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Cannot get the split names for the config 'courts' of the dataset.
Exception:    SplitsNotFoundError
Message:      The split names could not be parsed from the dataset config.
Traceback:    Traceback (most recent call last):
                File "/usr/local/lib/python3.14/site-packages/datasets/inspect.py", line 286, in get_dataset_config_info
                  for split_generator in builder._split_generators(
                                         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^
                      StreamingDownloadManager(base_path=builder.base_path, download_config=download_config)
                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                  )
                  ^
                File "/usr/local/lib/python3.14/site-packages/datasets/packaged_modules/parquet/parquet.py", line 127, in _split_generators
                  self.info.features = datasets.Features.from_arrow_schema(pq.read_schema(f))
                                       ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                File "/usr/local/lib/python3.14/site-packages/datasets/features/features.py", line 2043, in from_arrow_schema
                  else generate_from_arrow_type(field.type)
                       ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^
                File "/usr/local/lib/python3.14/site-packages/datasets/features/features.py", line 1694, in generate_from_arrow_type
                  return Value(dtype=_arrow_to_datasets_dtype(pa_type))
                                     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^
                File "/usr/local/lib/python3.14/site-packages/datasets/features/features.py", line 127, in _arrow_to_datasets_dtype
                  raise ValueError(f"Arrow type {arrow_type} does not have a datasets dtype equivalent.")
              ValueError: Arrow type map<string, string ('external_ids')> does not have a datasets dtype equivalent.
              
              The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:
              
              Traceback (most recent call last):
                File "/src/services/worker/src/worker/job_runners/config/split_names.py", line 68, in compute_split_names_from_streaming_response
                  for split in get_dataset_split_names(
                               ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^
                      path=dataset,
                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                      config_name=config,
                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                      token=hf_token,
                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                  )
                  ^
                File "/usr/local/lib/python3.14/site-packages/datasets/inspect.py", line 340, in get_dataset_split_names
                  info = get_dataset_config_info(
                      path,
                  ...<6 lines>...
                      **config_kwargs,
                  )
                File "/usr/local/lib/python3.14/site-packages/datasets/inspect.py", line 291, in get_dataset_config_info
                  raise SplitsNotFoundError("The split names could not be parsed from the dataset config.") from err
              datasets.inspect.SplitsNotFoundError: The split names could not be parsed from the dataset config.

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ipfs_australia_courts

Courts table (schema: world_laws_plan/courts/schema/courts_schema.py). Source: official NSW and Victorian court websites (New South Wales and Victoria only). Sources: localcourt.nsw.gov.au, supremecourt.nsw.gov.au, districtcourt.nsw.gov.au, lec.nsw.gov.au, ncat.nsw.gov.au, mcv.vic.gov.au. Geo only from official source fields (geo_source). PII sweep applied (free webmail, personal mobiles, national IDs); office phones and institutional emails retained.

Scope

New South Wales and Victoria only. Other states are NOT included: QLD (terms forbid redistribution), SA (all rights reserved), NT (reuse forbidden beyond fair dealing), TAS (terms not found), ACT (host returned 403, skipped), WA (skipped). County Court of Victoria location pages are a JavaScript shell with no server-side content and are not included. Federal courts are not included.

Rows

  • total: 216
  • AU-NSW: 165 (jurisdiction_path ["AU","AU-NSW"])
  • AU-VIC: 51 (jurisdiction_path ["AU","AU-VIC"])
  • facility_kind: AU-NSW court=163, AU-NSW registry=1, AU-NSW tribunal=1, AU-VIC court=51
  • One combined parquet; the state is in region and jurisdiction_path.

Source terms per state

State Terms URL Retrieved Exact terms sentence Copyright holder
NSW https://dcj.nsw.gov.au/statements/copyright-and-disclaimer.html 2026-10-26 (PT) "Unless otherwise stated, material on this website is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License ( CC BY 4.0 )." Excluded from the licence: State Arms/emblems/trademarks, NSW court lists, NSW legislation, material expressly identified otherwise. © State of New South Wales (Department of Communities and Justice)
VIC https://www.mcv.vic.gov.au/copyright 2026-10-26 (PT) "All material on this website is provided under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 international licence, except for: any images, photographs of branding including the: Victorian Coat of Arms, Victorian Government logo, Magistrates' Court of Victoria logo, Court Services Victoria logo, content supplied by third parties …" © Court Services Victoria

Exclusions "unless otherwise stated" are respected: State Arms, logos, emblems, images, court lists and legislation are not copied. Note: the NSW court websites (localcourt, supremecourt, districtcourt, lec, ncat .nsw.gov.au) are Department of Communities and Justice sites and link the DCJ copyright statement. VIC rows come only from www.mcv.vic.gov.au, the site the quoted copyright page covers. Children's Court of Victoria, Supreme Court of Victoria and VCAT are not included: their sites state no reuse licence of their own.

