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1. tolMainIndex is to make querying more efficient and to enable searching on variant names and place names with prefixes such as Mount and Cape In addition to these main tables there are a number of look up tables i e tlkp which serve to display the Gazetteer data more clearly to users These look up tables are for the feature codes state authority status and classification fields The content of each table and other database objects i e queries and forms within the database are briefly described in Table 5 The values within the look up tables are detailed in the data dictionary in Section 4 2 Table 5 Database objects Object type Description tolFeatureMapping Table Table mapping the feature codes to the classification codes tbIMain Table Main table containing all the Gazetteer data tbIMainIndex Table Index table to support the search interface tblVariantName Table Table containing all variant names tlkpAuthority Table Look up table for authority names tlkpClassification Table Look up table for classification codes tIkpFeature Table Look up table for feature code classifications tlkpState Table Look up table for state names tlkpStatus Table Look up table for status of place names qryDetails Query Query to display all the place name details in frmDetails qrySearchResult_partA Query First part of the query for displaying the search results qrySearchResult_partB Query Second part of the query for displaying the s2. e Place before the string e g berra represents a single character and can be used before or after the string Place type To refine your search select a category from the Place type picklist These categories are the same as those used in Geoscience Australia s Online Gazetteer of Australia Place Name Search and are a broad categorisation of the feature codes within the Gazetteer A list of the place name categories and the feature codes which they correspond to is available at Appendix B State To refine your search select a State or Territory from the State picklist This list relates to the State Territory or External Territory in which the place name is located Gazetteer of Australia 2011 Place Name Search Place name a_i Geoscience Australia Ploce type pii S ISS Place Name Search sae Close Database Submit Query Reset Figure 1 Search interface of database Displaying results If the search is successful the results matching the criteria will be listed as shown in Figure 2 else a message saying that there were no results matching your criteria will appear Gazetteer of Australia 2010 Release Product User Guide 10 Data loading Gazetteer of Australia 2011 Place Name Search Place name armadale A iti Close Interface Geoscience Austrailia Place type Towns amp Localities D Place Name Search State Western Australia D Close Database Reset Results of Sea
3. 2010 Release data is available in two formats 3 2 Description of files Fixed width ASCII file This file contains all the Gazetteer data in ASCII format Gazetteer of Australia 2010 Release package contains the following files Table 3 Gazetteer of Australia 2010 Release files Microsoft Access database This database contains all the Gazetteer data in two tables and includes additional tables to support the user interface within the database The database is compliant with Microsoft Access Version 2002 format ASCII File File name File size Kb File content Documentation Userguide_gaz_2010 pdf 189 Product user guide General_gaz_2010 paf 176 General information for dataset Data Gazetteer2010_txt txt 38 135 List of all place names Total 38 500 Database Application File name File size Kb File content Documentation Userguide_gaz_2010 pdf 189 Product user guide General_gaz_2010 paf 176 General information for dataset Data Gazetteer2010_mdb mdb 96 692 Database of place names Total 97 057 3 3 Use of the database The database contains two parts the data and user interface The data structure is described in Section 4 1 The search interface of the database has been designed along similar design principles as the Online Gazetteer of Australia Place Name Search The main difference is that this search interface does not link to maps showing the physical l
4. LDGE Ledge LH Lighthouse LOCB Locality bounded Town Village Populated place Local government town Town site no Gazetteer of Australia 2010 Release Product User Guide 24 Appendix C Code RTRK RUIN SCHL SEA SHOL SITE SLP SND SOAK SPAN SPIT SPRG STAT STOK STR STRM SUB SWP TANK TOWR TREE TRIG TRK TUNN URBN VAL WRCK WRFL WTRH YD Feature and included terms Racetrack Auto track Cycle racing track Velodrome Ruin School College Sea Shoal Shallows Patches Historical site Slope Hillside Terrace Sound Native well Soak Soakage Salt pan Sandspit Spring Pool spring Hot springs Mineral spring State Stock route Strait Stream Brook Watercourse Anabranch Backwash Backwater Run Creek River Gully Rivulet Beck Backwater Burn Suburb Swamp Marsh Morass Saltmarsh Wetland Tank Tower Tree Trig station Track walking Path bridle Trail Tunnel Urban area City Valley Dale Dell Vale Wreck Waterfall Cascade Cataract Falls Rapids Waterhole Lagoon Hole Pool Billabong Oxbow Washpool Yard Code Feature and included terms population LOCK Lock LOCU Locality unbounded Place name Road corner Road bend Corner Meteorological station Ocean place name Surfing spot MINE Mine Goldfield Opalfield Shaft Mining centre MONU Bench mark Cairn Column Marker Monument Obelisk MT Mountain
5. by each of the State and Territory place name authorities the Australian Antarctic Division the Australian Hydrographic Service and Geoscience Australia All fields for all records have been populated with the exception of the Variant Names field which is not a mandatory field Gazetteer of Australia 2010 Release Product User Guide 19 Appendix A Appendix A Metadata Note This dataset description is metadata data about data which describes the actual dataset in accordance with the ANZLIC Australia New Zealand Land Information Council Core Metadata Guidelines Version 2 Dataset citation ANZLIC unique identifier ANZCW0703014255 Title Gazetteer of Australia 2010 Release Custodian Custodian Geoscience Australia is the custodian of the Gazetteer of Australia 2010 Release product The respective State Territory and Commonwealth governments and authorities are custodian of the information which falls within each authority s jurisdiction Jurisdiction Australia Description Abstract Contains the authorised place names covering Australia s land and offshore areas The 2010 release consists of 332 024 place names and each record includes the following fields Record ID Unique identifier for each feature Authority ID Custodian State or Territory State ID State or Territory that the feature falls in Name Name of the feature Feature Code Code indicating the type of feature Status Indicates if the
