APA 7th Referencing Guide

• The Australian Curriculum is created and published online by the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA).

• The website has no date, so is referenced as (n.d.). If you download the document as a pdf, reference the full date.

Elements of the reference

Individual or Group author. (Year, Month Day - if available). Title of page - italicised. Website name - if needed. URL

[Note: omit the website name if the author and website name are the same.]

In-text citation

• First time the organisation is cited include full name, then acronym and date if available.
• If works have the same author and no date, use "n.d." and add a hyphen before the a and b.
• If including a direct quote or referring to a specific section/stage/outcome of the curriculum, use the curriculum identifier.

(Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority [ACARA], n.d.) OR The Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA, 2015) shows that ...

(ACARA, n.d.-a) or (ACARA, n.d.-b) or The Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA, n.d.-c) shows that ...

Subsequent citation with curriculum identifier: (ACARA, n.d. ACMNA001)

Reference list

Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. (2015, December). English: Sequence of content F-6 strand: Language. https://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/media/4401/english_-_sequence_of_content.pdf

Endnote reference type

Web Page - add Month Day to Last Update Date field if needed.

• The Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) is part of the National Quality Framework (NQF) for early childhood education and care.

• My Time, Our Place: Framework is the National approved learning framework for school age children under the NQF.

• Reference both documents as a document on the web. The document is available to download from a few different websites, make sure you include the website name from which you downloaded the document.

Elements of the reference

Individual or Group author. (Year, Month Day - if available). Title of page - italicised. Website name - if needed. URL

[Note: omit the website name if the author and website name are the same.]

In-text citation

• First time the organisation is cited include full name, then acronym and date.
• Include a page number for a direct quote

(Department of Education, 2022) OR The Department of Education (2022) shows that ...

Reference list

Department of Education. (2022). Belonging, being and becoming: The early years learning framework for Australia V2.0. Australian Children's Education & Care Quality Authority. https://www.acecqa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2023-01/EYLF-2022-V2.0.pdf

Department of Education. (2022). My time, our place: Framework for school age care in Australia V2.0. Australian Children's Education & Care Quality Authority. https://www.acecqa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2023-01/MTOP-V2.0.pdf

Endnote reference type

Web Page - add Month Day to Last Update Date field if needed.