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Historic Sites - Australia - OSM data
This dataset geolocates historical heritage and sites of historical interest in Australia, such as Aboriginal sites, churches, monuments.... It is based on OpenStreetMap data, which is then compiled and processed by Opendatasoft. It is updated weekly to retrieve the most recent OpenStreetMap elem...
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Data schema (26 fields)
Filterable via the API (25)
typenamereligionreligion_denominationbuild_datedescriptioninscriptioncivilizationheritagewikipediawebsitewikidataref_mhsmeta_osm_idmeta_osm_urlmeta_first_updatemeta_last_updatemeta_versions_numbermeta_users_numbermeta_name_submeta_code_submeta_name_areameta_code_areameta_name_statemeta_code_state
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| Fill | Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100% | type | text | Type of monument / historic place (memorial, castle, temple, wayside cross, ...) |
| 69% | name | text | — |
| 38.1% | religion | text | Religion of the place of worship |
| 27.6% | religion_denominationDenomination | text | Specific denomination of a religion |
| 3.1% | build_dateBuild date | date | Estimated construction/completion date of the monument |
| 2.6% | description | text | — |
| 4.2% | inscription | text | Text inscribed on the monument if present |
| 1.5% | civilization | text | Description of the ancient civilization or culture that built this monument/building |
| 1.1% | heritage | text | Level of protection by historic heritage authority |
| 1.6% | wikipedia | text | Link to Wikipedia page |
| — | website | text | — |
| — | wikidata | text | — |
| — | ref_mhsHistoric Reference | text | Reference of the monument in historic database |
| — | meta_geo_pointOSM Point | geo_point_2d | OSM entity geolocation |
| — | meta_osm_idOSM Id | text | OSM entity identifier |
| — | meta_osm_urlOSM URL | text | OSM entity URL |
| — | meta_first_updateOSM Creation date | datetime | OSM entity creation date |
| — | meta_last_updateOSM Last update | date | OSM entity update date |
| — | meta_versions_numberOSM Versions | int | Number of versions for the OSM entity |
| — | meta_users_numberOSM Contributors | int | Number of OSM contributors |
| 100% | meta_name_subSuburb | text | — |
| 100% | meta_code_subSuburb Code | text | — |
| 100% | meta_name_areaLocal Government Area | text | — |
| 100% | meta_code_areaLocal Government Area Code | text | — |
| 100% | meta_name_stateState | text | — |
| 100% | meta_code_stateState Code | text | — |
Schema captured from opendatasoft 2 hours ago.
Query the data
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Sample data (5 records)
Record 1name: — · type: mine
{
"name": null,
"type": "mine",
"ref_mhs": null,
"website": null,
"heritage": null,
"religion": null,
"wikidata": null,
"wikipedia": null,
"build_date": null,
"description": null,
"inscription": null,
"meta_osm_id": "9506763599",
"civilization": null,
"meta_osm_url": "https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/9506763599",
"meta_code_sub": "70122",
"meta_name_sub": "Hart (NT)",
"meta_code_area": "70620",
"meta_geo_point": {
"lat": -23.0594644232598,
"lon": 134.960992540871
},
"meta_name_area": "Central Desert",
"meta_code_state": "7",
"meta_name_state": "Northern Territory",
"meta_last_update": "2022-02-15",
"meta_first_update": "2022-02-15T02:00:42+00:00",
"meta_users_number": 1,
"meta_versions_number": 1,
"religion_denomination": null
}Record 2name: Inner Light Meditation Centre · type: place_of_worship
{
"name": "Inner Light Meditation Centre",
"type": "place_of_worship",
"ref_mhs": null,
"website": "https://www.innerlightmeditationcentre.com",
"heritage": null,
"religion": null,
"wikidata": null,
"wikipedia": null,
"build_date": null,
