The Land Tenure data set contains a representation of the commonly accepted land tenure classifications for Tasmania. Tenure Classifications include Crown Land, Private Land, Local Government and other Statutory Authority Land, Reserved Land, Conservation Covenants, Private Reserves, Permanent Timber Production Zone Land (formerly State Forest). Future Potential Production Forest (FPPF) land is also distinguished where it overlaps Crown and HEC land. This dataset depicts the full extent of classifications and as some or coastal reserve boundaries extend to Low Water Mark, and in some cases include areas of estuary or sea. These classifications generally conform to those represented on the TASMAP Land Tenure Map.

This dataset is retained for historical purposes only. The Forestry (Rebuilding the Forest Industry) Act 2014 repealed the Tasmanian Forest Agreement Act 2013 on the 22nd October 2014. As a result, the category of Future Reserve Land no longer exists. The Tasmanian Forests Agreement Act 2013 is the Tasmanian legislative implementation of the Tasmanian Forests Intergovernmental Agreement 2011 between the State & Federal Governments. The Act defines the land to which it applies by reference to registered plan (CPR9580) and describes by schedule how it deals with each lot on that plan. The Tasmanian Forests Agreement Act 2013 (TFA). Future Reserve Land data set contains boundaries of all 295 lots dealt with under this Act. Each feature is attributed with Lot number, Area in hectares, Proposed reserve order & Plan reference

The LIST Public Land Classification dataset is the authoritative source for information on Tasmania's Crown Land Reserves. This layer includes all reserves proclaimed under the Nature Conservation Act 2002, the Forest Management Act 2013 and the Crown Lands Act 1976. Reserve categories are: Conservation Area, Game Reserve, Historic Site, National Park, Nature Recreation Area, Nature Reserve, Regional Reserve, State Reserve, Public Reserve, and Permanent Timber Production Zone Land. Note: The Forestry Act 1920 has been repealed and replaced with The Forest Management Act 2013. State Forest under the repealed Act is now called Permanent Timber Production Zone Land. Land dedicated as Forest Reserve under the repealed Act has ceased to be Forest Reserve. The majority of former Forest Reserves are now reserved under the Nature Conservation Act. This dataset has been derived from The LIST Cadastral Area and these reserves will overlap the Authority Land parcels forming part of the Cadastral Parcels dataset. Attributes include: Reserve Category, the Name of the reserve if an approved name has been assigned, the Plan reference and proclamation details of the reserve.

The Tasmanian land use 2013 spatial data set is produced at catchment scale which is undertaken through the Australian Collaborative Land Use and Management Program (ACLUMP) using standards set out in the 'Guidelines for land use mapping in Australia: principals, procedures and definitions, 4th edition 2011'. Land use is classified by its prime use using a hierarchical structure, Australian Land Use and Management Classification (ALUMC) v7, which allows attribution as broad classes to individual commodities. This produces nationally consistent land use mapping to plan for and achieve productive agriculture and prosperous regional communities. Land use information shows how we use the landscape, whether that is for food production, forestry, nature conservation, water storage or urban development. The data set has been derived through spatial analysis of ancillary data sets, interpretation from imagery (Google Earth and State Orthophoto) and expert knowledge through stakeholder/user workshops. The development of a modelling process to create the data set allows a repeatable process for future iterations of land use mapping. The land use mapping coverage is available for mixed dates at a scale that varies according to the intensity of land use activities and landscape context.

