--- title: Eucalypt records from Australia's herbaria and flora atlases resource: https://publicdata.au/d/au-eucalypt-records/ publisher: Atlas of Living Australia licence: CC BY 4.0 licence_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ version: 2026-09-29 rows: 1445447 fields: 36 source: https://api.ala.org.au/occurrences/occurrences/search source_sha256: a14b1464632eab0e11342f336a1eb676a6990620e8dfd52b6c2a449a4b2a9824 language: en-AU operator: National Digital not_endorsed: true --- # Eucalypt records from Australia's herbaria and flora atlases Every eucalypt record held by Australia's government herbaria and flora atlases, one row per specimen or observation, with its species, date, coordinates, provider and licence, read through the Atlas of Living Australia. Published by Atlas of Living Australia under CC BY 4.0 and republished here in other formats, with cells typed and suppressed values made null. Atlas of Living Australia has not endorsed this site. Also called: gum tree records, Eucalyptus occurrence records, eucalypt specimens, Atlas of Living Australia eucalypts. ## Download Latest version, redirects to `https://publicdata.au/d/au-eucalypt-records/v/2026-09-29/`: - csv: https://publicdata.au/d/au-eucalypt-records/latest/data.csv (801 MB) - json: https://publicdata.au/d/au-eucalypt-records/latest/data.json (1.6 GB) - geojson: https://publicdata.au/d/au-eucalypt-records/latest/data.geojson (1.8 GB) - parquet: https://publicdata.au/d/au-eucalypt-records/latest/data.parquet (139 MB) - sqlite: https://publicdata.au/d/au-eucalypt-records/latest/data.sqlite (848 MB) - duckdb: https://publicdata.au/d/au-eucalypt-records/latest/data.duckdb (200 MB) - gpkg: https://publicdata.au/d/au-eucalypt-records/latest/data.gpkg (953 MB) - geo.parquet: https://publicdata.au/d/au-eucalypt-records/latest/data.geo.parquet (142 MB) - ndjson: https://publicdata.au/d/au-eucalypt-records/latest/data.ndjson (1.6 GB) - arrow: https://publicdata.au/d/au-eucalypt-records/latest/data.arrow (263 MB) - csv.gz: https://publicdata.au/d/au-eucalypt-records/latest/data.csv.gz (207 MB) Pinned version 2026-09-29: `https://publicdata.au/d/au-eucalypt-records/v/2026-09-29/data.`. Dated versions never change. ## Smaller files - by `state_province`: https://publicdata.au/d/au-eucalypt-records/v/2026-09-29/by/state_province/index.json lists 11 files ## Fields | field | type | publisher's header | note | |---|---|---|---| | `record_id` | string | uuid | The Atlas of Living Australia's identifier for the record. | | `occurrence_id` | string | occurrenceID | The provider's own identifier for the record. | | `catalogue_number` | string | raw_catalogNumber | The specimen's number in its collection. Blank for an observation. | | `institution_code` | string | raw_institutionCode | The herbarium code, such as MEL or PERTH. | | `collection_code` | string | raw_collectionCode | | | `scientific_name` | string | scientificName | | | `vernacular_name` | string | vernacularName | | | `taxon_rank` | string | taxonRank | Species, subspecies, genus or variety. | | `species` | string | species | | | `event_date` | datetime | eventDate | When the plant was collected or observed, as the provider gave it. | | `year` | integer | year | | | `month` | integer | month | | | `state_province` | string | stateProvince | | | `latitude` | number | decimalLatitude | | | `longitude` | number | decimalLongitude | | | `coordinate_uncertainty_m` | number | coordinateUncertaintyInMeters | The provider's stated uncertainty of the coordinates, in metres. | | `basis_of_record` | string | basisOfRecord | PRESERVED_SPECIMEN for a herbarium specimen, HUMAN_OBSERVATION or OBSERVATION for a sighting, as the provider states. | | `data_resource_uid` | string | dataResourceUid | The Atlas's identifier for the provider. | | `data_resource_name` | string | dataResourceName | The herbarium or atlas that holds the record. | | `licence` | string | license | The licence the provider chose for the record. | | `type_status` | string | typeStatus | Set when the specimen is a type specimen for a name. | | `locality` | string | locality | The provider's description of the place. | | `occurrence_status` | string | occurrenceStatus | | | `first_loaded` | datetime | firstLoadedDate | When the Atlas first loaded the record. | | `sa2_2021_code` | string | (spine: sa2) | Code of the Statistical Area Level 2 (2021) the point falls in. Joined by location from abs-sa2-2021, not published by the publisher. | | `sa2_2021_name` | string | (spine: sa2) | Name of the Statistical Area Level 2 (2021) the point falls in. Joined by location from abs-sa2-2021, not published by the publisher. | | `lga_2025_code` | string | (spine: lga) | Code of the Local Government Area (2025) the point falls in. Joined by location from