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GEOGRAPHY BULLETIN 2024

VOLUME 56, NO. 4 2024

  • 3 Executive Report
  • 4 Editorial
  • 5 From the classroom to the field: Exploring fieldwork possibilities in the new Year 11 syllabus
  • 18 Powerful Geography 1 & 2 – Order now!
  • 23 Out-of-field teaching: Recognising the reality and exploring possible responses
  • 26 Geography Explained Online – Turning chaos into collaboration
  • 28 Practice questions for Preliminary Geography (2024 Syllabus)
  • 30 Global Sustainability Evaluation and Critical Analysis
  • 43 Ocean Lovers Festival
  • 46 Student Climate Leadership Forum
  • 47 AGTA Conference – Scholarship Report
  • 49 GTA NSW & ACT Regional Conference
  • 51 Geography Teachers Association NSW & ACT Annual Report 2024
  • 62 GTA Nominations for Council 2024 – 2025
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VOLUME 56, NO. 3 2024

  • 3 President’s Report
  • 4 Editorial
  • 6 Feature Article: Lesson structure and ideas for engaging and effective Geography lessons
  • 14 How to Navigate the New K-6 Syllabus
  • 18 How to Navigate the New 7-10 Syllabus
  • 23 POWERFUL GEOGRAPHY Books 1 and 2
  • 25 ChatGPT in geography education
  • 28 Student Exemplar HSC Response for ‘Ecosystems and Global Biodiversity’
  • 30 How to get the answer: Section 1 2023 HSC Geography Exam.
  • 31 RESOURCE – Australia’s Defining Moments Digital Classroom
  • 32 Australian Geography Competition 2024
  • 34 Regional Conference, Orange NSW, November 28–29
  • 36 The Big GEO Quiz!
  • 37 The Geography Big Week Out
  • 41 Australian Team achieves second place at International Geography Olympiad
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VOLUME 56, NO. 2 2024

  • 2 Editorial
  • 3 Brock Rowe Awards 2024
  • 5 Geography 7 – 10: Conference Resources & Workshop Summaries
  • 15 Population Activity: Power of the Pyramids
  • 27 My guide to writing the IDEAL paragraph
  • 36 Using The Economist Educational Foundation’s resources in Geography
  • 39 Geography 11–12: Syllabus Structure
  • 40 Geography 11–12: Conference Resources & Workshop Summaries
  • 54 Structured Extended Response Models
  • 66 Geography Field Studies 2024 with Auseco
  • 68 Discover, Learn, and Engage at our Environmental and Zoo Education Centres
  • 72 The Biggest Threats to Earth’s Biodiversity
  • 74 Visualizing the Accumulation of Human-Made Mass on Earth
  • 76 Sustainable Tourism needs to be Built with the Help of Locals
  • 78 Ultra-Fast Fashion is a Disturbing Trend Undermining Efforts to make the Whole Industry more Sustainable
  • 79 Fast Fashion: Why garment workers’ lives are still in danger 10 years after Rana Plaza – Podcast
  • 81 The Benefits and Challenges of Regional Living: A Case Study of Five Regional Cities
  • 85 These 7 Cities are Tackling Heatwaves with Innovative Solutions 2023
  • 87 Urban Trees could cut Extreme Heat by up to 6 Degrees
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VOLUME 56, NO. 1 2024

  • Cover to ToC
  • Editorial
  • Presidents Report
  • GTA NSW & ACT Awards
  • PTCNSW Awards
  • Geography 2023 HSC Results
  • 2023 Young Geographer Award Winners
  • Feature Article: Balmain Foreshore Project, Louise Swanson and James Heafey
  • Changing Places: Green Space Enhancement Project, Bianca Mangioni and Sophie Robb
  • Place-Based Geography: Hornsby, Martin Pluss
  • Fieldwork and smartphones, Kathy Jones
  • GTA NSW & ACT Response to the ‘2023 Have your say’ Round 1, Alaric Maude
  • Geography Teachers’ Association of NSW & ACT Feedback on the Draft (HSIE) K-6 and Geography 7-10 Have your say Round 2 consultation for Geography, Alaric Maude
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GEOGRAPHY BULLETIN 2023

VOLUME 55, NO. 4 2023

  • Cover and ToC
  • Editorial
  • Canada from east to west
  • Powerful Geography 1
  • GTA response to 7-10 consultation
  • Appendices to GTA response
  • Graphic News Enviro change and management
  • The Anthropocene
  • Geography’s Big Week Out
  • Annual Report 2023
  • AGTA Conference 2024 prospectus
  • Classroom poster resource
  • Advice to contributors and cover
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VOLUME 55, NO. 3 2023

