--- title: Measles public exposure sites, Victoria resource: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-measles-exposure-sites/ publisher: Department of Health (Victoria) licence: CC BY 4.0 licence_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ version: 2026-10-03 rows: 1 fields: 4 source: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vTey0eyH7cmyTVHqNS2wZCDYs2V9ML8HES4_CEx_jvndyM9VXAQEwbI32VZQrVJ27Grly5PrwBeAR3Q/pub?output=csv source_sha256: d2612e349eb554d0be72107dd4cac6fab115c8c5fa2e6b36e6f7df15e91b2b94 language: en-AU operator: National Digital not_endorsed: true --- # Measles public exposure sites, Victoria The public places in Victoria where people may have been exposed to measles, as currently listed by the Department of Health, kept as a version each day the list changes. Published by Department of Health (Victoria) under CC BY 4.0 and republished here in other formats, with cells typed and suppressed values made null. Department of Health (Victoria) has not endorsed this site. Also called: Victorian measles exposure sites, Measles exposure locations Victoria, Measles alert sites Melbourne. ## Download Latest version, redirects to `https://publicdata.au/d/vic-measles-exposure-sites/v/2026-10-03/`: - csv: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-measles-exposure-sites/latest/data.csv (132 B) - xlsx: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-measles-exposure-sites/latest/data.xlsx (8.0 KB) - json: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-measles-exposure-sites/latest/data.json (2.3 KB) - parquet: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-measles-exposure-sites/latest/data.parquet (5.6 KB) - sqlite: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-measles-exposure-sites/latest/data.sqlite (25 KB) - duckdb: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-measles-exposure-sites/latest/data.duckdb (100 KB) - ndjson: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-measles-exposure-sites/latest/data.ndjson (1.9 KB) - arrow: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-measles-exposure-sites/latest/data.arrow (4.9 KB) - csv.gz: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-measles-exposure-sites/latest/data.csv.gz (118 B) Pinned version 2026-10-03: `https://publicdata.au/d/vic-measles-exposure-sites/v/2026-10-03/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-measles-exposure-sites/rows. Counts and sums: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/vic-measles-exposure-sites/aggregate. - Rows: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/vic-measles-exposure-sites/rows?limit=5 - Aggregate: https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/vic-measles-exposure-sites/aggregate?group=location&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-measles-exposure-sites/openapi.json ## Explore Charts and dashboards in the browser: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-measles-exposure-sites/explore/. A dashboard can be shared as a link or embedded. ## Fields | field | type | publisher's header | note | |---|---|---|---| | `exposure_date` | string | Exposure date | The date or dates of possible exposure, as the department writes them. | | `exposure_time` | string | Exposure time | | | `location` | string | Location | | | `monitor_symptoms_until` | string | Monitor for onset of symptoms up to | | ## Versions - 2026-10-03: 1 rows, 4 fields, sha256 d2612e349eb5 (1 rows before). https://publicdata.au/d/vic-measles-exposure-sites/v/2026-10-03/ - 2026-10-02: 1 rows, 4 fields, sha256 d2612e349eb5. https://publicdata.au/d/vic-measles-exposure-sites/v/2026-10-02/ Machine-readable: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-measles-exposure-sites/versions.json, https://publicdata.au/d/vic-measles-exposure-sites/changes.json, https://publicdata.au/d/vic-measles-exposure-sites/datapackage.json, https://publicdata.au/d/vic-measles-exposure-sites/schema.json, https://publicdata.au/d/vic-measles-exposure-sites/history.tar.zst ## Same subject, other publishers - [Public hospital emergency departments and minor injury clinics, Queensland, live list](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-emergency-department-facilities/) (Qld) - [Notifiable diseases by quarter, Queensland, 2010 to 2014](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-notifiable-diseases-2010-2014/) (Qld) - [Public hospital locations, South Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-public-hospitals/) (SA) - [Emergency department patients seen on time by hospital and triage category, Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/au-ed-patients-seen-on-time/) (Cth) - [Hospitals, Local Hospital Networks and Primary Health Networks in MyHospitals, Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/au-hospitals-myhospitals/) (Cth) - [Emergency