Immigration Detention Facilities  


Authors / CoAuthors

Orr, K.

Abstract

The dataset contains spatial locations in point format as a representation of Immigration Detention Facilities in Australia. Definition: Immigration detention centres primarily accommodate people who have overstayed their visa, breached their visa conditions and had their visa cancelled or have been refused entry at Australia's entry ports.

Product Type

dataset

eCat Id

74769

Contact for the resource

  Custodian

EGD  

  Owner

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)  
Cnr Jerrabomberra Ave and Hindmarsh Dr GPO Box 378
Canberra
ACT
2601
Australia

  Custodian

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)  
Cnr Jerrabomberra Ave and Hindmarsh Dr GPO Box 378
Canberra
ACT
2601
Australia

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Digital Object Identifier

http://dx.doi.org/10.4225/25/543B51D4E0B25

Keywords

  • Database
( Theme )
  • GIS
( Theme )
  • risk analysis
( Theme )
  • risk assessment
( Theme )
  • infrastructure
( Theme )
  • National dataset
  • AU
Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC)
  • Build Environment and Design
  • Published_External

Publication Date

2012-01-01T00:00:00

Creation Date

Security Constraints

Australian Government Security ClassificationSystem    

Classification - unclassified

Legal Constraints

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence    

Access - license

Use - license

Status

Purpose

Maintenance Information

asNeeded

Topic Category

geoscientificInformation

Series Information

Lineage

The immigration detention facilities datasets were digitized and constructed in August 2012 from aerial photography, orthophotos and satellite imagery held within Geoscience Australia. Image resolution ranged from 0.15m to 2.5m. Source Information: The primary information source used to locate the immigration detention facilities was Australian Government's Department of Immigration and Citizenship's website. - Australian Government Department of Immigration and Citizenship - http://www.immi.gov.au/managing-australias-borders/detention/facilities/ A list of immigration detention centres with names and detailed address information was obtained from the above websites. GA imagery and publicly available information was used to confirm or correct the locations obtained from the above sources.

Parent Information

Extents

[-37.776549, -10.471354, 105.575352, 150.988594]

Reference System

GDA94 (EPSG:4283)

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