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TGB Osborn (Koonamore) Vegetation Reserve, Photopoint Data

Created 18/04/2026

Updated 18/04/2026

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This record is a collection of photopoints from surveys conducted in the TGB Osborn Vegetation Reserve (or Koonamore Vegetation Reserve (KVR)) since the early 1900s. Photographs have been taken approximately annually from 1926 until 2024 at a series of set positions (photopoints) by staff and students of the University of Adelaide. The duration of the record available digitally extends from 1907 (observations) to 2008 (photographs). These include stand-alone positions, corners of quadrats and points along transects. Photographs may have been taken in more than one direction at each point, and/or in black and white or colour. Each photograph was annotated according to what could be seen on the photograph, individual species identified, numbers given to each plant (not always reliable from event to event). Occasionally information on canopy diameter measured along EW and NS direction, plant height and plant mortality status is presented.

This is version 2.1 of the TGB Osborn Photopoint data release and supersedes any previous versions. The change log for the data is as follows:

  • V2.1, 2026-02-04; Fittock, Specht and Arun Singh Ramesh; Updated dates to comply with ISO standards (YYYY-MM-DD). Clarified anomalies in the record and inserted NA in blank cells, cells with 'no comment' etc.  
  • V2, 2025-05-27; Alison Specht: cleaned observation data file, correcting scientific namesgathered images, catalogued them, sorted them into those related to measurement types; Miranda Fittock, Wilma Karsdorp and Javier Sanchez Gonzalez: re-named photos to be consistent throughout (photopointID_yyyymmdd). Arranged for them to be uploaded into TERN EcoImages; Fittock and Specht: entered photograph names into observation file and delivered the file to the TERN Data Discovery Portal; Specht: created this metadata file including catalogue of holdings.  
  • V1, 2008-2014; Russell Sinclair; Digitised field data sheets and computer records delivered to the AEKOS TERN portal. Added required V1 metadata in the AEKOS-TERN portal.  

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Title TGB Osborn (Koonamore) Vegetation Reserve, Photopoint Data
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/c1477c02-bc5d-470c-bb32-3c9172beb1a5
Contact Point
Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
esupport@tern.org.au
Reference Period 16/07/1907 - 01/11/2008
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
{
  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        139.32794,
        -32.12401
      ],
      [
        139.35187,
        -32.12401
      ],
      [
        139.35187,
        -32.10834
      ],
      [
        139.32794,
        -32.10834
      ],
      [
        139.32794,
        -32.12401
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
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Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network "TGB Osborn (Koonamore) Vegetation Reserve, Photopoint Data". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://geonetwork.tern.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/tgb-osborn-koonamore-vegetation-reserve-photopointdata1