6. indicate the 100K map sheet that the feature falls in e Concise Gazetteer to indicate place names that form Australia s contribution to the Composite Gazetteer of South East Asia and the South West Pacific Features selected are determined by each of the State and Territory place name jurisdictions and e CGDN to indicate place names eligible for use in Community Geographic Domain Names 5 2 Positional accuracy The longitude and latitude of the position of each place name feature are given in decimal degrees and are compatible with the Geocentric Datum of Australia GDA94 These coordinates are given to five decimal places of a degree approximately 1 metre but this does not indicate the absolute accuracy of the location Some features may only be recorded with the accuracy to the nearest minute of longitude and latitude approximately 1 8 kilometres 5 3 Attribute accuracy The following attribute checks have been undertaken on individually supplied data from custodial authorities prior to further processing by Geoscience Australia e Deletion of all leading spaces e Changing of all multiple internal spaces to single spaces e Ensuring all attribute fields are present for all records e Ensuring all records have the same number of attribute fields present and e Ensuring all fields contain at least a space Gazetteer of Australia 2010 Release Product User Guide 18 Data quality information 5 4 Logical consist
7. name LOCU Salt pan SPAN Landing PIER Plain BATH Saltmarsh SWP Landing Ground AF Plain PLN Sanatorium BLDG Ledge LDGE Plant BLDG Sandbar BANK Levee BRKW Plantation PLAN Sandspit SPIT Light NAVB Plateau PL Sawmill BLDG Lighthouse LH Point PT School SCHL Local government area DI Point inland PEAK Scrub FRST Local government town LOCB Police station BLDG Sea SEA Locality bounded LOCB Pond RES Seamount BATH Locality unbounded LOCU Pondage RES Shaft MINE Loch LAKE Pool WTRH Shallows SHOL Lock LOCK Pool spring SPRG Shelf BATH Lookout HILL Populated place LOCB Shelter BLDG Loop BEND Port PORT Shoal BATH Lough LAKE Post office BLDG Shoal SHOL Marina HBR Power station BLDG Slope SLP Marker MONU Pump BLDG Soak SOAK Marsh SWP Pumping station BLDG Soakage SOAK Meander BEND Prairie PLN Sound SND Mesa HILL Precipice CLIF Special purpose farm FARM Meteorological station LOCU Prison BLDG Spit PT Mill BLDG Promontory PT Spring SPRG Mine MINE Quarry QUAR Spur BATH Mineral spring SPRG Quay PIER Spur RDGE Mining centre MINE Racetrack RTRK Stadium BLDG Mission BLDG Railway station RSTA State STAT Mole BRKW Range RNGE Steel works BLDG Monument MONU Rapids WRFL Stock route STOK Morass SWP Ravine GORG Strait STR Mountain MT Reach RCH Stream STRM Mountain peak PEAK Reef BATH Suburb SUB Mountain range RNGE Reef REEF Sugarloaf HILL Mountains RNGE Region DI Museum BLDG Summit PEAK Research FARM Surfing spot LOCU National park RESV establishment Swamp SWP Na
8. 9 No assigned map number Sheet that contains the feature CGDN Identifies place names that can be Text 1 Y Yes Can only be used by community Consists of LOCB LOCU SUB and URBN used in the act au nsw au nt au Old au sa au tas au vic au and wa au second level domains and is restricted for usage by community website portals that reflect community interests website portals N No Can be used by anyone features Gazetteer of Australia 2010 Release Product User Guide 17 Data quality information 5 Data quality information 5 1 Lineage The Gazetteer of Australia was compiled using data provided by each of the State and Territory place naming authorities the Australian Hydrographic Service the Australian Antarctic Division and Geoscience Australia The Name Status Variant Name Longitude and Latitude fields remain as provided by each of the custodial authorities The following modifications and additions have been made to other fields by Geoscience Australia during the Gazetteer production process e Inclusion of prefixes to values in the Record ID field indicating the authority which provided them and e Mapping of some non compliant feature codes to Gazetteer feature codes The Gazetteer has also been value added by the inclusion of the following fields e State ID to indicate the state territory or administrative area the feature falls in e 100K Map to
9. Australian Government amp S M INTERGOVERNMENTAL COMMITTEE ON Geoscience Australia SURVEYING amp MAPPING Gazetteer of Australia 2010 Product User Guide National Geographic Information Group Geoscience Australia Published by Geoscience Australia Authorised by the Intergovernmental Committee on Surveying and Mapping ICSM Published by Geoscience Australia Department of Resources Energy amp Tourism E H Commonwealth of Australia Geoscience Australia 2011 This material is released under the Creative Commons Attribution 3 0 Australia Licence http creativecommons licenses by 3 0 au For up to date information on Gazetteer of Australia 2010 Release refer to the Geoscience Australia website www ga gov au Please direct queries to Geoscience Australia Sales Centre GPO Box 378 Canberra ACT 2601 Freecall within Australia 1800 800 173 Telephone 61 2 6249 9966 Facsimile 61 2 6249 9960 Email sales ga gov au Exclusion of Liability The custodian of the Gazetteer of Australia 2010 Release product Geoscience Australia and the data custodians relevant State Territory and Commonwealth Governments do not warrant that the data is free from errors or omissions Also the product custodian and data custodians shall not be in any way liable for any loss damage or injury suffered by the user of the data or any other person or organisation consequent upon or incidental to the existence of errors or omissions
10. Data structure ASCII file The ASCII file consists of the following 13 fields Table 4 Gazetteer of Australia 2010 Release data fields Record ID Authority ID State ID Name Feature Code Status Variant Name Postcode Concise Gazetteer Longitude Latitude 100K Map CGDN Database application Description Unique identifier for each feature Custodian State or Territory State or Territory that the feature falls in Name of the feature Code indicating the type of feature Indicates if the name is authorised Variant or alternative name Postcode of the locality Indicates if the feature is included in the Concise Gazetteer Longitude in decimal degrees Latitude in decimal degrees 1 100 000 scale map reference Indicates if the place name can be used in the state au second level domains by community website portals that reflect community interests Field width typ 3 char text 3 char text 4 char text 1 char text 100 char text 4 char text 1 char text 9 5 char num 4 char text 1 char text e The Gazetteer data within the Microsoft Access database application are contained within tables These tables have a simple structure Figure 4 which is designed for storing searching and viewing the place name data Unlike the user interface component of the database in Section 3 3 these tables can be accessed through other applications such as Microsoft Excel by importing the data This is particularly use