abs-lga-2025, not published by the publisher. | | `lga_2025_name` | string | (spine: lga) | Name of the Local Government Area (2025) the point falls in. Joined by location from abs-lga-2025, not published by the publisher. | | `sal_2021_code` | string | (spine: suburb) | Code of the Suburb and Locality (2021) the point falls in. Joined by location from abs-suburbs-localities-2021, not published by the publisher. | | `sal_2021_name` | string | (spine: suburb) | Name of the Suburb and Locality (2021) the point falls in. Joined by location from abs-suburbs-localities-2021, not published by the publisher. | | `poa_2021_code` | string | (spine: postcode) | Code of the Postal Area (2021) the point falls in. Joined by location from abs-postal-areas-2021, not published by the publisher. | | `poa_2021_name` | string | (spine: postcode) | Name of the Postal Area (2021) the point falls in. Joined by location from abs-postal-areas-2021, not published by the publisher. | | `sed_2025_code` | string | (spine: state_electorate) | Code of the State Electoral Division (2025) the point falls in. Joined by location from abs-state-electoral-divisions-2025, not published by the publisher. | | `sed_2025_name` | string | (spine: state_electorate) | Name of the State Electoral Division (2025) the point falls in. Joined by location from abs-state-electoral-divisions-2025, not published by the publisher. | | `ced_2025_code` | string | (spine: federal_electorate) | Code of the Commonwealth Electoral Division (2025) the point falls in. Joined by location from abs-federal-electoral-divisions-2025, not published by the publisher. | | `ced_2025_name` | string | (spine: federal_electorate) | Name of the Commonwealth Electoral Division (2025) the point falls in. Joined by location from abs-federal-electoral-divisions-2025, not published by the publisher. | Key: `record_id`. ## Versions - 2026-09-29: 1445447 rows, 36 fields, sha256 a14b1464632e (864 added, 0 removed, 60 changed). https://publicdata.au/d/au-eucalypt-records/v/2026-09-29/ - 2026-09-24: 1444583 rows, 36 fields, sha256 2541f6f91da9. https://publicdata.au/d/au-eucalypt-records/v/2026-09-24/ Machine-readable: https://publicdata.au/d/au-eucalypt-records/versions.json, https://publicdata.au/d/au-eucalypt-records/changes.json, https://publicdata.au/d/au-eucalypt-records/datapackage.json, https://publicdata.au/d/au-eucalypt-records/schema.json, https://publicdata.au/d/au-eucalypt-records/history.tar.zst ## Same subject, other publishers - [Crocodile captures, Northern Territory](https://publicdata.au/d/nt-crocodile-captures/) (NT) - [Crocodile distribution surveys, Queensland, 2000 to 2012](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-crocodile-distribution-surveys/) (Qld) ## Attribution and citation Atlas of Living Australia, eucalypt records from Australian government herbaria and flora atlases (the provider is named in each row), https://www.ala.org.au/, accessed 3 October 2026, licensed under CC BY 4.0 and CC0 by their providers. The licence requires the publisher's attribution. We ask that you also name publicdata.au and link to the version you used. Plain text: Atlas of Living Australia, eucalypt records from Australian government herbaria and flora atlases (the provider is named in each row), https://www.ala.org.au/, accessed 3 October 2026, licensed under CC BY 4.0 and CC0 by their providers. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/au-eucalypt-records/v/2026-09-29/ Harvard: Atlas of Living Australia (2026) Eucalypt records from Australia's herbaria and flora atlases, version 2026-09-29 [data set], CC BY 4.0, sourced 3 October 2026. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au. Available at: https://publicdata.au/d/au-eucalypt-records/v/2026-09-29/ Markdown: Data: [Eucalypt records from Australia's herbaria and flora atlases](https://www.ala.org.au/terms-of-use/), Atlas of Living Australia, [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), sourced 3 October 2026. Files: [publicdata.au](https://publicdata.au/d/au-eucalypt-records/v/2026-09-29/) by [National Digital](https://nationaldigital.com.au/). ## Questions ### How do I download Eucalypt records from Australia's herbaria and flora atlases as a CSV file? Open https://publicdata.au/d/au-eucalypt-records/latest/data.csv. It redirects to the newest dated version, which is https://publicdata.au/d/au-eucalypt-records/v/2026-09-29/data.csv today. The same path serves JSON, GeoJSON, Parquet, SQLite, DuckDB, GeoPackage, GeoParquet, NDJSON, Arrow. A dated URL never changes, so use it when the file must stay the same. ### Can I open Eucalypt records from Australia's herbaria and flora atlases in Excel? Not as a workbook. Excel stops at 1,048,576 rows and this table has 1,445,447, so there is no data.xlsx. Load the CSV or