Data Sources
Australia Council Explorer is built on open government data, community-maintained datasets, and official registers.
Childcare
2 sourcesOfficial Australian Government register of approved childcare services, quality ratings, and operating hours.
Australian Government portal for finding early childhood education and care.
Hospitals
2 sourcesCommunity-maintained map data including hospital locations, types, and emergency department availability across VIC.
Australian Government health service directory (referenced for future integration).
Playgrounds
2 sourcesCommunity-sourced playground locations with features including fencing, shade, BBQ facilities, toilets, and surface types.
OSM reverse geocoding service used to enrich unnamed playground records with location names.
Libraries
70 sourcesCommunity-maintained library locations and details across all Australian states.
Official VIC council boundary data used for library-to-council association.
Library event management platform used by Bayside, Hume, Monash, Stonnington and other VIC councils.
Schools
2 sourcesCommunity-sourced school locations across VIC, NSW, QLD and other Australian states.
Australian Bureau of Statistics geographic data used for suburb and state boundary calculations.
Events
3 sourcesPublic event listings scraped via Eventbrite API for local community events.
Ethical ticketing platform — event listings for Australian councils and community organisations.
Library event management platform used by multiple Victorian councils.
Maps & Geocoding
3 sourcesMap tiles, geocoding (suburb/address search), and reverse geocoding used across all finder pages.
© OpenStreetMap contributors — base map data underlying all location features.
OSM reverse geocoding used to look up place names from coordinates.
Councils & Government
1 sourceLinked from council profiles to help residents enrol to vote.