11. Geocentric Datum of Australia It is compatible with Global Positioning Systems GPS Adopted in 1994 and implemented in the year 2000 Geographical coordinates A position given in spherical coordinates commonly known as latitude and longitude Geographic Information System GIS A spatial database which is manipulated via a set of spatial operators or commands Intergovernmental Committee on Surveying and Mapping ICSM An intergovernmental committee established to provide leadership through coordination and cooperation in surveying and mapping on a national basis Latitude The latitude of a feature is its angular distance on a Meridian measured northwards or southwards from the terrestrial Equator Longitude An angular distance measured east or west from a reference meridian usually Greenwich on the earth s surface Projection Any systematic way of representing the meridians and parallels of the earth upon a plane surface or map Gazetteer of Australia 2010 Release Product User Guide 29
12. Peak NAVB Beacon Light Buoy OCEN Ocean PASS Pass Passage Gap Col PEAK Mountain peak Summit Point inland Rock column Butte PEN Peninsula PIER Pier Wharf Landing Quay PL Plateau Tableland PLAN Plantation PLN Plain Downs Prairie Flat Heath Field PORT Port PRSH Parish PT Point Head Headland Spit Ness Promontory Bill QUAR Quarry RCH Reach Arm RDGE Ridge Saddle Spur REEF Reef RES Reservoir Pondage Pond Artificial lake RESV Reserve Park National park Conservation park Common RH Rockhole Gnamma hole RNGE Range Mountain range Hills Mountains ROAD Road ROCK Rock Boulder Pinnacle Crag Needle Pillar Rock formation Tor Rocks on land Rocks offshore RSTA Railway station Gazetteer of Australia 2010 Release Product User Guide 25 Appendix D Appendix D Features in alphabetical order Below is an alphabetical listing of features and their respective feature codes Please note that there are some features that fall within more than one feature code e g bank falls in BANK and BATH Table 11 Gazetteer of Australia 2010 Release features Feature Code Feature Code Feature Code Abattoir BLDG Buoy NAVB Dale VAL Abbey BLDG Burn STRM Dam DAM Aboriginal outstation HMSD Busway station BLDG Dell VAL Aerodrome AF Butte HILL Depression DEPR Agricultural area DI Butte PEAK Desert DSTR Agricultural BLDG Buttr
13. Post office BORE Bore Well BRDG Bridge Culvert BRK Breaker BRKW Breakwater Groyne Levee Mole CAPE Cape CAVE Cave Blowhole Cavern Grotto CEM Cemetery CHAN Offshore Channel CLAY Claypan Clayhole Clay pit Clay flat CLIF Bluff Cliff Breakaway Escarpment Jumpup Precipice Buttress CNAL Canal Waterway Aqueduct Bore drain CNTY County COMM Commune Community centre CONT Continent Code Feature and included terms COVE Cove Inlet CP Campsite Camp CRTR Crater DAM Dam Weir Catchment Barrage DEPR Depression Basin Donga DI Agricultural area County District Local government area Parish Region DOCK Dock Basin Wetdock Dry dock DRN Drain DSRT Desert DUNE Dunes ENTR Entrance ESTY Estuary FARM Special purpose farm Research establishment FORD Ford Crossing FRNG Rifle range Rocket range Bombing range FRST Forest Wood Thicket Scrub Copse Brushwood Glade Grove GASF Gasfield Well Oil well GATE Gate City exit GLCR Glacier GORG Gorge Ravine Canyon Glen Chasm GRDN Garden Vineyards GULF Gulf HBR Harbour Haven Roadstead Marina HILL Hill Knoll Knob Mesa Sugarloaf Lookout Butte Hillock Kopje HMSD Homestead Outstation Outcamp Woolshed Aboriginal outstation HWY Highway INTL Intermittent lake IS Island Island group Cay Isle Islet Clumps ISTH Isthmus Neck LAGN Lagoon LAKE Lake Tarn Loch Lough
14. R Bore drain CNAL Corner LOCU Haven HBR Boulder ROCK County CNTY Head PT Breakaway CLIF County DI Headland PT Breaker BRK Cove COVE Heath PLN Breakwater BRKW Crag ROCK Highway HWY Brewery BLDG Crater CRTR Hill HILL Bridge BRDG Creek STRM Hillock HILL Broadcasting station BCST Crossing FORD Brook STRM Hills RNGE Culvert BRDG Hillside SLP Brushwood FRST Cycle racing track RTRK Historical site SITE Gazetteer of Australia 2010 Release Product User Guide 26 Appendix D Feature Code Feature Code Feature Code Hole WTRH Ness PT Ridge BATH Homestead HMSD Obelisk MONU Ridge RDGE Hospital BLDG Observatory BLDG Rifle range FRNG Hotel BLDG Ocean OCEN Rise BATH Hot springs SPRG Ocean place name LOCU River STRM Hut BLDG Oil well GASF Rivulet STRM Inlet COVE Opalfield MINE Road ROAD Inn BLDG Outcamp HMSD Road bend LOCU Institute BLDG Outstation HMSD Road corner LOCU Intermittent lake INTL Oxbow WTRH Roadhouse BLDG Island IS Park RESV Roadstead HBR Island group IS Parish DI Rock ROCK Isle IS Parish PRSH Rock column PEAK Islet IS Pass PASS Rock formation ROCK Isthmus ISTH Passage PASS Rocket range FRNG Jumpup CLIF Patches SHOL Rockhole RH Knob HILL Path bridle TRK Rocks on land ROCK Knoll BATH Peak MT Rocks offshore ROCK Knoll HILL Peninsula PEN Ruin RUIN Kopje HILL Pier PIER Run STRM Lagoon LAGN Pillar ROCK Saddle BATH Lagoon WTRH Pinnacle ROCK Saddle RDGE Lake LAKE Place
15. and the Royal Australian Navy also have specific national and international surveying mapping and charting responsibilities The Committee for Geographical Names in Australasia CGNA is a permanent subcommittee of ICSM and was formed in 1984 to coordinate Australian place naming As with ICSM all jurisdictions have membership on CGNA as well as Macquarie University which has special interests in toponymic research More information on ICSM is available at www icsm gov au or contact ICSM Executive Officer GPO Box 378 Canberra ACT 2601 Freecall within Australia 1800 800 173 Telephone 61 2 6249 9677 Email icsm ga gov au Gazetteer of Australia 2010 Release Product User Guide 4 1 4 Other contributors User information This product is the result of the cooperative effort of State Territory and Commonwealth governments The Gazetteer has been compiled documented and packaged by Geoscience Australia on behalf of the members of the Intergovernmental Committee on Surveying and Mapping ICSM using data provided through the Committee for Geographical Names in Australasia CGNA an ICSM technical subcommittee Copyright in the Gazetteer of Australia resides with the relevant State Territory and Commonwealth governments within Australia These authorities are custodians of the data that falls within each of their jurisdictions The contact for each custodial authority is given below Australian Mapping Officer Antarctic Au
16. atial checks and could not be reconciled with the relevant jurisdiction were removed from the Gazetteer dataset All fields have been populated null entries have been replaced with 9999 except for the Variant name field which may contain null values where there is no Variant name supplied Contact information Contact organisation Geoscience Australia GA Contact position Geoscience Australia Sales Centre Mail address GPO Box 378 Locality CANBERRA State ACT Country Australia Postcode 2601 Telephone Australia Freecall 1800 800 173 Facsimile 61 2 6249 9960 Electronic mail address sales ga gov au Metadata information Size of dataset 94 4 Mb 332 024 records Projection and datum Geographical coordinates latitude and longitude in decimal degrees using the Geocentric Datum of Australia GDA94 Gazetteer of Australia 2010 Release Product User Guide 22 Appendix B Appendix B Place name categories The following table shows which feature codes relate to which place name categories when searching for place names in the Microsoft Access database application These are the same as the categories used in the Online Place Name Search They have been developed to enable easier searching of place names through using a short list of categories as opposed to the 117 feature codes in the Gazetteer Table 9 Place name search categories and related feature codes Categories Related feature codes Ai
