1. 4Geo IV, c 96, 1823.
2. 9Geo IV, c 83, 1828.
3. Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act, 1900 (UK).
4. A.R. Shorten, “The Legal Context of Australian Education: An Historical Exploration”,Australia and New Zealand Journal of Law and Education 1/1 (1996), 2–32.
5. I.K.F. Birch,Constitutional Responsibility for Education in Australia (Camberra: Australia National University Press, 1975).