ACER does not own the copyright in all material included in PAT assessments. Where it does not, it is obliged to observe the rights of the relevant copyright holders. Sometimes, ACER will be confronted with orphan works where, despite its best efforts, it cannot identify or locate the relevant copyright owner. In those limited instances, where the relevant work has merit for educational purposes, the work may still be included. Any relevant copyright owner becoming aware of that use is invited to contact ACER should that copyright owner have any concern.
This article lists copyrighted material used in the following PAT assessments:
PAT Reading Adaptive
ACER is grateful for permission to use the following material in original or adapted form:
- 'A Kind of Brother', adapted from Jezza Sez by Libby Hathorn (pp. 8–9), William Collins, Auckland, 1990. By arrangement with Libby Hathorn, c/- Curtis Brown (Aust) Pty Ltd.
- 'Aysha', from Lost for Words by Elizabeth Lutzeier, Oxford University Press (UK), 1993.
- ‘Big fish is being chased by a school of little fish’, Cartoon, John O'Brien, The New Yorker, ©Condé Nast
- 'Brussels Sprouts', adapted from Brussels Sprouts by Kids & Co., http://www.kidsandco.org.uk/AtoZ/Sprouts/sprouts.php. Reproduced by permission of East End Kids & Co. Glasgow.
- 'Coin Trick', by arrangement with the licensor, Ruben Meerman, https://rubenmeerman.com c/- Curtis Brown (Aust) Pty Ltd.
- 'Coral Reefs', from United Nations Environment Program, Division of Technology Industry and Economics, www.uneptie.org, 2006. Photographs from Reinhard Dirscherl, Martin Strmiska, Jan Wlodarczyk and Mark Doherty robertharding by © Alamy Stock Photo.
- ‘Finn’, from Finn and the Big Guy by David Metzenthen, Puffin, Ringwood, Vic., 1997. Reproduced with permission by David Metzenthen.
- 'Firewood', Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell (Copyright © George Orwell, 1937). Reproduced by permission of Bill Hamilton as the Literary Executor of the Estate of the Late Sonia Brownell Orwell.
- ‘First Story’, excerpt from © Carlos Ruiz Zafon, taken from The Angel's Game reproduced with permission from The Text Publishing Company Pty Ltd. From The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafon. Reproduced with permission by The Orion Publishing Group.
- 'Future Library', text adapted from Margaret Atwood's new work will remain unseen for a century by Alison Flood, copyright Guardian News & Media Ltd 2018. Margaret Atwood and Katie Paterson Photo © Giorgia Polizzi Future Library is commissioned and produced by Bjørvika Utvikling, managed by the Future Library Trust. Supported by the City of Oslo, Agency for Cultural Affairs and Agency for Urban Environment.
- 'Go', adapted from Ten Top Reasons to Play Go by Michael Lash from www.usgo.org/resources/topten.asp. Image from www.usgo.org/images/goboard.gif, 1997–2005, American Go Association.
- 'How Lie Detectors Work – Or Don't', from How Lie Detectors Work - Or Don't by © Hayden Walles.
- ‘I like it. It has authority’, Cartoon, Ed Fisher, The New Yorker, ©Condé Nast
- 'Killarney', from Copyright © Harland's Half Acre by David Malouf. Published by Chatto & Windus. Reprinted by permission of The Random House Group Limited.
- 'Lubrin', from Sun Horse, Moon Horse by Rosemary Sutcliff, published by Random House Children's Books 1978. Reproduced by permission of David Higham Associates Limited.
- 'Map Projections', by Michael Pidwirny, from 'Introduction to Maps' in Fundamentals of Physical Geography (Second Edition), www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/2a.html, 18 November 2005.
- ‘Megan’, extract from Megan’s Star by Allan Baillie (pp. 7–8), Penguin Books, Melbourne, 1990. Reproduced with permission by Allan Baillie.
- ‘Museum Treasures’, editorial from Chicago Sun-Times. © 2003 Sun-Times Media. All rights reserved. Used under license." https://chicago.suntimes.com/
- 'Oh, there’s Freddie. He knows the best places to suffer.', Cartoon, Edward Koren, The New Yorker, ©Condé Nast
- 'On Country', Cromb, N. (2018). 'This is Nat, she's Abo'. In A. Heiss (Ed.), Growing up Aboriginal in Australia (pp. 63–67). Carlton, VIC: Black Inc.
- 'Origami', from PaperArt: The Art of Sculpting with Paper by Michael Lafosse, Rockport Publishers Inc, 1998.
- 'Quinzhee', adapted from Greetings from Antarctica by Diane D. Edwards, www.units.miamioh.edu/Dragonfly/snow/mcmurdo.shtml. Reproduced by permission of Diane D. Edwards.
- ‘Sandy’s Shadow’, extract from Sandy’s Shadow by Garry Hurle and Jane Tanner. Text copyright © Garry Hurle, 1994. Illustrations copyright © Jane Tanner, 1994. First published by Omnibus Books, a division of Scholastic Australia, 1994. Reproduced with permission by Garry Hurle.
