage List places, boundaries in Excel? Yes. https://publicdata.au/d/au-commonwealth-heritage-list-places/v/2025-10-23/data.xlsx is a workbook with the 385 rows on a records sheet, the field list on a second sheet and the provenance on a third. The CSV also opens in Excel. https://publicdata.au/d/au-commonwealth-heritage-list-places/v/2025-10-23/data.csv.gz is the CSV at about a tenth of the size. ### What years does Commonwealth Heritage List places, boundaries cover? The current version covers 2005 to 2024. Each release from DCCEEW becomes a new dated version here, and earlier versions stay online. ### How often is Commonwealth Heritage List places, boundaries updated? DCCEEW releases it as places are listed. This site checks the portal every week and adds a dated version when the file changes. ### Can I use Commonwealth Heritage List places, boundaries commercially? Yes. CC BY 3.0 AU allows commercial use, redistribution and derived works as long as the attribution is kept. The attribution string is in this page's side column and inside every file. ### Is this the official source for Commonwealth Heritage List places, boundaries? No. The publisher is Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, and its page is https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/commonwealth-heritage-list-spatial-database-chl-public. This site republishes the publisher's file without changing its content. The original sits beside every version as source.geojson with its SHA-256, so the two can be compared. ### What coordinate system does Commonwealth Heritage List places, boundaries use? The map service projects the boundaries to WGS84 (EPSG:4326) on request. They are moved to GDA2020 for publication. The GeoJSON file uses GDA2020 as well, which differs from the WGS84 GeoJSON expects by well under a metre. ### What is in each row? One place on the Commonwealth Heritage List, which holds heritage places owned or controlled by the Australian Government, with its place ID and file number, name, class (Indigenous, natural or historic), listing status, state, address, area in hectares, the date it was entered on the list and the date its record was updated. Its boundary is in the GeoParquet, GeoJSON, GeoPackage and PMTiles files. ### Is every listed place here? The department leaves out places subject to confidentiality agreements, and nominations under assessment, rejected, ineligible, removed or destroyed. A few places are made of several parcels. The status column marks the few nominated places the file does carry and the parts within a listed place. ### What are the Shape area and length columns? They are the area and perimeter the map service works out in its own coordinates, kept as published. The area in hectares is the department's own figure. ## What this site did to the data Cells were typed, headers were renamed to snake_case and the encoding was made UTF-8. Rows were left alone. Nothing is derived. The publisher's file is beside every version as `source.geojson`. ## Improve this dataset This page is built from [register/au-commonwealth-heritage-list-places.yaml](https://github.com/National-Digital/publicdata.au/blob/main/register/au-commonwealth-heritage-list-places.yaml) on GitHub, and a fix to it is welcome as a pull request. https://publicdata.au/contribute/ explains how.