17. ation Services Department of Natural Resources and Water Locked Bag 40 Coorparoo Delivery Centre QLD 4151 Phone 61 7 3896 3222 Facsimile 61 7 3896 3165 Web http www nrw qld gov au Secretary Geographical Names Advisory Committee Department for Transport Energy and Infrastructure GPO Box 1354 Adelaide SA 5001 Phone 61 8 8204 8522 Facsimile 61 8 8204 8544 Web http www landservices sa gov au Secretary Nomenclature Board Office of the Surveyor General Department of Primary Industries and Water GPO Box 44 Hobart TAS 7001 Phone 61 3 6233 2554 Facsimile 61 3 6233 6775 Web http www dpiwe tas gov au Geographic Names Project Officer Land Victoria Department of Sustainability and Environment PO Box 500 East Melbourne VIC 3002 Phone 61 3 8636 2530 Facsimile 61 3 8636 2588 Web http www land vic gov au Secretary Geographic Names Committee Landgate PO Box 2222 Midland WA 6936 Phone 61 8 9273 7198 Facsimile 61 8 9273 7674 Web http www landgate wa gov au Gazetteer of Australia 2010 Release Product User Guide 5 User information 1 5 User feedback The custodial authorities of the data do not guarantee that the data is free from errors or omissions so public feedback is an important part of keeping the place names data complete and accurate If you have identified any errors and or omissions in the Gazetteer data it would be appreciated if you could send an email to gazetteer
18. been removed State ID concatenated to Record ID to create a unique Record ID for Gazetteer dataset Creation of additional fields where not supplied by jurisdiction State ID Authority ID Creation of additional fields derived by Geoscience Australia Postcode Concise Gazetteer 100K Map CGDN In some cases jurisdictions have supplied Postcode information with their data supply in such cases the supplied information has been used e Verification of Status codes Official Historic Unofficial e Mapping of Feature Codes supplied to the 117 standard Feature Codes adopted by CGNA Record deleted if no suitable mapping identified Gazetteer of Australia 2010 Release Product User Guide 21 Appendix A e Arrange of spatial checks performed on data e Ensuring all attribute fields are present for all records and e Ensuring all records have the same number of attribute fields present Logical Consistency Checking procedures were applied consistently to all supplied data to ensure they comply with the specified field lengths correct number type and are populated with valid attributes Completeness The Gazetteer data is a subset of the complete information sets held by each of the State Territory and Commonwealth jurisdictions For example some jurisdictions maintain additional fields for each record such as Local Government Area Origin of placename UTM location coordinates etc Records that did not meet the required attribute and sp
19. cal Names of Australasia CGNA meeting which recognised the need for the consistent use of accurate place names at a regional level It was also seen to be a fundamental component of the Spatial Data Infrastructure SDI of the Asia Pacific region In 2003 CGNA recommended at the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names UNGEGN Conference that the Permanent Committee on Geographic Information System Infrastructure for the Asia and the Pacific PCGIAP support the work of the United Nations on this initiative They recommended that PCGIAP encourage nations in the Asia Pacific region to develop and or maintain a standardised and consistent approach to place naming Gazetteer of Australia 2010 Release Product User Guide 7 About Gazetteer of Australia 2010 Release In the event of the creation of a regional Gazetteer the place names that will form Australia s contribution to this fundamental Asia Pacific dataset have been flagged with a Y in the Concise Gazetteer field 2 4 Community Geographic Domain Names CGDN The field CGDN allows the identification of those place names that have been identified as suitable for use with second level internet domain names and was created by Geoscience Australia on behalf of CGNA for Domain Administration Ltd auDA who are responsible for regulating and setting policy on the registration of Australian Internet domain names Following announcements in November 2002 auDA c
20. degrees 116 0 54 E Latitude 32 1532211303711 Decimal degrees 32 9 11 5 Status Official 100k Map 2133 Postcode 6992 Feature SUB Suburb Figure 3 More details on a place name Gazetteer of Australia 2010 Release Product User Guide 11 Data loading The Notes details on the right of the form will only appear for place names which are part of the Concise Gazetteer is a Community Geographic Domain Name or have variant names To view the definition of these fields or any other fields on the form hold the cursor over the relevant field This will make a tag with the definition appear next to the cursor Accessing tables The data tables can be accessed by clicking Close Interface on the top right Figure 2 This will close the search interface and expose the database canister window If it is not already selected click on Tables in the objects navigation bar on the left side of the screen then open a table by double clicking on it Opening the search interface from the database canister window Click on Forms in the objects navigation bar on the left side of the database canister window then double click on the form frmSearch to open it Closing the database To close the database click Close Database on the top right of the search interface Figure 2 Gazetteer of Australia 2010 Release Product User Guide 12 4 Data structure and content Data structure and content 4 1
21. e and the features that they represent However this is not an indication of the features that are captured and maintained by each State or Territory For example the feature BLDG is not captured and maintained universally by all States and Territory agencies An alphabetical listing by feature is supplied in Appendix D and there is a breakdown of the number of features per code and State in Appendix E Table 10 Gazetteer of Australia 2010 Release feature codes Code Feature and included terms AF Aerodrome Airfield Airport Landing ground Airstrip ANCH Anchorage ARCH Archipelago BANK Bank Bar Sandbar BATH Bank Basin Canyon Discordance Escarpment Fracture zone Gap Guyot Knoll Plain Reef Ridge Rise Saddle Seamount Shelf Shoal Spur Terrace Trench Trough BAY Bay BCH Beach BCST Broadcasting station radio and television BEND Bend Loop Meander BGHT Bight BLDG Agricultural establishment Asylum Barn Chalet Coal depot Guard house Hotel Inn Institute Museum Observatory Rest house Sanatorium Shelter Tavern Telephone exchange Tower Town hall Warehouse Abbey Hut Bell tower Chapel Church Convent Brewery Factory Plant Power station Steel works Tannery Winery Works Hospital Prison Pumping station Pump Police station Stadium Telegraph office Telephone office Fire station Abattoir Barracks Busway station Battery Roadhouse Mill Sawmill Mission
