One spine, many sources
Every dataset in Bowerbird attaches to a few shared keys: an address, a land parcel, a mesh block, a suburb, a postcode, a council. Those keys are how a sale, a school zone and a crash record end up on the same street. Browse the catalogue below, open any dataset for its fields and licence, or check how two datasets connect.
Point at a dataset or key to trace its joins; click it for details. On a keyboard, Tab into the graph and use the arrow keys.Tap a dataset or key for details. Scroll sideways to see both sides of the spine.
| Dataset | Theme | Updated | Detail | Join keys | Licence | Status | Records |
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How do two datasets connect?
Pick two datasets to see the shortest route between them through shared keys. Every step matches on an official code or a location, never on a name.
How the joins work
Keys, not guesses
Address points carry their mesh block and legal parcel, so every ABS area and every lot above them follows. Sales and land values arrive with a Valuer General property ID that resolves to lots.
Points fall into places
Cameras, crashes, schools and incidents come with coordinates, not codes. Each one is placed in its lot, mesh block, suburb and council by where it sits on the map; overlays join by the centre of each lot.
Every number has a source
Each version of a dataset records where it came from, when it was published, when it was fetched and its licence. That's what the source line under every number on the site points back to.