Attribution and changes (CC BY 4.0)

Contains information from the State of New South Wales (Department of Communities and Justice) and Court Services Victoria, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Modified from source. Changes made: fields extracted from HTML into a fixed schema; names normalised (e.g. "Albury Local and District" -> "Albury Local Court", with the original heading in name_local); Cloudflare-obfuscated institutional emails decoded; only gov.au institutional emails kept; identifiers added. No endorsement by the State of NSW, DCJ or Court Services Victoria is implied.

Robots evidence

  • districtcourt.nsw.gov.au: https://districtcourt.nsw.gov.au/robots.txt HTTP 200, re-read 2026-10-26 21:02 PT; User-agent * rules include: Disallow: /preview; Disallow: /configuration; Disallow: /*.html?*; Disallow: /*search.html$; Disallow: /content/dcj/dcj-website/; crawl-delay none stated (8 s applied, single-threaded); 2 pages pulled, 0 disallowed (no query strings used)
  • lec.nsw.gov.au: https://lec.nsw.gov.au/robots.txt HTTP 200, re-read 2026-10-26 21:02 PT; User-agent * rules include: Disallow: /preview; Disallow: /configuration; Disallow: /*.html?*; Disallow: /*search.html$; Disallow: /content/dcj/dcj-website/; crawl-delay none stated (8 s applied, single-threaded); 2 pages pulled, 0 disallowed (no query strings used)
  • localcourt.nsw.gov.au: https://localcourt.nsw.gov.au/robots.txt HTTP 200, re-read 2026-10-26 21:02 PT; User-agent * rules include: Disallow: /preview; Disallow: /configuration; Disallow: /*.html?*; Disallow: /search.html; Disallow: /content/dcj/dcj-website/; crawl-delay none stated (8 s applied, single-threaded); 23 pages pulled, 0 disallowed (no query strings used)
  • ncat.nsw.gov.au: https://ncat.nsw.gov.au/robots.txt HTTP 200, re-read 2026-10-26 21:02 PT; User-agent * rules include: Disallow: /preview; Disallow: /configuration; Disallow: /*.html?*; Disallow: /search.html; Disallow: /content/dcj/dcj-website/; crawl-delay none stated (8 s applied, single-threaded); 2 pages pulled, 0 disallowed (no query strings used)
  • supremecourt.nsw.gov.au: https://supremecourt.nsw.gov.au/robots.txt HTTP 200, re-read 2026-10-26 21:02 PT; User-agent * rules include: Disallow: /preview; Disallow: /configuration; Disallow: /*.html?*; Disallow: /*search.html$; Disallow: /content/dcj/dcj-website/; crawl-delay none stated (8 s applied, single-threaded); 6 pages pulled, 0 disallowed (no query strings used)
  • www.mcv.vic.gov.au: https://www.mcv.vic.gov.au/robots.txt HTTP 200, re-read 2026-10-26 21:02 PT; User-agent * rules include: Disallow: /core/; Disallow: /profiles/; Disallow: /admin/; Disallow: /node/add/; Disallow: /search/; Disallow: /user/login; crawl-delay none stated (8 s applied, single-threaded); 52 pages pulled, 0 disallowed (no query strings used)

Personal data

No judges, staff or other named individuals. Only court office phones and institutional (@justice.nsw.gov.au / @courts.vic.gov.au) emails. PII sweep: 1 hits redacted pre-write, 0 post-write.

Takedown / contact

If you are a rights holder or court and want a record corrected or removed, open a discussion on the dataset repository (endomorphosis/ipfs_australia_courts). We will act promptly.

Licence

  • Licence stated by the source: NSW: DCJ copyright statement (CC BY 4.0 unless otherwise stated). VIC: Court Services Victoria / MCV copyright page (CC BY 4.0 except logos, images and third-party content). Exact sentences, URLs and dates are in the 'Source terms per state' section.
  • Re-use basis: CC BY 4.0. Only factual directory fields (court names, addresses, public phones, institutional emails, hours) are included. No logos, images, court lists or legislation are copied.
  • Attribution: Contains information from the State of New South Wales (Department of Communities and Justice) and Court Services Victoria, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Modified from source.
  • Licence label used in this dataset: cc-by-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

This is an unofficial copy of public information published by the source; the source website remains the authoritative version.

Disclaimer

Not legal advice. Court details (addresses, hours, contacts) change; verify with the court or the official source before relying on them.

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