Effectively, soil data collection by government has โlargely ceasedโ (Soils Research, Development and Extension Working Group, 2011) While the availability of data from public organizations has improved through the implementation of open data policies (Productivity Commission, 2016), soil data that are held in public institutions and used to generate soil information are often outdated, incomplete, inconsistent or unavailable (Lobry de Bruyn & Andrews, 2016) leading to mapping below international standards (National Committee on Soil and Terrain, 2013). An exacerbating trend is the decline of soil knowledge and expertise in Australia.