Registered Aboriginal Parties (RAP) Appointed Boundaries
Anzlic ID:
ANZVI0803003597
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Abstract:
This data set contains polygon boundaries for Registered Aboriginal Parties (RAPs) that have been recognised under the Victorian Aboriginal Heritage Act 2006 (the Act) "as the primary guardians, keepers and knowledge holders of Aboriginal cultural heritage". These boundaries have been determined by Aboriginal communities and registered by the Victorian Aboriginal Heritage Council (VAHC). Initial verbal descriptions and/or hand drawn maps were provided by Aboriginal communities of their RAP boundaries and then digitised by OAAV GIS staff using ArcGIS Desktop. The digitised boundaries were approved by the RAP applicant and the VAHC prior to the RAP applicant being appointed.
The descriptions and/or maps provided by the Aboriginal communities were also transcribed by OAAV GIS staff and a written boundary description produced.
Search Words:
Society
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Boundaries
Publication Date:
03 June 2022
Dataset Status:
In progress.
Completeness Verification: Matched against 1:100,000 map series roads and topographic features used to define boundaries as listed in Schedule IIA of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act (1984).
Progress:
Completed
Access Constraint:
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC-BY)
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Data Existence:
Metadata Name
Descriptions
Resource Name:
RAP
Title:
Registered Aboriginal Parties (RAP) Appointed Boundaries
Anzlic ID:
ANZVI0803003597
Custodian:
Owner:
Jurisdiction:
Victoria
Abstract:
This data set contains polygon boundaries for Registered Aboriginal Parties (RAPs) that have been recognised under the Victorian Aboriginal Heritage Act 2006 (the Act) "as the primary guardians, keepers and knowledge holders of Aboriginal cultural heritage". These boundaries have been determined by Aboriginal communities and registered by the Victorian Aboriginal Heritage Council (VAHC). Initial verbal descriptions and/or hand drawn maps were provided by Aboriginal communities of their RAP boundaries and then digitised by OAAV GIS staff using ArcGIS Desktop. The digitised boundaries were approved by the RAP applicant and the VAHC prior to the RAP applicant being appointed.
The descriptions and/or maps provided by the Aboriginal communities were also transcribed by OAAV GIS staff and a written boundary description produced.
Search Words:
Society
,
Boundaries
Purpose:
Geographic Extent Polygon:
Geographic Bounding Box:
Beginning to Ending Date:
2007-05-28 - now
Maintainence and Update Frequency:
Irregular
Stored Data Format:
Available Format(s) Types:
DIGITAL ESRI Shape file Geographic GDA94. MapInfo Interchange Format (MIF) MapInfo Geographic GDA94. NONDIGITAL Hardcopy Maps
Positional Accuracy:
To be determined.
RAP boundaries were delineated from 1:25,000 VicMap data and other data where the scale and accuracy is not known.
Attribute Accuracy:
100% complete.
Name and contact details have been obtained from the VAHC and are accurate to date of publishing.
Logical Consistency:
The dataset has been visually checked. All polygons have either been closed using ArcToolbox within ArcGIS, or its topology corrected when imported into ArcSDE.
Data Source:
Dataset Source: Data used to generate these boundaries were initially sourced from information received from Aboriginal communities and then digitised using the following data sources:
Road & river centrelines data based on VicMap Transport and Hydro data products (1:25,000).
Contour line and spot height point data based on VicMap Elevation data product (1:25,000).
State border data based on VicMap Index data product (1:500,000).
3 nautical mile boundary determined from Vic 3nm Limit vector data (1:25,000) sourced from Data.Vic website.
Park boundaries based on PK_PARKRES (Parks and Conservation Reserves) vector data (1:2,500 to 1:100,000) sourced from Data.Vic website.
Melbourne Water Drainage Catchments, Major Catchments and Primary Catchment boundaries sourced from Melbourne Water.
National Native Title Tribunal digital data sourced from nntt.gov.au website.
Dataset Originality: Primary & Derived