{
  "id": "au/admin1@hex",
  "kind": "layout",
  "of": "au/admin1@10m",
  "grid": "hex",
  "orientation": "pointy",
  "offset": "odd-r",
  "keyField": "iso_3166_2",
  "nameField": "name",
  "levelName": "States",
  "unplaced": [
    "AU-X02~",
    "AU-X03~",
    "AU-X04~"
  ],
  "source": "hand-authored for ApexMaps, verified against Natural Earth 5.1.1 centroids and shared-arc adjacency",
  "license": "public domain",
  "attribution": "",
  "vintage": "2026",
  "boundaries": "The six states plus the ACT and the Northern Territory. The three external-territory codes in au/admin1@10m (Ashmore and Cartier, Jervis Bay, Macquarie Island) are unplaced: they are not units anyone reports state-level data for.",
  "compromises": [
    "ACT is drawn beside NSW rather than inside it, which is the only way a hex grid can show an enclave at all."
  ],
  "accept": {
    "order": [],
    "borders": []
  },
  "cells": {
    "AU-NT": [
      1,
      0
    ],
    "AU-QLD": [
      2,
      0
    ],
    "AU-WA": [
      0,
      1
    ],
    "AU-SA": [
      1,
      1
    ],
    "AU-NSW": [
      2,
      1
    ],
    "AU-VIC": [
      2,
      2
    ],
    "AU-ACT": [
      3,
      2
    ],
    "AU-TAS": [
      2,
      3
    ]
  },
  "names": {
    "AU-NT": "Northern Territory",
    "AU-QLD": "Queensland",
    "AU-WA": "Western Australia",
    "AU-SA": "South Australia",
    "AU-NSW": "New South Wales",
    "AU-VIC": "Victoria",
    "AU-ACT": "Australian Capital Territory",
    "AU-TAS": "Tasmania"
  }
}