Harvard Referencing Guide

This box refers to images copied or reproduced from other sources.

Note: Include captions for all images that are not decorative.

Images (e.g. photographs, charts, graphs, maps, diagrams, drawings, and icons) are numbered as figures (e.g. Figure 1). Include a title or caption, providing a brief description, beside the number and above the image.  Include the number when referring to the image in the text, as below. Include the source, and permission or copyright information, if necessary, below the image.

Elements of the reference 

Author A or Organisation name abbreviated (Name of Organisation in full) (Year) Title of document/webpage, Publisher name, abbreviated if applicable), accessed Day Month Year.

Number and title/caption (above the image)

Figure 2: MDBA snapshot.

Source (below the image)

Rule: Source: Adapted from Source (Year).

Source: Adapted from MDBA (2019).

In-text citation

Figure 2 indicates the status of the regions in 2018-19 (MDBA 2019:3).

Reference list

MDBA (Murray-Darling Basin Authority) (2019) Annual report 2018–19, MDBA, accessed 3 February 2020.

This box refers to tables copied or reproduced from other sources.

Tables are numbered as tables (e.g. Table 1). Include a title or caption, providing a brief description, beside the number and above the table.  Include the number when referring to the table in the text, as below. Include the source, and permission or copyright information, if necessary, below the table.

Elements of the reference 

Author A or Organisation name abbreviated (Name of Organisation in full) (Year) Title of document/webpage, Publisher name, abbreviated if applicable), accessed Day Month Year.

Number and title/caption (above the table)

Table 1: Student enrolments by school affiliation, Australia, 2017 - 2021

Source (below the table)

Rule; Source: Adapted from Source (Year).

Source: Adapted from ABS (2022).

In-text citation

As per the data in Table 1 (ABS 2022), student enrolments are ...

Reference list

ABS (Australian Bureau of Statistics) (2022) Schools, ABS, accessed 14 March 2022..

Attribute works of art (such as photographs) using an extended caption that includes:

• the full details of the work of art
• copyright and permission information if necessary.

Elements of the reference

Creator Full Name (Year) Title or description of work [medium], Webpage, Name of Website website, Exhibition or Gallery, Location of Gallery, Copyright Creator, courtesy: Creator or Gallery, accessed Date Month Year.

If you’re writing about a work of art but not using it in your work, cite it in the text using the creator and date.

In-text citation

In the photograph (Western Australian Government n.d.) ...

Reference list

Western Australian Government (n.d.) Close up of a quokka [photograph], Unique wildlife encounters, Rottnest Island website, accessed 6 February 2020.

Note: Cite the artworks in a separate list after the reference list with its own title, such as ‘Works of art’.