Where the Australian rules come from

How a source enters the package

Each record identifies the organisation, title, address, access date, purpose, known use conditions and limitation. Reading a publication does not itself permit copying its words, charts, maps or data.

A fact-reference supports attributed facts and original synthesis without redistribution. A research-only source may help define a question but cannot support a published rule.

Australia package register

• Australian home food garden editorial synthesis — version 1

  Global Garden Planner

  Original synthesis for broad Australian profiles. It remains editorial draft until independent agronomic review is recorded.

  Internal editorial synthesisAccessed 2 August 2026Original project content

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• Australian climate zones

  Australian Bureau of Meteorology

  Supports the broad distinction between tropical, subtropical, arid and temperate conditions and the role of relief and ocean influence.

  Factual reference without redistributionAccessed 2 August 2026Official public information; linked and paraphrased without reproducing maps or datasets

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• Climate knowledge centre

  Australian Bureau of Meteorology

  Supports Australian seasonal terminology and the northern wet season from October to April and dry season from May to September.

  Factual reference without redistributionAccessed 2 August 2026Official public information; factual reference without data redistribution

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• Queensland Vegetable Planting Guide for schools

  Health and Wellbeing Queensland

  January 2025 guide. Used only to formulate questions and check regional plausibility after the original model is drafted; its chart is not ingested or adapted.

  Research only, not a published-rule sourceAccessed 2 August 2026No source-specific licence notice relied upon; the credited chart is excluded from product rules

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• Food gardening: what to plant when

  Green Adelaide, Government of South Australia

  Monthly Adelaide reference used only to formulate review questions after the original thermal-group model is drafted; no row is ingested or adapted.

  Research only, not a published-rule sourceAccessed 2 August 2026No page-specific reuse permission relied upon; the monthly selection is excluded from product rules

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• Vegetable Sowing Calendar for Darwin and Katherine Regions

  Northern Territory Government

  Older regional sheet retained for research traceability and review questions only. Its calendar, method, spacing and first-picking table is excluded from operational rules.

  Research only, not a published-rule sourceAccessed 2 August 2026Northern Territory Government copyright; no specific Creative Commons licence identified

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• Waterwise gardening

  Queensland Government

  Supports soil improvement, mulching, efficient irrigation, wind protection and grouping plants with similar water needs; not a fixed watering schedule.

  Factual reference without redistributionAccessed 2 August 2026Official public guidance; linked and paraphrased

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• Gardener — biosecurity guidance

  Australian Government Biosecurity

  Supports clean gardening, responsible movement of soil and plants, observation and reporting of unusual pests or disease.

  Factual reference without redistributionAccessed 2 August 2026Official public guidance; linked and paraphrased

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• Plate it. Do not plant it.

  Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

  Supports using reputable Australian planting material and not planting food products or uncertain imported seed.

  Factual reference without redistributionAccessed 2 August 2026Official public guidance; linked and paraphrased

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• Food safety in horticulture

  Food Standards Australia New Zealand

  Context for hygiene, water, soil, compost and produce handling. Commercial standards are not presented as legal duties for ordinary home gardeners.

  Factual reference without redistributionAccessed 2 August 2026Official public guidance; linked and paraphrased

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• Home garden and domestic pest-control products — Agricultural Labelling Code

  Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority

  Supports the instruction to use only registered home-garden products exactly as labelled; the project does not prescribe chemicals.

  Factual reference without redistributionAccessed 2 August 2026Official regulatory guidance; linked and paraphrased

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• Australian Privacy Principles guidelines — key concepts

  Office of the Australian Information Commissioner

  Used to avoid categorical claims about the extraterritorial reach of Australian privacy law; applicability remains for legal review.

  Factual reference without redistributionAccessed 2 August 2026Official legal guidance; linked and summarised without legal advice

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• Buying online

  Australian Competition and Consumer Commission

  Supports preserving non-excludable Australian consumer rights if the service later becomes a covered commercial offering.

  Factual reference without redistributionAccessed 2 August 2026Official legal guidance; linked and summarised without legal advice

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• Guidelines on equal access to digital goods and services

  Australian Human Rights Commission

  2025 guidance used as Australian accessibility context alongside WCAG; legal scope remains subject to review.

  Factual reference without redistributionAccessed 2 August 2026Official guidance; linked and summarised

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What each group contributes

Climate

BoM supports broad climate and season descriptions. The project does not republish its maps or claim postcode precision.

Planting timing

The project thermal-group model creates the operational windows. Queensland, Adelaide and Northern Territory material is research-only: it frames questions after drafting and cannot support a crop rule.

Care

Waterwise, biosecurity, food-safety and APVMA guidance defines cautions and boundaries, not a universal recipe.

Legal context

OAIC, ACCC and Australian Human Rights Commission pages prevent categorical legal claims; this page provides general context rather than individual legal advice.

When sources disagree

The package preserves geographical scope and date, narrows the claim and reduces confidence. It does not average incompatible regional calendars into false national precision.

No disguised copying

The site does not publish third-party charts, maps, images or substantial text without compatible permission. The three regional planting tables are excluded from operational source IDs; interface explanations and crop synthesis are original project writing.