the Parquet file with Power Query, or take one partition file at a time. https://publicdata.au/d/au-eucalypt-records/v/2026-09-29/data.csv.gz is the CSV at about a tenth of the size. ### What years does Eucalypt records from Australia's herbaria and flora atlases cover? The current version covers 1770 to 2025. Each release from ALA becomes a new dated version here, and earlier versions stay online. ### How often is Eucalypt records from Australia's herbaria and flora atlases updated? ALA releases it monthly. This site checks the portal every week and adds a dated version when the file changes. ### Can I use Eucalypt records from Australia's herbaria and flora atlases commercially? Yes. CC BY 4.0 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 Eucalypt records from Australia's herbaria and flora atlases? No. The publisher is Atlas of Living Australia, and its page is https://www.ala.org.au/terms-of-use/. This site republishes the publisher's file without changing its content. The original sits beside every version as source.csv with its SHA-256, so the two can be compared. ### How do I get only the rows for one state province? Every version has one JSON file per value of state_province, 11 files in the current version, listed with row counts at https://publicdata.au/d/au-eucalypt-records/v/2026-09-29/by/state_province/index.json. For example https://publicdata.au/d/au-eucalypt-records/v/2026-09-29/by/state_province/new-south-wales.json holds the 658,883 rows where state_province is New South Wales. A GeoJSON file sits beside each one. ### What coordinate system does Eucalypt records from Australia's herbaria and flora atlases use? Latitude and longitude in WGS84 (EPSG:4326), as the Atlas processes every provider's coordinates. The GeoJSON file uses the same coordinates, which is what GeoJSON expects. ### Which SA2, council area, suburb, postcode, state electorate and federal electorate is each row of Eucalypt records from Australia's herbaria and flora atlases in? Each row with coordinates carries the SA2 (2021), Council area (LGA 2025), Suburb or locality (2021), Postcode (postal area 2021), State electorate (2025) and Federal electorate (2025) its point falls in, with the code of each. This site joins them by location against the ABS boundaries, https://publicdata.au/d/abs-sa2-2021/, https://publicdata.au/d/abs-lga-2025/, https://publicdata.au/d/abs-suburbs-localities-2021/, https://publicdata.au/d/abs-postal-areas-2021/, https://publicdata.au/d/abs-state-electoral-divisions-2025/, https://publicdata.au/d/abs-federal-electoral-divisions-2025/, and ALA did not publish them. The schema marks each one as joined and names the boundary version. A row without coordinates, or a point outside every area, has them blank. Place columns from Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) Edition 3 boundaries, Australian Bureau of Statistics, licensed under CC BY 4.0. ### Whose records are these? Every row comes from a government herbarium or flora atlas, read through the Atlas of Living Australia, which is the national biodiversity database funded by the Australian Government and hosted by CSIRO. The providers are the state and territory herbaria and atlases, the national herbarium at CSIRO, the Australian National Botanic Gardens and the state botanic gardens. The provider is named in every row. Records from citizen science apps, universities and overseas collections are not included. ### What is a record? A specimen held in a herbarium, or an observation logged in a flora atlas, of a plant in the genera Eucalyptus, Corymbia and Angophora, which together are the eucalypts. The basis of record field says which. A specimen row names the collection and its catalogue number. ### Why do some dates look wrong? The dates are the providers' own. Some 1,500 rows carry the year 1599 and about one row in fifteen has no year at all, and they are kept as published. The oldest plausible records are from 1770. ### How exact are the coordinates? Each row carries the coordinates the provider gave and, where known, the uncertainty in metres. Old specimens are often placed to the nearest ten kilometres. The Atlas also generalises the coordinates of some threatened species at the provider's request. ### What licence applies? Only rows the provider released under CC0 or a CC BY licence are included, and the licence is in every row. When you use the data, name the provider in the row as well as the Atlas. ## 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.csv`. ## Improve this dataset This page is built from [register/au-eucalypt-records.yaml](https://github.com/National-Digital/publicdata.au/blob/main/register/au-eucalypt-records.yaml) on GitHub, and a fix to it is welcome as a pull request. https://publicdata.au/contribute/ explains how.