The Tasmanian Land Use 2021 spatial data set is produced at catchment scale and is undertaken through the Australian Collaborative Land Use and Management Program (ACLUMP) using standards set out in the "Guidelines for land use mapping in Australia: principles, procedures and definitions, 4th edition 2011" and "Addendum to the Guidelines for land use mapping in Australia: principles, procedures and definition, 4th Edition". Land use is classified by its prime use using a hierarchical structure, Australian Land Use and Management (ALUM) Classification version 8, allowing land uses to be attributed as broad classes to individual commodities where possible. This produces nationally consistent land use mapping to inform, support and enable innovation and action in response to economic, social and environmental challenges. Land use information shows how we use the landscape, whether that is for food production, forestry, nature conservation, water storage or urban development. The 2021 data set has been derived through a modelling spatial analysis process of ancillary data sets, interpretation from imagery (Google Earth, State Orthophoto and Landsat composite) and expert knowledge and data from stakeholders. The modelling process, previously used for the Tasmanian Land Use 2019, was updated for the 2021 dataset and continues to allow a repeatable process for future iterations of land use mapping. The land use mapping coverage is available for mixed dates at a scale that varies according to the intensity of land use activities and landscape context. This iteration of land use mapping has been predominately updated in areas of nature conservation, managed resource protection, perennial horticulture, irrigation and plantation forests. Land use mapping is completed to the ALUM secondary and tertiary level with commodity information where available. The Australian Land Use and Management (ALUM) Classification has a three-tiered hierarchical structure. Primary, secondary and tertiary classes are broadly structured by the potential degree of modification and the impact on a putative "natural state" (essentially, a native land cover). Primary and secondary classes relate to land use - the main use of the land, defined by the management objectives of the land manager. Tertiary classes can include commodity groups, specific commodities, land management practices or vegetation information. Tertiary-level data are particularly valuable in many natural resource planning and management applications but are often expensive to collect. The ALUM Classification includes six primary classes. The five primary classes of land use are distinguished in order of increasing levels of intervention or potential impact on the natural landscape. Water is also included as a sixth primary class. The primary classes of land use in the ALUM Classification are: 1. Conservation and natural environments - land used primarily for conservation purposes, based on maintaining the essentially natural ecosystems present 2. Production from relatively natural environments - land used mainly for primary production with limited change to the native vegetation 3. Production from dryland agriculture and plantations - land used mainly for primary production based on dryland farming systems 4. Production from irrigated agriculture and plantations - land used mostly for primary production based on irrigated farming 5. Intensive uses - land subject to extensive modification, generally in association with closer residential settlement, commercial or industrial uses 6. Water - water features (water is regarded as an essential aspect of the classification, even though it is primarily a land cover type, not a land use)

The Tasmanian Land Use 2019 spatial data set is produced at catchment scale which is undertaken through the Australian Collaborative Land Use and Management Program (ACLUMP) using standards set out in the 'Guidelines for land use mapping in Australia: principals, procedures and definitions, 4th edition 2011' and 'Addendum to the Guidelines for land use mapping in Australia: principles, procedures and definition, 4th Edition'. Land use is classified by its prime use using a hierarchical structure, Australian Land Use and Management (ALUM) Classification version 8, allowing land uses to be attributed as broad classes to individual commodities where possible. This produces nationally consistent land use mapping to inform, support and enable innovation and action in response to economic, social and environmental challenges. Land use information shows how we use the landscape, whether that is for food production, forestry, nature conservation, water storage or urban development. The data set has been derived through spatial analysis of ancillary data sets, interpretation from imagery (Google Earth, State Orthophoto and Landsat composite) and expert knowledge and data from stakeholders. A modelling process used to partially create Tasmanian Land Use 2015 was updated and used to partially create the 2019 data set allowing a repeatable process for future iterations of land use mapping. The land use mapping coverage is available for mixed dates at a scale that varies according to the intensity of land use activities and landscape context. This iteration of land use mapping has been predominately updated in areas of nature conservation, managed resource protection, perennial horticulture, irrigation, intensive animal production and plantation forests. Land use mapping is completed to the ALUM secondary and tertiary level with commodity information where available. The Australian Land Use and Management (ALUM) Classification has a three-tiered hierarchical structure. Primary, secondary and tertiary classes are broadly structured by the potential degree of modification and the impact on a putative "natural state" (essentially, a native land cover). Primary and secondary classes relate to land use 'the main use of the land', defined by the management objectives of the land manager. Tertiary classes can include commodity groups, specific commodities, land management practices or vegetation information. Tertiary-level data are particularly valuable in many natural resource planning and management applications but are often expensive to collect. The ALUM Classification includes six primary classes. The five primary classes of land use are distinguished in order of increasing levels of intervention or potential impact on the natural landscape. Water is also included as a sixth primary class The primary classes of land use in the ALUM Classification are: 1. Conservation and natural environments - land used primarily for conservation purposes, based on maintaining the essentially natural ecosystems present 2. Production from relatively natural environments - land used mainly for primary production with limited change to the native vegetation 3. Production from dryland agriculture and plantations - land used mainly for primary production based on dryland farming systems 4. Production from irrigated agriculture and plantations - land used mostly for primary production based on irrigated farming 5. Intensive uses - land subject to extensive modification, generally in association with closer residential settlement, commercial or industrial uses 6. Water - water features (water is regarded as an essential aspect of the classification, even though it is primarily a land cover type, not a land use).