22. earch results frmDetails Form Form showing all details of a selected place name frmSearch Form Main search form fsubResults Form Subform within frmResults displaying the results of the search fsubVariant Form Subform within frmDetails listing the variant names of the place name Gazetteer of Australia 2010 Release Product User Guide 14 4 2 Data dictionary Table 6 Attribute field table of Gazetteer of Australia 2010 Release Data structure and content Attribute field Description Field type Attribute field values Notes amp Size RECORD ID The identifier for each record hel Text 12 For data provided by GA the first character Record IDs are not unique since some custodial preceding characters indicate the indicates the area or feature that the record authorities use the same Record ID to identify originating authority of the record eg refers to This includes variant names if they are supplied as separate the GA in SA0024754 stands Tor H Heard Island and McDonald Island records South Australia N Norfolk Island O Homesteads AUTHORITY ID The authority that provided and is Text 3 AAD Australian Antarctic Division custodian of the place name records ACT Australian Capital Territory AHO Australian Hydrographic Service GA Geoscience Australia NSW New South Wales NT Northern Territory QLD Queensland SA South Australia TAS Tasmania VIC Victoria WA Western Austral
23. ee for Geographical Names in Australasia a committee of the Intergovernmental Committee on Surveying and Mapping ICSM Data is sourced from the relevant State and Territory jurisdictions ACT NSW NT QLD SA TAS VIC WA along with various Australian Government agencies Australian Antarctic Division Australian Hydrographic Service and Geoscience Australia Positional accuracy The coordinates are supplied by the various State Territory and Commonwealth jurisdictions Data is requested to be supplied to 5 decimal places of a decimal degree approximately 1 metre but this does not indicate the absolute accuracy of the location Some features may only be recorded with the accuracy to the nearest minute of longitude and latitude approximately 1 8 kilometres Gazetteer references to extensive spatial features eg national parks should be viewed only as a general indication of spatial location because of the various methods that may be applied to assign a single point location to an extensive areal feature polygon Attribute accuracy The following attribute checks and alterations have been undertaken on placename data sourced from State Territory and Commonwealth jurisdictions e Field order adjusted to standard 13 fields e Records converted to upper case text e Deletion of all leading and trailing blanks and changing of multiple internal spaces to single spaces Duplicate records where information is duplicated in every field have
24. ees 8 2 5 Coordinate Syste Mn eaa a a A a A a A a 8 3 Data loadhig EE 9 Cy Application forma E 9 3 2 Diesel lee esir aes az ecguds etasubede ste ee DEER Er eRsEe 9 33 Use of the database A 9 4 Data structure and content ceeeeeeeeee cece eeeeeeenseeee nese seeeeenseeeeeeaseeeeeeeseceeeeenseeeneneesnnens 13 4 1 Datel StU CLUS EE 13 d DetasGCtiO mary b ed E atest enh oes E aa vial AR cad aks Ss eee aac a 15 5 Data quality information seeekeREREEEREREEEEEEEREEEEEEEREEEEEEEEREEEEEEEREEEEEEEREEEEEEEREREEEEERREEEEEEER NN 18 5 LING E 18 52 Positional ACCUlACY ra erno deed Eesen 18 D Arb AC CULACY ge erer EEE SAAE Eege ee 18 54 Logical eene 19 5 5 Completeness err deste ee ee ee ege 19 Appendix A Metadata cccccccseeceeesseeeeeesseeeeeenseeeeeenneeeeeenseeeeeensneeeeeeaseeneeeaseeeeeeaseneeeenseeeenens 20 Appendix B Place name CateQOries scccccsseeceeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeesneeeeenseeeeeeenseeneeenseeeeeenseneeeenas 23 Appendix C Feature codes cccsecceseeeseseeeseeeenseeeeeeneeseaaeeesneeeneneeseaesaseeeenseaeeesaesaseeeensneeeeaes 24 EI e E 29 Gazetteer of Australia 2010 Release Product User Guide 3 User information 1 User information 1 1 User support contact information Geoscience Australia welcomes feedback on any aspect of its product or services Please direct your comments or any queries regarding this document or data to Sales Centre Geoscience Australia GPO Box 378 Ca
25. ency Data quality and checking procedures have been developed by Geoscience Australia to ensure that the supplied data from the custodial authorities are complete and consistent These have been applied consistently to all the data as described below As a result all fields comply with the specified field length and character type and are populated with valid attributes Also all place names are represented as a coordinate pair stored in decimal degrees to five decimal places Quality checking of the data included e Initial data checking to ensure compliance to agreed minimum standards and appropriateness of data for further processing e Format and attribution checking through a variety of tools during the consolidation and formatting of Gazetteer data This includes the use of pivot tables to identify invalid feature codes and correctly map them to official Gazetteer feature codes This process was also used for the Status and Authority ID fields and e Verifying place name coordinate positions by spatially checking that e All State Territory place name features lie within State and Territory boundaries All coast place name features lie on coastal regions All sea place name features lie in the sea All land place name features lie on the land and All homestead place name features lie on land and within State and Territories 5 5 Completeness The place names in the Gazetteer are a subset of the complete information sets held
26. es and the features that they Please note that not all feature codes are CODE the name represents for example the represent are provided in Appendix C captured and maintained uniformly by all name of a mountain dock or forest custodial jurisdictions STATUS The status of the place name ae Text 1 H Historical name The process required for a name to become approved by the custodial authority O Official status official varies with each State and Territory For g details on this Process contact the relevant U Unofficial status custodial authority from contact list in Section 1 4 Historical names have only been included where the custodial authority maintains a register of historical names and where the inclusion of the historical name will not cause confusion with the current or official name VARIANT The alternative or previous name for Text 100 Please note that there is no consistency in how NAME the geographical feature alternative or previous names are listed by Gazetteer of Australia 2010 Release Product User Guide 16 Data structure and content Attribute field Description Field type Attribute field values Notes amp Size various authorities For example they can either e be listed as separate records with the same Record ID e appear as separate records with different Record IDs but the corresponding names are included in the Variant Name field or e appear with the same Reco
