Where our reading passages come from
Most of our reading passages are written for ScholarSpark or are out of copyright. The rest are used under a licence that asks us to credit them. Each passage names its source underneath it; this page says which licence covers it.
Many passages by other writers are extracts from a longer piece, shortened to fit a reading question.
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Passages credited to:
- Australian Capital Territory Government
- Australian Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
- Australian Institute of Marine Science
- Botanic Gardens of Sydney
- Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder
- Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
- Department of Conservation (New Zealand)
- eLife
- European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
- Frontiers for Young Minds
- Geoscience Australia
- Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
- Heritage NSW
- National Archives of Australia
- New Zealand Department of Conservation
- NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
- NSW Government
- NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service
- Our World in Data
- Parks Victoria
- Queensland Department of the Environment
- Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service
- State Library of New South Wales
- State Library of Queensland
- State of New South Wales
- Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand
- Victorian Government
- Wellcome Collection
Used under CC BY 3.0 AU
Passages credited to:
- Atlas of Living Australia
- Department for Environment and Water (South Australia)
- Queensland State Archives
Used under CC BY 3.0
Passages credited to:
- Global Voices
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Every other passage was written for ScholarSpark, is out of copyright, or was written by a US government agency, whose work is not covered by copyright.