- ‘Slime Maps’ from Cities in motion: how slime mould can redraw our rail and road maps by David Parr as published in theguardian.com 2014. Copyright Guardian News & Media Ltd 2023.
- 'Suitable Boy', from A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth © Vikram Seth 1993. Reproduced by permission of The Orion Publishing Group, London.
- ‘Take a Windy Walk’, © Annabel Streets, 2022, excerpt from 52 Ways to Walk: The Surprising Science of Walking for Wellness and Joy, One Week at a Time, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.
- ‘The Flowerpot Snake’, adapted from The Flowerpot Snake by John Woodland (p. 7). Reprinted from The Helix, CSIRO’s Double Helix Club Magazine, No. 65, April/May 1999.
- 'The Kodiak Bear', Copyright © James Vance Marshall, from A River Ran Out of Eden (Hodder & Stoughton 1962). Reproduced with the kind permission of Johnson & Alcock Ltd.
- ‘Too much purple’, Cartoon, William Steig, The New Yorker, ©Condé Nast
- ‘Tsar’s Education’, excerpt from Peter the Great by Robert K. Massie, copyright © 1980 by Robert K. Massie. Used by permission of Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC. All rights reserved. From Peter the Great by Robert K. Massie, copyright © 1980 by Robert K. Massie. Used by permission of Head of Zeus (London).
- ‘Valladolid’, extract from As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning by Laurie Lee. Reproduced with permission of Curtis Brown Group Ltd, London on behalf of the Beneficiaries of the Estate of Laurie Lee. Copyright © Laurie Lee.
- 'Volcanoes', reproduced by permission of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation – Library Sales Sian Johnson © 2020 ABC https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-26/study-dates-victorian-volcano-that-buried-a-human-made-axe/11991290?section=science
- 'We keep sending bigger ones and they keep ignoring them.', Cartoon, Brendan Loper, The New Yorker, ©Condé Nast
- 'White-Wings', adapted from 'White-Wings and the Sea Eagle' (pp. 214–215), The West Australian School Paper, Vol. 15, No. 7, September 1966. Reproduced by permission of The Department of Education and Training.
- 'Yinti and Wara', from Yinti: Desert Cowboy, Pat Lowe & Jimmy Pike, Magabala Books, 2019.
PAT Reading 5th Edition
ACER is grateful for permission to use the following material in original or adapted form in PAT Reading 5th Edition:
- ‘Aysha', from Lost for Words by Elizabeth Lutzeier, Oxford University Press (UK), 1993.
- ‘Ballarat Goldfields’, from EBook of Australia Felix by Henry Handel Richardson, 1917, The Project Gutenberg of Australia. Retrieved in 2018 from http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks01/0100051h.html
- ‘Coin Trick’, by arrangement with the licensor, Ruben Meerman, https://rubenmeerman.com c/- Curtis Brown (Aust) Pty Ltd.
- ‘Coral Reefs', from United Nations Environment Program, Division of Technology Industry and Economics, www.uneptie.org, 2006. Photographs from Reinhard Dirscherl, Martin Strmiska, Jan Wlodarczyk and Mark Doherty robertharding by © Alamy Stock Photo.
- ‘Denham’s Room’, from EBook of Night and Day by Virginia Woolf, 1919, The Project Gutenberg. Retrieved in 2018 from http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1245/1245-h/1245-h.htm
- ‘Firewood’, from Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell (Copyright © George Orwell, 1937). Reproduced by permission of Bill Hamilton as the Literary Executor of the Estate of the Late Sonia Brownell Orwell.
- ‘Future Library’, text adapted from Margaret Atwood's new work will remain unseen for a century by Alison Flood, copyright Guardian News & Media Ltd 2018. Margaret Atwood and Katie Paterson Photo © Giorgia Polizzi Future Library is commissioned and produced by Bjørvika Utvikling, managed by the Future Library Trust. Supported by the City of Oslo, Agency for Cultural Affairs and Agency for Urban Environment.
- ‘How Lie Detectors Work – Or Don’t’, from How Lie Detectors Work - Or Don't by © Hayden Walles.
- ‘Making Matches’, from EBook of Makers of Many Things by Eva March Tappan, 1916, The Project Gutenberg. Retrieved in 2018 from http://www.gutenberg.org/files/28569/28569-h/28569-h.htm
- 'Map Projections', from 'Introduction to Maps' in Fundamentals of Physical Geography (Second Edition), www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/2a.html, 18 November 2005. Images Copyright © Michael Pidwirny, reproduced by permission.
- ‘Midwinter's Eve’ from The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper (pp.11–12). Published by Bodley Head. Reprinted by permission of The Random House Group Limited.
- ‘The Garden Party’, from EBook of The Garden Party by Katherine Mansfield, 1922, The Project Gutenberg. Retrieved in 2018 from http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1429/1429-h/1429-h.htm
- ‘Worldwide Wealth', maps from www.worldmapper.org. Reproduced by permission of SASI Group (University of Sheffield) and Mark Newman (University of Michigan), 2006.
- ‘Young Alexander the Great’, from EBook of Alexander the Great by Jacob Abbott, 1849, The Project Gutenberg of Australia. Retrieved in 2018 from http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks14/1400461h.html