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NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
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NSW Joint Private Works Schemes-Private Water Corporations

The mapped boundaries of Private Water Corporations within the State of NSW and the parcels within them are described. Private Water Corporations are former private irrigation districts and private drainage boards and unions.

In the first half of 2024 the boundaries of the Private Water Corporations were mapped by NSW Public Works within a single spatial (GIS) dataset using a reference NSW cadastre from February 2024 and a datum of GDA2020. The Private Water Corporations boundaries were mapped using the following methods in descending order:

  1. Georeferencing images of gazetted maps to the NSW Cadastre and matching boundaries.
  2. Following gazetted boundary descriptions. This would typically require georeferencing an image of a Parish Plan that was published at a similar date to the gazettal notice to provide context to the descriptions. NSW Spatial Services Aerial Imagery was traced when descriptions or maps referred to physical boundaries like creeks, rivers, and water channels.
  3. Using a gazetted schedule of parcels.
  4. Using Parish Plans when Private Water Corporations were mapped on them.

The list of Private Water Corporations and the references to gazettal notices was provided by the Water Group, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, NSW Government.

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Language English
Edition 1.0
Purpose To provide NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) and Scheme owners visualisation of their Private Works Schemes (drainage/water supply). The boundaries were created from Government Gazettes and Historical Parish Plans.
Frequency of change As needed
Keywords WATER
Metadata Date 2024-07-05
Date of Asset Creation 2024-07-05
Date of Asset Publication 2024-10-31
License Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
Geospatial Topic Boundaries
NSW Place Name NSW
Extent

Dataset extent
Temporal Coverage From 1890-01-01 - 2024-06-30
Datum GDA94 Geographic (Lat\Long)
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Attribution NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water asserts the right to be attributed as author of the original material in the following manner: "© State Government of NSW and NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water 2024"
Groups Department of Planning and Environment—Water