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The Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (DEECD) respects the intellectual property rights of others, and we ask that our users do the same.
This website and its contents including pages, documents, online graphics, audio and video are subject to copyright under the laws of Australia and, through international treaties, other countries. The copyright is owned by the State of Victoria (Department of Education and Early Childhood Development), or in the case of some materials, by third parties (third party materials).
Educational users
An educational institution situated in Australia which is not conducted for profit, or a body responsible for administering such an institution, may copy and communicate the materials, other than third party materials, for the educational purposes of the institution.
All other users
You may view the contents of this website and save an electronic copy, download, or print all or part of this website, other than third party materials, for your own personal information, or personal research or study, but only if you:
- do not modify the copy from how it appears on the Department's website, and
- include the copyright notice "© State of Victoria (Department of Education and Early Childhood Development)" on the copy.
Other uses of the contents of this website, other than those permitted by an exception in the Copyright Act 1968, require permission. This permission may be sought from the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development's Copyright Services unit by emailing copyright@edumail.vic.gov.au
Permission, if given, will be subject to conditions that will include a requirement that the copyright owner's name, State of Victoria (Department of Education and Early Childhood Development) be acknowledged when the material is reproduced or quoted, either in whole or in part.
Trademark notice and Department of Education and Early Childhood Development name
This site includes registered trademarks (or trademarks in the process of being registered) which are otherwise protected by law including, but not limited to, the word DEECD (Department of Education and Early Childhood Development) and the DEECD logos. Unless otherwise indicated, they are owned by the State of Victoria (Department of Education and Early Childhood Development).
You may not use DEECD's trademarks or the name DEECD except
- by saving, or printing out, a copy of DEECD's website as permitted by the Copyright notice
- as part of a fair reference to DEECD or applicable sub-site with proper recognition of the trademark's status, or
- otherwise with DEECD's or copyright owner's prior written consent.
Third party sites
Third party material linked from the DEECD pages, or discovered via the DEECD search engine, is subject to the copyright conditions of the third party. Hence users will need to consult the copyright notice of the third party sites for conditions of usage.
The documents posted on this server contain hypertext links or pointers to information created and maintained by other public and private organizations. These links and pointers are provided for the user's convenience.
The State of Victoria (Department of Education and Early Childhood Development) does not control or guarantee the accuracy, relevance, timeliness, or completeness of this outside information. Further, the inclusion of links or pointers to particular items in hypertext is not intended to reflect their importance, nor is it intended to endorse any views expressed, or products or services offered, on these outside sites, or the organizations sponsoring the sites. You access those sites and use their products and services solely at your own risk.
You must not reproduce, distribute, transmit, publish, copy, transfer or commercially exploit any information accessed through or received from the DEECD website that would be an infringement of any copyright, patent, trademark design or other intellectual property right.
Related information
For further information about intellectual property for schools and corporate staff, see: Intellectual Property and Copyright