AGLC4 Rule 7.1.5: Australian Bureau of Statistics (‘ABS’) Materials

Material from the Australian Bureau of Statistics names the Bureau in full as author and is identified by its catalogue number, so the document type is always Catalogue.

AGLC4 page 109

Formatting

  • The author is written out in full as Australian Bureau of Statistics, roman, never abbreviated to ABS.
  • The title is italic and keeps any date, period or quarter that forms part of it.
  • The bracket reads Catalogue, then No and the catalogue number, a comma and the date.
  • The catalogue number is copied exactly, keeping all of its full stops and segments.
  • A Bureau annual report may alternatively be cited as an ordinary report under rule 7.1.1.

Examples

Quoted from the Guide, page 109
  1. 23
    Australian Bureau of Statistics, Corrective Services, Australia, September Quarter 2017 (Catalogue No 4512.0, 30 November 2017).
  2. 24
    Australian Bureau of Statistics, International Merchandise Trade: Confidential Commodities List, Dec 2017 (Catalogue No 5372.0.55.001, 11 January 2018).
  3. 25
    Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australian Bureau of Statistics: Annual Report, 2016–17 (Catalogue No 1001.0, 19 October 2017) 16–17. [Also: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Annual Report: 2016–17 (Report, 19 October 2017) 16–17.]
  4. 26
    Australian Bureau of Statistics, Statistics of the Colony of Victoria, 1860 (Catalogue No 1309.2, 1 October 1861).
  5. 27
    Australian Bureau of Statistics, Year Book Queensland, 1901 (Catalogue No 1301.3, 23 December 1901).

See also

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