department busyness by day and hour, Queensland](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-emergency-department-busyness/) (Qld) - [Public dental waiting lists by clinic, Queensland, latest quarter](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-public-dental-waiting-lists/) (Qld) - [People waiting and median waits in emergency departments, Queensland, live](https://publicdata.au/d/qld-emergency-department-waits-now/) (Qld) - [Private hospital locations, South Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/sa-private-hospitals/) (SA) - [Modified Monash Model 2023 remoteness by suburb and postcode, Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/au-modified-monash-model-by-suburb/) (Cth) - [Elective surgery waiting times by hospital and urgency category, Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/au-elective-surgery-waiting-times/) (Cth) - [Deaths by suicide by state and age group, five-year periods, Australia](https://publicdata.au/d/au-suicide-deaths-by-age/) (Cth) ## Attribution and citation Department of Health, Victorian Government, Measles public exposure sites in Victoria, sourced 2 October 2026, https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset/measles-public-exposure-sites-in-victoria, 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 Health, Victorian Government, Measles public exposure sites in Victoria, sourced 2 October 2026, https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset/measles-public-exposure-sites-in-victoria, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/vic-measles-exposure-sites/v/2026-10-03/ Harvard: Department of Health (Victoria) (2026) Measles public exposure sites, Victoria, version 2026-10-03 [data set], CC BY 4.0, sourced 2 October 2026. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au. Available at: https://publicdata.au/d/vic-measles-exposure-sites/v/2026-10-03/ Markdown: Data: [Measles public exposure sites, Victoria](https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset/measles-public-exposure-sites-in-victoria), Department of Health (Victoria), [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), sourced 2 October 2026. Files: [publicdata.au](https://publicdata.au/d/vic-measles-exposure-sites/v/2026-10-03/) by [National Digital](https://nationaldigital.com.au/). ## Questions ### How do I download Measles public exposure sites as a CSV file? Open https://publicdata.au/d/vic-measles-exposure-sites/latest/data.csv. It redirects to the newest dated version, which is https://publicdata.au/d/vic-measles-exposure-sites/v/2026-10-03/data.csv today. The same path serves Excel, JSON, Parquet, SQLite, DuckDB, NDJSON, Arrow. A dated URL never changes, so use it when the file must stay the same. ### Can I open Measles public exposure sites in Excel? Yes. https://publicdata.au/d/vic-measles-exposure-sites/v/2026-10-03/data.xlsx is a workbook with the 1 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-measles-exposure-sites/v/2026-10-03/data.csv.gz is the CSV at about a tenth of the size. ### What years does Measles public exposure sites cover? The current version covers the years since 2026. Each release from Department of Health becomes a new dated version here, and earlier versions stay online. ### How often is Measles public exposure sites updated? Department of Health updates it continuously. This site checks the portal every week and adds a dated version when the file changes. ### Can I use Measles public exposure sites 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 Measles public exposure sites? No. The publisher is Department of Health (Victoria), and its page is https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset/measles-public-exposure-sites-in-victoria. 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. ### What does each row hold? One public place where a person with measles was during their infectious period, with the exposure date and time, the location and the date to monitor for symptoms up to, as the Department of Health lists it. ### Why is the list sometimes empty? The department removes a site once its symptom monitoring period has passed, so the list holds only current sites. When there are none it holds a single row whose location says there are currently no measles exposure sites in Victoria. ### How is the history kept? The list is read each day, and each day it changes is kept as a version, so earlier versions hold the sites listed on those days. The department's own page is the place to check for current health advice. ## 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/vic-measles-exposure-sites.yaml](https://github.com/National-Digital/publicdata.au/blob/main/register/vic-measles-exposure-sites.yaml) on GitHub, and a fix to it is welcome as a pull request. https://publicdata.au/contribute/ explains how.