--- title: Victorian Heritage Register places, boundaries resource: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-heritage-register/ publisher: Department of Transport and Planning licence: CC BY 4.0 licence_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ version: 2026-10-04 rows: 2681 fields: 8 source: https://opendata.maps.vic.gov.au/geoserver/wfs?service=WFS&version=2.0.0&request=GetFeature&typeNames=open-data-platform:heritage_register&outputFormat=application/json&sortBy=id source_sha256: 57c053a5afef03b192ff25f231fddeb4bd4bbad0db9c4b937fe8838eca23bdcb language: en-AU operator: National Digital not_endorsed: true --- # Victorian Heritage Register places, boundaries The mapped boundaries of about 2,400 places and objects on the Victorian Heritage Register, in about 2,700 shapes, each with its register number and name, from the Vicmap heritage_register layer. Published by Department of Transport and Planning under CC BY 4.0 and republished here in other formats, with cells typed and suppressed values made null. Department of Transport and Planning has not endorsed this site. Also called: VHR boundaries, Victorian Heritage Register map, Heritage listed places in Victoria, Vicmap heritage_register layer. ## Download Latest version, redirects to `https://publicdata.au/d/vic-heritage-register/v/2026-10-04/`: - csv: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-heritage-register/latest/data.csv (171 KB) - xlsx: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-heritage-register/latest/data.xlsx (148 KB) - json: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-heritage-register/latest/data.json (413 KB) - geojson: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-heritage-register/latest/data.geojson (4.0 MB) - parquet: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-heritage-register/latest/data.parquet (1.8 MB) - sqlite: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-heritage-register/latest/data.sqlite (205 KB) - duckdb: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-heritage-register/latest/data.duckdb (300 KB) - gpkg: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-heritage-register/latest/data.gpkg (2.9 MB) - pmtiles: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-heritage-register/latest/data.pmtiles (644 KB) - ndjson: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-heritage-register/latest/data.ndjson (409 KB) - arrow: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-heritage-register/latest/data.arrow (68 KB) - csv.gz: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-heritage-register/latest/data.csv.gz (62 KB) Pinned version 2026-10-04: `https://publicdata.au/d/vic-heritage-register/v/2026-10-04/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/vic-heritage-register/rows. Counts and sums: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/vic-heritage-register/aggregate. - Rows: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/vic-heritage-register/rows?limit=5 - Aggregate: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/vic-heritage-register/aggregate?group=heritage_object&metric=count 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/vic-heritage-register/openapi.json ## Explore Charts and dashboards in the browser: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-heritage-register/explore/. A dashboard can be shared as a link or embedded. ## Fields | field | type | publisher's header | note | |---|---|---|---| | `vhr_num` | string | vhr_num | The Victorian Heritage Register number, such as H2381. | | `site_name` | string | site_name | The place or object's name, in the publisher's capitals. | | `heritage_object` | string | heritage_object | Y where the listing is a heritage object, N for a place. | | `vhi_num` | string | vhi_num | A Heritage Inventory number where the publisher gives one; blank on most rows. | | `hermes_num` | integer | hermes_num | The place's record number in the HERMES heritage database behind the Victorian Heritage Database. | | `ufi` | integer | ufi | Vicmap's unique feature identifier for the shape. | | `vdpid` | integer | vdpid | | | `id` | integer | id | | Key: `ufi`. ## Versions - 2026-10-04: 2681 rows, 8 fields, sha256 57c053a5afef (0 added, 0 removed, 0 changed). https://publicdata.au/d/vic-heritage-register/v/2026-10-04/ - 2026-10-03: 2681 rows, 8 fields, sha256 901835c3f50d. https://publicdata.au/d/vic-heritage-register/v/2026-10-03/ Machine-readable: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-heritage-register/versions.json, https://publicdata.au/d/vic-heritage-register/changes.json, https://publicdata.au/d/vic-heritage-register/datapackage.json, https://publicdata.au/d/vic-heritage-register/schema.json, https://publicdata.au/d/vic-heritage-register/history.tar.zst ## Same subject, other publishers - [National Heritage List places, boundaries, Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/au-national-heritage-list-places/) (Cth) - [Commonwealth Heritage List places, boundaries, Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/au-commonwealth-heritage-list-places/) (Cth) - [State and local heritage places, South Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-heritage-places/) (SA) - [Queensland Heritage Register places](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-heritage-register/) (Qld) - [State