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Harvard Referencing (Australian Government Author-date style)

Box Hill Institute will be changing the Harvard Referencing style to the standard for Australian Government writing and editing in 2026.

Example of a Reference List

Reference List

Allan, P, Carroll, C, Kneller, C, Payne, A and Street, P (2023) Roadmap to clothing circularity: the vision and pathway for a just transition to a circular clothing economy in Australia by 2030, and Net Zero by 2050 [pdf], Australian Fashion Council Limited, accessed 4 March 2025. 

Blanchard, O, Sheen, J, Huangfu, S and Wang B (2025) Macroeconomics, 5th edn, Pearson, Richmond, Vic.

Boyko, A (2025) Medical treatment of pet concept bandaging dogs [photograph], Shutterstock website, accessed 21 April 2025.

Edwards C and Hardie L (2025) 'How to develop a sense of belonging in online distance learning?', in Baxter J, Selby-Fell H and Gilbert A (eds) Creativity and critique in digital learning and teaching: insights for learning design in business and law, Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.

Hahn, M (2024) Limiters: should you use them in your tracks? LANDR website, accessed 30 August 2025. 

Hemenway-Pullen, M (2025), 'A journey into beloved community as an early childhood leader', Exchange, 277:68-70, from Vocational Studies Complete, accessed 23 June 2025.  

Merrill, K, Jr, Catron, E, Hamlin, E, Calhoun, J and Hastings, SO (2025), ‘Uses and gratifications of music in bereavement: a qualitative inquiry’, Omega, 90(3):1363–1380, doi: 10.1177/00302228221121490

Richards M (May 31 2024) 'What is comparative advantage?', The Conversation, accessed accessed 29 September 2025.  

Seven Dimensions (2022) 'Write a business plan' [video], ClickView, accessed 23 June 2025.

Skidmore-Roth, L (2025) Mosby's drug guide for nursing students, 16th edn, Elsevier, St. Louis.

teachkloud (8 October 2023) 'There are substantial and lasting benefits of early childhood education...' [Instagram post], teachkloud, accessed 23 June 2025. 

Missouri.Swain, N (2025) Harnessing the science of learning: success stories to help kickstart your school improvement, Routledge, Abingdon, Oxon 

Racaniello V and Condit R (hosts) (18 May 2025) 'Koalas sweep horse shift' [podcast] This Week in Virology, accessed 23 June 2025.  

Standards Australia (17 April 2025) Plumbing and drainage, Part 1: Water services, AS/NZS 3500.1, Intertek Inform. 

Webb, C (2 December 2024) Lifting the veil on Persia's rich culture, The Age, accessed 4 March 2025. 

Wilson, S and Velasco, P (2024) How to trim men's hair at home for a fresh, crisp look, Byrdie website, accessed 21 April 2025.
 

Points to note:

  • Generally only a single place of publication is required in the reference list/bibliography for each item
  • You may want to clarify less common places of publication  by adding the state, county or country name at the end e.g. Woodbridge, Suffolk  or Upper Saddle River, New Jersey.