Capitalisation

Drug names

Use lower case for generic drug names. Capitalise the first letter of branded drug names. For example:

• • • paracetamol and Panadol

    • ibuprofen and Nurofen

    • fexofenadine hydrochloride and Telfast

    • fluoxetine and Prozac

    • methylphenidate and Ritalin or Concerta.

Use NPS MedicineWise to find out about generic drug names and branded drug names. 

Names of organisations or institutions

Capitalise the name of an institution when the name contains a formal or specific element:

The Prince Charles Hospital 

Queensland Health

Do not use capitalisation when an organisation’s name is reduced to a generic element: 

He got a letter from the hospital the other day.

Your state health department will be able to give you further information.

Capitals should be retained if a shortened version still contains a specific element: 

The Parenting Research Centre coordinates a wide range of services and resources to support parents. According to the Centre, these services are very successful.

Names of school years

Capitalise 'Year':

Year 2

Year 8

Year 12

App, website, video game and other titles

Use title case (caps on the first letter of each word) and roman font for the names of:

• • • websites

    • social media apps like Facebook, Instagram and so on

    • video games

    • apps.

Book titles

Use sentence case and italics for book titles:

Body: My first chunky board book

Choo choo clickety-clack

Dear zoo

The complete autism handbook

Movie titles

Use title case and italics for the names of:

• • • TV series

    • movies.

Song titles

Use sentence case (cap on first letter only) for song titles inside single quote marks:

'If you're happy and you know it'

'Twinkle, twinkle, little star'

'Heads and shoulders, knees and toes'

Capitalisation for raisingchildren.net.au's products and entities

Use title case for

Baby Karaoke

Parenting in Pictures