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- ↑ "Information Processes and Technology Stage 6 Syllabus" (PDF). NSW Education Standards Authority . Board of Studies. June 2009. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
- ↑ "Information Processing & Technology Senior Syllabus" (PDF). QSA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 December 2007.