On 11/12/23 22:55, Tom Brennan wrote:
In NSW these are known as Crown Roads, or 'paper roads' (where they
are not constructed). They are administered by the state government,
and in theory, access is public. It can be hard to tell just by
looking at parcel data whether something is a Crown
Hi Tom and a great question,
I think a lot of this dates back to soldier resettlements after the
first and second wars and that these farmlets were too small to operate
successfully and thus were merged into larger farms so some roads that may
have been required in the past were no longer
In NSW these are known as Crown Roads, or 'paper roads' (where they are
not constructed). They are administered by the state government, and in
theory, access is public. It can be hard to tell just by looking at
parcel data whether something is a Crown Road or not.
There has been a program in
Some of these could be 'traveling stock routes' used in the old days to
drive cattle to market.
Those are administered locally and 'public access' can be dicy depending
on past activities (eg littering) by 'the public'. Local land owner can
be 'defensive' from past livestock theft.
Use with
In SA, there are a number of "Unmade Road Reserves". Where it gets a bit
interesting is when someone either illegally fences it off; or applies for
it to be transferred to them via something like Roads (Opening and Closing)
Regulations 2021.
Generally, I've mapped these were there is a path,
When comparing satellite imagery and various maps on Vic Maps, you can find
what seem to be road corridors that don't have roads in them. (I'm looking
on https://vic.digitaltwin.terria.io/ and
https://mapshare.vic.gov.au/mapsharevic/ and when you show parcel data you
can see these linear areas
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