Reports and publications

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Land management manuals

Land management manuals provide a summary of the soil and other land characteristics of a given area. They provide information on how to identify soils, using visual aids including diagrams, tables, summary sheets  and landscape/soil photographs. The manuals make recommendations regarding appropriate land use and management. They typically contain chapters on geology, climate, vegetation, soil descriptions, land use history, crop suitability, water resources, and soil conservation.

Land Management Manuals present an array of local and scientific knowledge concerning the land resources, agricultural practices and sustainable land management of an area. They provide useful links to relevant technical reports and contacts for further information and support. Land management manuals aim to increase awareness of land resource information within the community and to provide a tool to support planning and management from the property level to the catchment scale.

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There are 17 land management manuals covering parts of Queensland:

• Atherton–Mareeba Districts
• Coastal Burnett Districts
• Dawson/Callide Districts
• Crow’s Nest District
• Roma District
• Central Highlands
• Curtis
• South-East Darling Downs
• Inland Burnett District
• Inglewood Shire
• Central Darling Downs
• Moreton Region
• Murilla, Tara and Chinchilla Shires
• Nebo-Broadsound District
• Stanthorpe-Rosenthal Region
• Wandoan District
• Waggamba Shire

Accessing soil publications

We have more than 2,000 publications about Queensland’s soils and land resources, ranging from technical reports, fact sheets and land management manuals to project reports and detailed investigations.

This collection provides a description of landscapes and their characteristics and attributes, which are useful for land management and planning.

Visit the following websites to search for the title or area you are interested in:

• library catalogue
• publications portal.

Spatially enabled searches for reports, manuals and maps are also available through:

• the Queensland Spatial Catalogue—a guide to the soil project areas across Queensland is available to download. Search for the Soil and Land Resource Project Boundaries Queensland spatial dataset. This dataset indicates areas of detailed soil mapping available and provides a connection to soil reports and data. Detailed metadata is available for specific projects.
• the Queensland Globe—an interactive tool that displays physical, geographical and spatial data about a particular location in map format. Use the Globe to access soils mapping and soil site data, along with over 600 spatial data layers on Queensland roads, rail, property, topography, mining and exploration, land valuations, land parcel information, water levels and more. Read the step-by-step guide to accessing soils information from the Globe (PDF, 3.2 MB) .