27. ess CLIF Discordance BATH establishment Cairn MONU District DI Airfield AF Canal CNAL Dock DOCK Airport AF Canyon BATH Donga DEPR Airstrip AF Canyon GORG Downs PLN Anabranch STRM Camp CP Drain DRN Anchorage ANCH Campsite CP Dry dock DOCK Aqueduct CNAL Cape CAPE Dunes DUNE Archipelago ARCH Cascade WRFL Entrance ENTR Arm RCH Cataract WRFL Escarpment BATH Artificial lake RES Catchment DAM Escarpment CLIF Asylum BLDG Cave CAVE Estuary ESTY Auto track RTRK Cavern CAVE Factory BLDG Backwash STRM Cay IS Falls WRFL Backwater STRM Cemetery CEM Field PLN Bank BANK Chalet BLDG Fire station BLDG Bank BATH Channel offshore CHAN Flat PLN Bar BANK Chapel BLDG Ford FORD Barn BLDG Chasm GORG Forest FRST Barracks BLDG Church BLDG Fracture zone BATH Barrage DAM City URBN Gap BATH Basin BATH City exit GATE Gap PASS Basin DEPR Clay flat CLAY Garden GRDN Basin DOCK Clayhole CLAY Gasfield Well GASF Battery BLDG Claypan CLAY Gate GATE Bay BAY Clay pit CLAY Glacier GLCR Beach BCH Cliff CLIF Glade FRST Beacon NAVB Clumps IS Glen GORG Beck STRM Coal depot BLDG Gnamma hole RH Bell tower BLDG Col PASS Goldfield MINE Bench mark MONU College SCHL Gorge GORG Bend BEND Column MONU Grotto CAVE Bight BGHT Common RESV Groyne BRKW Bill PT Commune COMM Grove FRST Billabong WTRH Community centre COMM Guard house BLDG Blowhole CAVE Conservation park RESV Gulf GULF Bluff CLIF Continent CONT Gully STRM Bombing range FRNG Convent BLDG Guyot BATH Bore BORE Copse FRST Harbour HB
28. ful to users that require the data in a relational format as opposed to the traditional ASCII flat file tbIMainIndex tbIMain tbIVariantNames tbleFeatureMapping tlkpClassification Record_ID Record_ID Record_ID Feature_code 1 Class Code State_ID Authority_ID State_ID Class Code m Classification Name State_ID Variant_name Place_ID Name Place_ID tlkpAuthority tikpState Class_code Feature_code Authority_ID State_ID Status Authority State Variant_name Postcode tikpStatus tikpFeature Concise_gaz Status Feature_code Longitude Status_desc Feature_desc Long_degrees Long_minutes Long_seconds Latitude Lat_degress Lat_minutes Lat_seconds Map CGDN Place_ID Figure 4 Table structure of database Gazetteer of Australia 2010 Release Product User Guide 13 Data structure and content The table tbIMain is designed to be similar to the ASCII file but has additional fields to enable the display of the longitude and latitude coordinates in degrees minutes and seconds in addition to decimal degrees The variant name field has also been removed and put into a separate table to improve the display of variant names The main relationship among the tables is between the main table tblMain and the variant name table toblVariantName in order to relate the variant names to each place name record The purpose of the index table
29. ga gov au detailing such errors or omissions To see a list of corrections made to the Gazetteer data since the release of this version please go to www ga gov au map names corrections jsp Please note that these corrections will be included in the next release of the Gazetteer of Australia and they are incrementally updated on Geoscience Australia s Online Gazetteer of Australia Place Name Search at www ga gov au place name Geoscience Australia and ICSM would also appreciate any feedback on how the Gazetteer of Australia can be improved This feedback can be sent to gazetteer ga qov au Gazetteer of Australia 2010 Release Product User Guide 6 About Gazetteer of Australia 2010 Release 2 About Gazetteer of Australia 2010 Release 2 1 Gazetteer of Australia 2010 Release components Your Gazetteer of Australia 2010 Release data package is available in two data formats ASCII or database application and each format has three components which combine to give you a complete data product The components are e Cover General information on the dataset e Product user guide This guide describes the structure and content of Gazetteer of Australia 2010 Release e ASCII data file All Gazetteer data provided in a single ASCII file OR e Database application The Microsoft Access database application contains all the Gazetteer data in tables as well as a search interface to enable users to search for and view the details of place na
30. ia STATE ID The State or Territory that the feature Text 3 ACT Australian Capital Territory For place name records provided by State and is located in Territory custodial authorities this has the same NSW New South Wales value as the Authority ID value However it is NT Northern Territory different for records provided by Geoscience ei Australia ie Authority ID GA and the BED Queensland Australian Hydrographic Service ie Authority ID SA South Australia AHO TAS Tasmania VIC Victoria Gazetteer of Australia 2010 Release Product User Guide 15 Data structure and content Attribute field Description Field type Attribute field values Notes amp Size WA Western Australia JBT Jervis Bay Territory NFK Norfolk Island HRD Heard MCD McDonald Islands N A Not applicable This relates to most offshore place names NAME The place name supplied by bel Text 90 When the first part of a name is the same as a custodial authority feature code such as Mount Kosciuszko or Lake Ginninderra the name is often reversed in order ie Kosciuszko Mount and Ginninderra Lake However when the name is that of a populated place it is represented as it is spoken When a name starts with The such as The Cobblers the name is sometimes supplied as spoken else the order is reversed such as in Big Gibber The FEATURE The type of geographical feature that Text 4 The feature cod
31. in the data About this user guide This product user guide sets out the fundamental concepts and characteristics of Gazetteer of Australia 2010 Release The guide begins with general information and provides more details in later sections The overview of data content and structure will allow you to make immediate use of the data The information in this product user guide was correct at the time of publication and is subject to change Geoscience Australia assumes no liability resulting from any statements errors or omissions in the publication or from the use of information contained in this product user guide Gazetteer of Australia 2010 Release Product User Guide 2 Contents IM gt SOR IPORTAL ONY scera i ate See eo E ee 4 1 1 User support contact information ccecccececeeeeceeeeeneeeeeeeeeaeeeeeaeeeeeeeesaeeesaeeneeeeeaees 4 1 2 Geoscience Australia A 4 1 3 Intergovernmental Committee on Surveying and Mapping CM 4 1 4 Other COntributors ENNEN EES SEEEE Eege veel taat 5 don User iecdback weiss tiated teeta eege edit ee Eer Ee 6 2 About Gazetteer of Australia 2010 Release cssecssesssersseesseesseesseeseeeeeeeeeensnenneeenees 7 2 1 Gazetteer of Australia 2010 Release components esseesseesseesseeeeesetreieeeenrreneee 7 2 2 The Gazetteer of Australia 2010 Release procduct 7 2 3 CONCISE EE 7 2 4 Community Geographic Domain Names CGDN cccccceeeeeeeeeeteeeeeteeeetnaeenene
