Victoria

Various spatial datasets are available based on the 1994 wetland mapping work and river styles work, with numerous updates since.

Note: work in progress

Victoria also have a Wetland Inventory Edit Tool to update the wetland inventory Click here

Riverine, Lacustrine and Palustrine

Victorian Wetland Inventory (Current) also includes Pre European Extent https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset/victorian-wetland-inventory-current This data is viewable on-line at Vic Online Wetland Mapping.
Victorian Wetland Geospatial Inventory: 2017 Update https://www.vgls.vic.gov.au/client/en_AU/search/asset/1300337/0
Victorian Wetland Environments and Extent - up to 2013 https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/aa134d02-cab0-42a6-82bc-bc404514357c and https://www.environment.gov.au/water/wetlands/publications/wetlands-australia/national-wetlands-update-february-2013-27
Corangamite Wetland Inventory 2005 or here (6 MBytes)
Vic 1994 Wetland Ver 2.0 dataset (15.5 MBytes) Additional information is available from the Index of Wetland Condition (IWC) - refer Click here for IWC Info
Vic KEA Wetlands with attribute typology (1 MByte) Updated 25 Mar 2010. Contains various working files.
Vic KEA River Reaches (1.5 MBytes) This is a sub-set of the spatial layer for the state-wide Index of Stream Condition (ISC). Refer Click here for ISC Info
Victorian Water Asset Database https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset/victorian-water-asset-database-vwad-polygon_layer

Estuarine and Marine

Victorian Index of Estuary Condition https://www.ari.vic.gov.au/research/rivers-and-estuaries/index-of-estuary-condition Refer Click here for IEC fact sheet
Victorian EstuaryWatch map portal http://www.estuarywatch.org.au/estuary_watch_map.php
Reporting on the environmental condition of Victorian estuaries - a discussion paper, Arundel et al, NLWRA (2008)
Victorian Marine Habitat Mapping http://vro.agriculture.vic.gov.au/dpi/vro/vrosite.nsf/pages/marine_habitat
Coast wetlands of Victoria - inventory and condition (2014) Click here
Threats to Victorian estuaries information on classification and location (2008) Click here
Mangrove and Saltmarsh Disribution Mapping and Land Cover Change Assessment for South-Eastern Australia from 1991 to 2015 (Navarro et al 2021)

Subterranean

Victorian Water Asset Database - Aquifer layer https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset/victorian-water-asset-database-vwad-aquifer_layer
Otway Water. Impacts Resulting from the Big Swamp Drying Out - section on Stygofauna

Peat Swamps and Alpine Bogs

Victorian Alpine Bogs https://www.ari.vic.gov.au/research/wetlands-and-floodplains/alpine-sphagnum-bogs-if-we-map-them-we-can-manage-them
Spatial data avail in https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset/victorian-wetland-inventory-current
Alpine Bogs: Locating communities most at risk - involves ACT, NSW and Vic
Otway Water. Impacts Resulting from the Big Swamp Drying Out A book documenting the drying of Yeodene Swamp (a.k.a. The Big Swamp) and the resulting generation of acid from exposing acid sulphate soils to oxidation, as well as peat fires. Quite a lot of useful anecdotal observations and empirical evidence are included. Comprehensive bibliography included. Download

Monitoring and condition

Wetland Policy Guidance, Monitoring and Condition Assessment https://www.water.vic.gov.au/waterways-and-catchments/rivers-estuaries-and-waterways/wetlands
Integrated program for rivers, wetlands and estuaries https://www.environment.gov.au/water/wetlands/publications/wetlands-australia/national-wetlands-update-february-2013-6

Data search engines

Vic Gov data search (8 Aug 2021):
- Data Vic search Wetland https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset?q=wetland wetland (43 records),
- Data Vic search River https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset?q=river (118 records)
- Data Vic search Estuaries https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset?q=estuaries (20 records)
- Data Vic search Mangrove https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset?q=mangrove (1 record)
- Data Vic search Seagrass https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset?q=seagrass (16 records)
- Data Vic search Marine habitat https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset?q=marine+habitat (3 records)
- Data Vic search Subterranean https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset?q=subterranean (0 records)
- Data Vic search Cave https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset?q=cave (3 records)
- Data Vic search Karst https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset?q=karst (0 records)
- Data Vic search Peat https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset?q=peat (0 records)
- Data Vic search Stygofauna https://discover.data.vic.gov.au/dataset?q=stygofauna (0 records)