The ACT Districts Boundaries are a region defined for land administration and the legal description of land parcels. In urban areas districts contain divisions, sections and blocks. In rural areas they contain blocks only. The boundaries of districts are defined in metes and bounds form in the Districts Act 1966, and thus cannot be changed without changes to the legislation. Creative Commons License Creative Common By Attribution 4.0 (Australian Capital Territory), Please read Data Terms and Conditions statement before data use.

The ACT Divisions are a region defined for land administration and the legal description of land parcels. Division boundaries may overlap District boundaries but must not overlap the ACT border. Division boundaries are defined by registered survey, and are subject to change. The ACT Divisions data set depicst the authoritative boundaries and names of suburbs for addressing and location purposes.

The ACT Districts Boundaries are a region defined for land administration and the legal description of land parcels. In urban areas districts contain divisions, sections and blocks. In rural areas they contain blocks only. The boundaries of districts are defined in metres and bounds form in the Districts Act 1966, and thus cannot be changed without changes to the legislation. A district may contain a number of divisions; however some divisions may be in two districts (e.g.Red Hill)

The ACT Boundary is a single region defined for land administration and the legal description of the Australian Capital Territory. The ACT boundary are defined in metes and bounds form in the Districts Act 1966, and thus cannot be changed without changes to the legislation. The ACT Border was first defined by surveyors between 1910 and 1915, it was redefined by surveyors again between 2003 and 2008. The original border is defined by metes and bounds description in the Seat of Governance ACT 1909, the current ACT Border definition is shown on survey plans held at the ACT Environment and Planning Directorate (EPD). Creative Commons License Creative Common By Attribution 4.0 (Australian Capital Territory), Please read Data Terms and Conditions statement before data use.

The ACT Boundary is a single region defined for land administration and the legal description of the Australian Capital Territory. The ACT boundary is defined in metes and bounds in the in the Districts Act 1966, and cannot be changed without changes to the legislation. The ACT Border was first defined by surveyors between 1910 and 1915, it was redefined by surveyors again between 2003 and 2008. The original border is defined by metes and bounds description in the Seat of Governance ACT 1909, the current ACT Border definition is shown on survey plans held at the ACT Environment, Planning and Sustainable Delivery Directorate. The ACT Boundary is 306 kilometers, covering an area of 2,358 kilometers squared. The ACT is bounded by the Goulburn-Cooma railway line in the east, the watershed of Naas Creek in the south, the watershed of the Cotter River in the west.Coordinate System is MGA2020-55 (EPSG #7855).

The digital Suburb/Locality Boundaries and their legal identifiers have been derived from the cadastre data from each state and territory jurisdiction and are available below. Suburb/Locality Boundaries are part of Geoscape Administrative Boundaries, which is built and maintained by [Geoscape Australia](https://geoscape.com.au/) using authoritative government data. Further information about contributors to Administrative Boundaries is available [here](https://geoscape.com.au/legal/data-copyright-and-disclaimer/). The full Administrative Boundaries dataset comprises seven Geoscape products: * Localities * Local Government Areas (LGAs) * Wards * Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Boundaries, * Electoral Boundaries * State Boundaries and * Town Points Updated versions of Administrative Boundaries are published on a quarterly basis. Users have the option to download datasets with feature coordinates referencing either GDA94 or GDA2020 datums. **There were no updates in the February 2025 release** Further information on Administrative Boundaries, including FAQs on the data, is available [here](https://geoscape.com.au/data/administrative-boundaries/) through Geoscape Australia’s network of [partners](https://geoscape.com.au/partners/). They provide a range of commercial products based on Administrative Boundaries, including software solutions, consultancy and support. Note: On 1 October 2020, PSMA Australia Limited began trading as Geoscape Australia. ## License Information The Australian Government has negotiated the release of Administrative Boundaries to the whole economy under an [open CCBY 4.0 license](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Users must only use the data in ways that are consistent with the Australian Privacy Principles issued under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth). **Users must also note the following attribution requirements:** _Preferred attribution for the Licensed Material:_ > _Administrative Boundaries © [Geoscape Australia](https://geoscape.com.au/legal/data-copyright-and-disclaimer/) licensed by the Commonwealth of Australia under_ [_Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence (CC BY 4.0)_](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). _Preferred attribution for Adapted Material:_ > _Incorporates or developed using Administrative Boundaries © [Geoscape Australia](https://geoscape.com.au/legal/data-copyright-and-disclaimer/) licensed by the Commonwealth of Australia under_ [_Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence (CC BY 4.0)_](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).