32. mes This application requires Microsoft Access version 2002 or later to run 2 2 The Gazetteer of Australia 2010 Release product The Gazetteer of Australia provides map makers and the public with authoritative information on the location and spelling of approved place names The 2010 release of the Gazetteer is the 10 edition with information held by the relevant State Territory and Commonwealth naming authorities The place names in this Gazetteer are a subset of the complete information sets held by each of the relevant agencies For example the full dataset held by the Geographical Names Board of NSW contains information on the history of a name and its derivation Also some features such as the names of roads which may not be held uniformly by the naming authorities have not been supplied The State and Territory agencies are the relevant authorities responsible for place names in their respective States and Territories The Australian Hydrographic Service is the authority for maritime place name features while the Australian Antarctic Division provides additional information on Heard Island and McDonald Island Geoscience Australia provides additional information for Norfolk Island and unofficial homestead names for NSW Queensland Victoria and Tasmania 2 3 Concise Gazetteer The Concise Gazetteer of Australia is a representation of Australian place names at 1 5 million scale The concept stemmed from the 2000 Committee for Geographi
33. name is authorised Variant Name Variant or alternative name Postcode Postcode of the locality Concise Gazetteer Indicates if the feature is included in the Concise Gazetteer Longitude Longitude in decimal degrees Latitude Latitude in decimal degrees 100K Map 1 100 000 scale map number reference CGDN Indicates if the place name can be used in the state au second level domains by community website portals that reflect community interests ANZLIC search words e HUMAN ENVIRONMENT Mapping e LAND Topography Mapping Geographic extent polygon 70 9 14250 170 9 14250 70 69 41700 170 69 41700 Geographic bounding box North bounding latitude 9 14250 South bounding latitude 69 41700 East bounding longitude 170 West bounding longitude 70 Gazetteer of Australia 2010 Release Product User Guide 20 Appendix A Data currency Beginning date Not Known Ending date 2011 01 11 Dataset status Progress Complete Maintenance and update frequency Annual Access Stored data format DIGITAL mdb Microsoft Access database Access Geographic GDA94 DIGITAL txt ASCII text document Geographic GDA94 Available format type DIGITAL mdb Microsoft Access database Access Geographic GDA94 DIGITAL txt ASCII text document Geographic GDA94 Data quality Lineage The Gazetteer is compiled annually by the Geospatial and Earth Monitoring Division of Geoscience Australia on behalf of the Committ
34. nberra ACT 2601 Freecall within Australia 1800 800 173 Telephone 61 2 6249 9966 Facsimile 61 2 6249 9960 Email sales ga qov au Internet www qa gov au For Gazetteer data errors and omissions please contact the Geographic Names Officer Geoscience Australia at gazetteer ga gov au 1 2 Geoscience Australia Geoscience Australia is the Australian Governments agency for geoscience research and spatial information It serves government and supports the community through its output areas of geoscience for urban centres oceans and coasts and regional and rural areas 1 3 Intergovernmental Committee on Surveying and Mapping ICSM ICSM was established in 1988 by the Prime Minister State Premiers and the Chief Minister of the Northern Territory to provide leadership in surveying and mapping on a national basis through coordination and cooperation Since that time the Australian Capital Territory and New Zealand have joined ICSM Prior to ICSM s establishment the National Mapping Council NMC had coordinated cooperative Commonwealth State and Territory mapping programs ICSM comprises of representatives from each of Australia s Commonwealth State and Territory governments the Australian Defence Force and New Zealand s surveying and mapping agencies Each State and Territory has a surveying and mapping agency and Geoscience Australia as the Commonwealth mapping agency has specific national responsibilities The Australian Army
35. ocation of the place name as it has been developed for off line searching The following are brief instructions and tips on how to use the database particularly the search interface Opening the database 1 Microsoft Access 2002 or a later version of the software is required to open the search interface The database can be opened by double clicking on Gazetteer2010_mdb mdb This will open to the database s search interface Figure 1 Gazetteer of Australia 2010 Release Product User Guide 9 Data loading Searching You can search for place names within the Gazetteer through three search criteria Use one or more of these criteria and then click on Submit Query to display the search results Place name Enter the whole name or start of the place name that you want to search for This searches on place names variant names or place names with prefixes such as Mount Mt Cape Lake Spit Town of City of Point Pt and The You can perform a wildcard search if you would like to search for a place name by only entering part of the phrase e g search berra to find Canberra The following are two examples of how wildcard searches can be used to find Canberra by only entering the character string berra e Place before the string e g berra represents any number of characters and can be used before or after the string
36. rch Double click on any column heading to sort by that column ID Name State Feature Longitude Latitude WA100000709 Armadale WA SUB 116 015099 32153221 WA100162872 Armadale WA LOCB 115 999298 32 144058 Figure 2 Results of a place name search In some cases the results may not match the name entered into the place name search This is because the place name may have one or more variant names which appear as separate records as opposed to being in the variant name field This is due to the way that the custodial authorities contributing data to the Gazetteer manage their records For the same reason a complete listing of all variant names cannot be provided when users click to see further details of the place name see Figure 3 If this causes any confusion refer to the ID of the records to ensure that they relate to the same place name All the fields appearing in the search results can be sorted by double clicking on the field heading The first double click will sort it in descending order and the next double click will sort in ascending order and so on For display purposes only some of the fields are displayed in the search results To view all the fields click on the arrow to the right of the relevant place name record and the form shown in Figure 3 will open Name Armadale Notes ID Community Geographic Domain Name w 100000709 Authority Westem Australia State Western Australia Longitude 116 015098571777 Decimal