electorate boundaries, 2025, Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/abs-state-electoral-divisions-2025/) (Cth) - [Federal electorate boundaries, 2025, Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/abs-federal-electoral-divisions-2025/) (Cth) - [Locality boundaries, Queensland](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-locality-boundaries/) (Qld) - [Queensland towns flood extent, January 2011](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-flood-extent-2011-january/) (Qld) - [Logan and Albert rivers flood extent, April 2017](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-flood-extent-2017-logan-albert/) (Qld) - [South west Queensland towns flood extent, 2012](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-flood-extent-2012-south-west/) (Qld) - [Bundaberg flood extent, January 2013](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-flood-extent-2013-bundaberg/) (Qld) - [Western Queensland flood extent, February 2019](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-flood-extent-2019-western/) (Qld) ## Attribution and citation Department of Transport and Planning, Victorian Government, Victorian Heritage Register (Vicmap layer heritage_register), sourced 4 October 2026, https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset/victorian-heritage-register, licensed under CC BY 4.0. 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 Transport and Planning, Victorian Government, Victorian Heritage Register (Vicmap layer heritage_register), sourced 4 October 2026, https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset/victorian-heritage-register, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/vic-heritage-register/v/2026-10-04/ Harvard: Department of Transport and Planning (2026) Victorian Heritage Register places, boundaries, version 2026-10-04 [data set], CC BY 4.0, sourced 4 October 2026. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au. Available at: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-heritage-register/v/2026-10-04/ Markdown: Data: [Victorian Heritage Register places, boundaries](https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset/victorian-heritage-register), Department of Transport and Planning, [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), sourced 4 October 2026. Files: [publicdata.au](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-heritage-register/v/2026-10-04/) by [National Digital](https://nationaldigital.com.au/). ## Questions ### How do I download Victorian Heritage Register places as a CSV file? Open https://publicdata.au/d/vic-heritage-register/latest/data.csv. It redirects to the newest dated version, which is https://publicdata.au/d/vic-heritage-register/v/2026-10-04/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 Victorian Heritage Register places in Excel? Yes. https://publicdata.au/d/vic-heritage-register/v/2026-10-04/data.xlsx is a workbook with the 2,681 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/vic-heritage-register/v/2026-10-04/data.csv.gz is the CSV at about a tenth of the size. ### How often is Victorian Heritage Register places updated? Transport and Planning releases it as the register changes. This site checks the portal every week and adds a dated version when the file changes. ### Can I use Victorian Heritage Register places 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 Victorian Heritage Register places? No. The publisher is Department of Transport and Planning, and its page is https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset/victorian-heritage-register. 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 Victorian Heritage Register places use? Shapes in GDA2020 (EPSG:7844), as the Vicmap service publishes them. The GeoJSON file uses GDA2020 as well, which differs from the WGS84 GeoJSON expects by well under a metre. ### What does each row hold? Each row is one mapped shape of a place or object on the Victorian Heritage Register, the State's list of its most significant heritage places and objects protected under the Heritage Act 2017. It carries the register number, such as H2381, the site name and the identifiers the publisher uses, with the shape in the GeoParquet, GeoJSON, GeoPackage and PMTiles files. A place mapped in separate parts has a row for each part under one register number, and the Coliban Water Supply, H1021, has 50. ### How do I find the statement of significance for a place? The register number in each row is the number the Victorian Heritage Database uses, so a search there for the number gives the place's full listing. This layer holds the boundaries and names only. ### What is the heritage object flag? The publisher marks a row Y where the listing is a heritage object rather than a place, and N for a place. Both are kept as published. ### Does it include places protected only by a council heritage overlay? No. Places in a local planning scheme's heritage overlay are listed by councils and are not in this layer unless they are also on the State register. ## 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/vic-heritage-register.yaml](https://github.com/National-Digital/publicdata.au/blob/main/register/vic-heritage-register.yaml) on GitHub, and a fix to it is welcome as a pull request. https://publicdata.au/contribute/ explains how.