The Tasmanian land use 2015 spatial data set is produced at catchment scale which is undertaken through the Australian Collaborative Land Use and Management Program (ACLUMP) using standards set out in the 'Guidelines for land use mapping in Australia: principals, procedures and definitions, 4th edition 2011' and âAddendum to the Guidelines for land use mapping in Australia: principles, procedures and definition, 4th Editionâ. Land use is classified by its prime use using a hierarchical structure, Australian Land Use and Management Classification (ALUMC) v8, which allows attribution as broad classes to individual commodities. This produces nationally consistent land use mapping to plan for and achieve productive agriculture and prosperous regional communities. Land use information shows how we use the landscape, whether that is for food production, forestry, nature conservation, water storage or urban development. The data set has been derived through spatial analysis of ancillary data sets, interpretation from imagery (Google Earth, State Orthophoto and Landsat composite) and expert knowledge through stakeholder engagements. The development of a modelling process to create the data set allows a repeatable process for future iterations of land use mapping. The land use mapping coverage is available for mixed dates at a scale that varies according to the intensity of land use activities and landscape context. This iteration of land use mapping is for improved biosecurity outcomes to improve biosecurity risk management and emergency disease preparedness through updated land use mapping of horticulture and intensive animal production. Land use mapping is completed to the secondary and tertiary level with commodity information for priority land use classes focusing on dairy grazing, sheds and yards, vineyards, stock aggregation points and nurseries. Australian Land Use and Management Classification (ALUMC) v8 comprises of five primary classes, identified in order of increasing levels of intervention or potential impact on the natural landscape. Water is included separately as a sixth primary class. Primary and secondary levels relate to the principal land use. Tertiary classes may include additional information on commodity groups, specific commodities, land management practices or vegetation information. The primary, secondary and tertiary codes work together to provide increasing levels of detail about the land use. Land may be subject to a number of concurrent land uses. For example, while the main management objective of a multiple-use production forest may be timber production, it may also provide conservation, recreation, grazing and water catchment land uses. In these cases, production forestry is commonly identified in the ALUM code as the prime land use. The primary classes of land use in the ALUM Classification are: 1. Conservation and natural environments - land used primarily for conservation purposes, based on maintaining the essentially natural ecosystems present 2. Production from relatively natural environments - land used mainly for primary production with limited change to the native vegetation 3. Production from dryland agriculture and plantations - land used mainly for primary production based on dryland farming systems 4. Production from irrigated agriculture and plantations - land used mostly for primary production based on irrigated farming 5. Intensive uses - land subject to extensive modification, generally in association with closer residential settlement, commercial or industrial uses 6. Water - water features (water is regarded as an essential aspect of the classification, even though it is primarily a land cover type, not a land use)

This data set depicts the boundary of the State of Tasmania as defined in the Colonial Acts Confirmation Act, 1894. This is where the state of Tasmania is legally defined for the purpose of federation and the constitution. Tasmanian territory is defined as the land or islands within the bounding rectangle and Macquarie Island. The State Coastal Waters are defined in a series of acts including the Coastal and other Waters (Application of State Laws) Act, 1982 and the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act, 1982. The latter act defines the Tasmanian Adjacent Area which is the basis for the definition of the State Coastal Waters. The Adjacent Area id essentially the same as the State Boundary rectangle plus and extension that includes the South Tasman Rise and Macquarie Island. The State Coastal Waters are broadly defined as a 3 nautical mile band of water measured from the low tide mark the area. The data set was created based on Australian Geodetic Datum, 1966 (AGD66) and then transformed to Geocentric Datum of Australia 1994 (GDA94). No datum was specified in the original legal definition it was decided to use the datum specified for the Adjacent Area definition in the Petroleum (submerged Lands) Act, 1982. The data set is currently stored in GDA94 geographicals (ie latitude and longitude).

The LIST Public Land Classification - Revoked dataset is a source for details on reserve revocation information for Tasmania's Crown Land Reserves. This layer includes revocation details for areas of reserves revoked under the Nature Conservation Act 2002, the Forest Management Act 2013 and the Crown Lands Act 1976 since around 2000. Reserve categories are: Conservation Area, Game Reserve, Historic Site, National Park, Nature Recreation Area, Nature Reserve, Regional Reserve, State Reserve, Public Reserve, and Permanent Timber Production Zone Land. Note: Changes to land tenure classification under legislative changes will not generally be shown in this layer. This dataset has been derived from The LIST Cadastral Area at the time of revocation. Attributes include: Reserve Category, the Name of the reserve if an approved name was assigned, the Plan reference and revocation details of the reserve.