"description": null,
"inscription": null,
"meta_osm_id": "9520509135",
"civilization": null,
"meta_osm_url": "https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/9520509135",
"meta_code_sub": "32867",
"meta_name_sub": "Townsville City",
"meta_code_area": "37010",
"meta_geo_point": {
"lat": -19.2575190582612,
"lon": 146.819396757228
},
"meta_name_area": "Townsville",
"meta_code_state": "3",
"meta_name_state": "Queensland",
"meta_last_update": "2022-02-19",
"meta_first_update": "2022-02-19T21:24:28+00:00",
"meta_users_number": 1,
"meta_versions_number": 1,
"religion_denomination": null
}Record 3name: — · type: memorial
{
"name": null,
"type": "memorial",
"ref_mhs": null,
"website": null,
"heritage": null,
"religion": null,
"wikidata": null,
"wikipedia": null,
"build_date": null,
"description": null,
"inscription": null,
"meta_osm_id": "9577114825",
"civilization": null,
"meta_osm_url": "https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/9577114825",
"meta_code_sub": "31197",
"meta_name_sub": "Goomeri",
"meta_code_area": "33620",
"meta_geo_point": {
"lat": -26.1823866153919,
"lon": 152.068104291347
},
"meta_name_area": "Gympie",
"meta_code_state": "3",
"meta_name_state": "Queensland",
"meta_last_update": "2025-06-07",
"meta_first_update": "2022-03-14T07:24:48+00:00",
"meta_users_number": 3,
"meta_versions_number": 3,
"religion_denomination": null
}Record 4name: Dababy Sussy Hamburger Parlour · type: yes
{
"name": "Dababy Sussy Hamburger Parlour",
"type": "yes",
"ref_mhs": null,
"website": null,
"heritage": null,
"religion": null,
"wikidata": null,
"wikipedia": null,
"build_date": null,
"description": null,
"inscription": null,
"meta_osm_id": "9634785512",
"civilization": null,
"meta_osm_url": "https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/9634785512",
"meta_code_sub": "20256",
"meta_name_sub": "Blackwood (Vic.)",
"meta_code_area": "25150",
"meta_geo_point": {
"lat": -37.4833266287514,
"lon": 144.31635494535
},
"meta_name_area": "Moorabool",
"meta_code_state": "2",
"meta_name_state": "Victoria",
"meta_last_update": "2022-04-26",
"meta_first_update": "2022-04-26T06:23:35+00:00",
"meta_users_number": 1,
"meta_versions_number": 1,
"religion_denomination": null
}Record 5name: — · type: memorial
{
"name": null,
"type": "memorial",
"ref_mhs": null,
"website": null,
"heritage": null,
"religion": null,
"wikidata": null,
"wikipedia": null,
"build_date": null,
"description": null,
"inscription": null,
"meta_osm_id": "9654915143",
"civilization": null,
"meta_osm_url": "https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/9654915143",
"meta_code_sub": "11636",
"meta_name_sub": "Girilambone",
"meta_code_area": "10950",
"meta_geo_point": {
"lat": -31.2475247703173,
"lon": 146.906238219428
},
"meta_name_area": "Bogan",
"meta_code_state": "1",
"meta_name_state": "New South Wales",
"meta_last_update": "2022-04-09",
"meta_first_update": "2022-04-09T22:54:47+00:00",
"meta_users_number": 1,
"meta_versions_number": 1,
"religion_denomination": null
}Live sample captured at profiling time — values may have changed upstream.
Using the API
Configuration
- Base URL
- https://public.opendatasoft.com/api/explore/v2.1/catalog/datasets/osm-australia-historic
License
- ✓ Redistributable
- ✓ Attribution required
Query examples
curl -s 'https://public.opendatasoft.com/api/explore/v2.1/catalog/datasets/osm-australia-historic/records?limit=20' -H 'Accept: application/json'First 20 records of the dataset as JSON.
Uses the Opendatasoft Explore v2.1 syntax — supports select, where, group_by and order_by.
Rate limits
10 000 000 req/day
per ipmeasured
observed 2 hours ago
Dataset
Volume & freshness
Records
20k
20443
Update cadence
Monthly
declared upstream
Last upstream update
25 days ago
2026-06-30
License
No license declared upstream.
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