1939e217-9608-46ae-987e-60a21ed44cb9 urn:uuid eng UTF-8 nonGeographicDataset nonGeographicDataset 2025-10-16T16:49:40 creation ISO 19115 2016 Soil Resources 1939e217-9608-46ae-987e-60a21ed44cb9 Soils are one of the key factors which limit human settlement in Australia. Few Australian soils are of good quality - most are naturally infertile. This map shows the extent of soil limitations across the country. In order to overcome problems associated with the many classifications in existence, this map classes soils according to limitations of use - in particular chemical and physical limitations. Altogether, four primary groupings are shown and these are further divided into a total of 29 mapping units. A detailed table relates these units to traditionally classified soil profiles and landforms. Product Specifications: Coverage: Australia Currency: 1976-77 Coordinates: Geographical Datum: AGD66 (GDA94 compliant at this scale) Projection: Simple Conic on two standard parallels 18S and 36S Medium: Paper, flat and folded copies {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[112.0, -44.0], [154.0, -44.0], [154.0, -9.0], [112.0, -9.0], [112.0, -44.0]]]} 112.0 154.0 -44.0 -9.0 AU Earth Sciences Environment Published_External Thematic Map mapping soils Download the map (jpg) documentDigital Download the map (jpg) JPEG Unnamed resource documentDigital HTML