This manual describes the structure of the Melbourne Water Stream Network dataset and provides illustrations of how to extract data from the dataset. A web-based version of the manual is available here.
See the mwstr downloads page for access to the data, which also provides some initial guidance on handling the data. The mwstr stream explorer app provides a simple interface for extracting data from the database. This manual provides detailed advice on using the data as well as detailed descriptions of the data derivation methods.