fb7acef6-d7f5-46c7-ae68-6b248a82ebe3 urn:uuid eng UTF-8 nonGeographicDataset nonGeographicDataset 2025-10-16T22:51:26 creation ISO 19115 2016 Major Roads fb7acef6-d7f5-46c7-ae68-6b248a82ebe3 Major Roads is a subset of the National Roads by Geoscape dataset, filtered for highways, arterial and sub-arterial roads. National Roads by Geoscape is a digital representation of the road network of Australia. National Roads contains linear features to describe surfaces that have been improved to enable vehicular, pedestrian and bicycle transportation on land and ferry routes that enable vehicles to cross water bodies. National Roads does not include railways, tramways, driveways or passenger ferry routes. This dataset provides an optimised aggregated national view of road geometry and attribution. The dataset is created from multiple sources including jurisdictional data which is revised regularly and supplied in varying formats and at different levels of quality. The area covers the land mass of Australia, including offshore islands. Norfolk Island is currently not included. {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[96.0, -44.0], [160.0, -44.0], [160.0, -9.0], [96.0, -9.0], [96.0, -44.0]]]} 96.0 160.0 -44.0 -9.0 Cartography and digital mapping Digital Atlas of Australia Foundation Infrastructure Published_External Roads Transport Transport Networks Download dataset (gdb zip) [86.4 MB] documentDigital Download dataset (gdb zip) [86.4 MB] ZIP Download metadata statement (pdf) [615 KB] documentDigital Download metadata statement (pdf) [615 KB] PDF