Victorian Wetland Inventory (Pre-European)
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  Victorian Wetland Inventory (Pre-European)

dataset: WETLAND_PRE_EUROPEAN
Polygons showing the extent of wetlands in Victoria prior to European settlement. Includes all wetlands from Wetland_1788 and naturally occurring wetlands that were added to the updated current wetland extent (WETLAND_CURRENT). Where available original Corrick classification (primary categories based on water and salinity regimes) were retained. The polygon boundaries were derived from aerial photography interpretation. The most recent update to this database was in 2021.
 
Citation proposal Citation proposal
(2021)

Victorian Wetland Inventory (Pre-European)

Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action

https://metashare.maps.vic.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/d4c97fe4-a19a-5a88-af4b-3b9644f084b3
 

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Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action - Monitoring Waterway   ()  
Level 11, 8 Nicolson St
East Melbourne
Vic
3002
Australia
 

Identifiers and Keywords

ANZLIC Id
ANZVI0803004910 
Victorian Spatial Data Library (VSDL) Schema
FLORAFAUNA1:WETLAND_PRE_EUROPEAN 
Jurisdiction
Victoria 
Topic category
  • Inland waters
 

Resource Constraints

Use limitation
General Access subject to custodial approval. 
Classification
Unclassified  
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC-BY)
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Other Dataset Details

Date ( Revision )
2021-09-21
Date ( Publication )
2021-09-16T01:21:27
Status
Completed  
Purpose
WETLAND_PRE_EUROPEAN is one of three layers designed to document changes over time in the nature and extent of wetland environments in Victoria. This layer is directly related to WETLAND_1994 and WETLAND_CURRENT via the use of a common wetland identification system. 
Credit
Andrew Corrick 
Supplemental Information
Related Documents: None 
Maintenance and update frequency
Not planned  
Maintenance date ( Publication )
2021-09-16T01:21:27
 

Spatial

Spatial representation type
Vector  
Description
General - Victoria 
Reference system identifier
4283

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Temporal

Begin date
1949-01-01 
End date
2013-01-01 
 

Resolution

Horizontal Accuracy
100m  
 

Quality

Missing Data
All wetlands with an area of 1 hectare or more should be present. All wetlands with an area of 1 hectare or more should be present. 
Positional Accuracy
Precision: boundary accuracy for new mapping and repositioning 25m or better 
 

Lineage

Statement
Dataset Source: The data has been prepared primarily from aerial photo interpretation and used existing geospatial datasets that provided context and informed the identification of wetland boundaries (e.g. vegetation mapping and topography). It was recorded whether pre-European mapping had come from the original 1788 spatial layer or from 2013, 2014, 2017 or 2021 mapping (newly mapped naturally occurring wetlands were added). For features sourced from the 2013, 2014, 2017 and 2021 mapping an attempt was made to determine if the pre-European wetland was larger or smaller than current mapped extent. Dataset Originality: Primary 
 

Attributes

Column Name Obligation Unique Data Type Data Length Data Precision Data Scale Reference Table Owner Reference Table Name Reference Table Code Column Name Short Column Name Definition
HECTARES O N NUMBER 22 38 8 HECTARES
NAME_MAIN O N VARCHAR2 100 NAME_MAIN
CMA O N VARCHAR2 30 CMA
EX_DATASET O N VARCHAR2 15 EX_DATASET
CORR_CLASS O N VARCHAR2 40 CORR_CLASS
CORR_ID O N VARCHAR2 20 CORR_ID
OCCURRENCE O N VARCHAR2 25 OCCURRENCE
VERS_DATE O N DATE 7 VERS_DATE
BOUNDARY O N VARCHAR2 125 BOUNDARY
WETLAND_NO O N NUMBER 22 10 0 WETLAND_NO
 

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Metadata identifier
urn:uuid / d4c97fe4-a19a-5a88-af4b-3b9644f084b3

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Resource Type
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Date info ( Creation )
2025-07-17T21:15:09
Date info ( Revision )
2025-11-25T15:19:40
Standard Name
ISO 19115-3:2018 
Profile Name
DELWP Profile 
Profile Version
Version 1 
Profile Date
2019-05-24  
 

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Unclassified  
 
 

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