37. rd ID and Name values but different entries in the Variant Name field POSTCODE The postcode of the area that the Text 4 9999 No assigned postcode Postcodes have been assigned to localities only feature is located in Please refer to Section 2 3 for further details CONCISE A flag to indicate if the place name is Text 1 Y Yes It is part of the Concise Gazetteer Please refer to Section 2 4 for further details GAZETTEER contained in the Concise Gazetteer N No It is not part of the Concise Gazetteer LONGITUDE The longitude of the position of the Number 9 These coordinates are given to five decimal Some features may only be recorded with the feature given in decimal degrees using places of a degree approx 1 metre but this accuracy to the nearest minute of longitude and the Geocentric Datum of Australia does not indicate the absolute accuracy of latitude or approx 1 8 km In addition some GDA94 the location and should not be used as an coordinates may represent the centre of the accurate location geometric feature eg suburb or locality which LATITUDE The latitude of the position of the Number 9 might not be a true representation of the feature given in decimal degrees using population centre of the locality Given these the Geocentric Datum of Australia limitations care should be taken when using the GDA94 coordinates provided for each feature 100K MAP The number of the 1 100 000 Map Text 4 999
38. reated the following eight new second level domains for Australian States and Territories to help preserve the use of place names by their relevant communities e act au e lau e Sa au e vic au e nsw au e old au e tas au e wa au The au Community Domains Trust auCD was then established by auDA to facilitate the development of Community Geographic Domain Names CGDNs wich are registered as third level domain names and incorporate the local placename where the domain structure is placename state territory au for example bathurst nsw au or ballarat vic au Use of the domain names is restricted to community website portals that reflect community interests such as local business tourism historical information special interest groups and cultural events Placenames in the Gazetteer that have been assigned for inclusion in the CGDN list are allocated with a Y and were selected using records with feature codes matching LOCB LOCU SUB or URBN More background information on second level domains for Australian place or geographic names is available from the auCD website at www aucd org au 2 5 Coordinate system Gazetteer of Australia 2010 Release data is available in geographical coordinates latitude and longitude in decimal degrees using the Geocentric Datum of Australia GDA94 Gazetteer of Australia 2010 Release Product User Guide 8 3 Data loading Data loading 3 1 Application formats Gazetteer of Australia
39. rfields AF Bathymetric BATH CHAN LDGE OCEN SEA Bays amp Gulfs BAY BGHT COVE GULF Bores Tanks amp Waterpoints Built Structures Points Capes amp Peninsulas Caves Coastal Features Dams amp Locks Landmarks Forests amp Agriculture Hills amp Mountains Islands amp Reefs Mine amp Fuel sites Other Landforms Parks amp Reserves Ports amp Docks Towns amp Localities Roads amp Trails Trig Stations Valleys amp Depressions Water Bodies Water Courses Administrative BORE RH SOAK SPRG TANK BCST BLDG COMM CP FARM HMSD RSTA RUIN SCHL SITE YD CAPE ISTH PEN PT SPIT CAVE BANK BCH BRKW ENTR ESTY LH NAVB SHOL SND STR WRCK DAM LOCK FRNG MONU TOWR TREE FRST GRDN PLAN HILL MT PASS PEAK RDGE RNGE SLP ARCH BRK IS REEF GASF MINE QUAR CLAY CLIF DSRT DUNE PL PLN ROCK SPAN CEM RESV ANCH DOCK HBR PIER PORT LOCB LOCU SUB URBN BRDG FORD GATE HWY ROAD RTRK STOK TRK TUNN TRIG CRTR DEPR GORG VAL INTL LAGN LAKE RES SWP WTRH BEND CNAL DRN GLCR RCH STRM WRFL CNTY CONT DI PRSH STAT Gazetteer of Australia 2010 Release Product User Guide 23 Appendix C Feature codes Appendix C The feature code indicates the type of geographical feature that the name represents for example the name of a mountain dock or forest Table 10 represents all the feature codes present in Gazetteer of Australia 2010 Releas
40. stralian Antarctic Division Division Channel Highway Kingston TAS 7050 Phone 61 2 6232 3528 Facsimile 61 2 6232 3351 Web http www aad gov au Australian Manager Nautical Information Hydrographic Australian Hydrographic Office RAN Service Locked Mail Bag 8801 Royal Wollongong NSW 2500 Australian Phone 61 2 4221 8595 Navy Facsimile 61 2 4221 8599 Web http www hydro gov au Geoscience Geographic Names Officer Australia Geospatial and Earth Monitoring Division Australian Geoscience Australia Government GPO Box 378 Canberra ACT 2601 Phone 61 2 6249 9966 Facsimile 61 2 6249 9960 Web http Awww ga gov au Australian ACT Place Names Officer Capital Office of the Chief Surveyor Territory ACT Planning amp Land Authority ACT GPO Box 1908 Canberra ACT 2601 Phone 61 2 6205 0057 Facsimile 61 26207 1615 Web http www actpla act gov au New South Secretary Wales Geographical Names Board of NSW NSW Department of Lands PO Box 143 Bathurst NSW 2795 Phone 61 2 6332 8214 Facsimile 61 2 6332 8217 Web http www gnb nsw gov au Northern Secretary Territory Place Names Committee NT Department of Planning amp Infrastructure PO Box 1680 Darwin NT 0801 Phone 61 8 8999 6444 Facsimile 61 8 8999 7750 Web http www ipe nt gov au Queensland Senior Spatial Information Officer Place Names QLD South Australia SA Tasmania TAS Victoria VIC Western Australia WA Topographic Inform
41. tive Well SOAK Reserve RESV Tableland PL Neck ISTH Reservoir RES Tank TANK Needle ROCK Rest house BLDG Tannery BLDG Gazetteer of Australia 2010 Release Product User Guide 27 Appendix D Feature Code Feature Code Feature Code Tarn LAKE Trail TRK Waterfall WRFL Tavern BLDG Tree TREE Waterhole WTRH Telegraph office BLDG Trench BATH Waterway CNAL Telephone exchange BLDG Trig Station TRIG Weir DAM Telephone office BLDG Trough marine BATH Well BORE Terrace SLP Tunnel TUNN Wetdock DOCK Thicket FRST Urban Area URBN Wetland SWP Tor ROCK Vale VAL Wharf PIER Tower BLDG Valley VAL Winery BLDG Tower TOWR Velodrome RTRK Wood FRST Town LOCB Village LOCB Woolshed HMSD Town hall BLDG Vineyards GRDN Works BLDG Town site no LOCB Warehouse BLDG Wreck WRCK population Washpool WTRH Yard YD Track walking TRK Watercourse STRM Gazetteer of Australia 2010 Release Product User Guide 28 Glossary Glossary Attribute The descriptive characteristic of a feature An attribute has a defined set of attribute values Committee for Geographical Names in Australasia CGNA A permanent subcommittee of ICSM for coordinating place naming Datum A mathematical surface from which heights or positions are referenced Feature code A code representing the type of geographic feature that the place name represents Geocentric Datum of Australia GDA94 The set of geographic coordinates based on the
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