  • EDITORIAL
  • President’s report
  • Landforms and Landscapes
    • Landforms and Landscapes: Blood Falls
  • Stage 6 Geography
    • Powerful Geography 1 and 2
    • Stage 6 Geography: Case Studies
  • GTA NSW & ACT NEWS
    • 2023 Btock Rowe Award
  • Australian Curriculum
    • Australian Curriculum F–6 Geography
  • GTA NSW & ACT NEWS
    • HSC Geography Webinar
  • Film Study
    • Spirit & Home
    • Spirit Lesson Plan
  • GTA NSW & ACT NEWS
    • HSC Geography Exam Preparation Resource Package
  • Local Geographies
  • GEO Skills & Tools
    • Spiral of skills 7–10
  • GTA NSW & ACT NEWS
    • Geographical Investigation Webinar
  • HSC Exam Practice
    • Writing your own year 12 essay & short answer question
  • GTA NSW & ACT NEWS
    • Analysing the 2022 HSC Geography Exam
    • The 2023 GTA NSW & ACT Young Geographer Awards
  • Classroom Resource
  • GTA NSW & ACT NEWS
    • Unpacking the HSC GEO Exam
  • Geography Posters for sale
  • Competition
  • Advice To Contributors
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VOLUME 55, NO. 2 2023

  • EDITORIAL – Lorraine Chaffer
  • President’s report
  • Conference Program
  • Geography 11–12 syllabus 2022
    • Introductory Analysis
    • Planning across 11–12
  • Year 11 focus areas:
    • Earth’s natural systems
    • People, Patterns, and Processes
    • Human – Environment Interactions
  • Year 12 focus areas:
    • Global sustainability
    • Rural and urban places
    • Ecosystems & Global Biodiversity
  • Articles
  • Fieldwork Providers
  • Advice to contributors
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VOLUME 55, NO. 1 2023

  • EDITORIAL – Lorraine Chaffer
  • FROM THE PRESIDENT- Katerina Stojanovski
  • CROSS CURRICULUM
    • An Integrated Approach to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Themes
  • SPATIAL TECHNOLOGIES
    • GIS: What is Geospatial?
    • GIS for Education
    • Geographical numeracy: Interpreting field data and graphing skills
    • My top geographical tools of 2022
    • Earth Observation Big Data and its application in the classroom
    • Using StoryMaps to invigorate the geography classroom
    • How drones are changing environmental monitoring
    • Developing & assessing students’ spatial thinking skills when using GIS
  • LITERACY AND NUMERACY
    • Teaching strategies to build visual literacy
    • Guided reading: The Story of Bottled Water
    • Geographical numeracy: Interpreting field data and graphing skills
    • Using Scaffolds, Frameworks and Templates
    • Transects in Geography
    • ADVICE TO CONTRIBUTORS
  • Appendix 1: Coastal_Landscapes Fieldwork
  • Appendix 2: Biomes Photo Interpretation 2023
  • Appendix 3: see think wonder template
  • Appendix 4: THINKING SHEET – Urbanisation
  • Appendix 5: Buying COTTON ON denim jeans around the world
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GEOGRAPHY BULLETIN 2022

VOLUME 54, NO. 4 2022

  • EDITORIAL – Lorraine Chaffer
  • FROM THE PRESIDENT – Katerina Stojanovski
  • AWARDS & COMPETITIONS
    • MARTIN PLUSS – GTANSW & ACT Life Membership
    • GTA NSW & ACT Online Learning Courses Win National Award
    • 2022 Geography’s Big Week Out
    • 2022 International Geography Olympiad
  • HOPEFUL GEOGRAPHY
    • An Introduction to hopeful geography – Lorraine Chaffer, GTA NSW & ACT
    • Teaching about Climate Change: Hope and grief – Stephanie Boden
    • Finding hope at a time of crisis – Stephen Scoffham
    • Book Review: The Book of Hope by Jane Godall
    • The world is awful. The world is much better. The world can be much better. – Max Roser
    • Our World in Data: The short history of global living conditions and why it matters that we know it – Max Roser
    • Hopefulness – An active assembly – David Alcock
    • Solutions-based teaching for hope in Geography – Amy Freshwater
    • Educating for Hope – How can educators overcome the Perils of Perception? – David Alcock
    • Our Sunburnt Country by Anika Molesworth – A review by Simon Mustoe
  • CAREERS
    • Never miss an opportunity – Lorraine Chaffer, GTA NSW & ACT
    • Careers using spatial technologies: The role of Geography and spatial technologies in my career – Alison Lewis
  • FIELDWORK
    • Connecting fieldwork to careers: Contamination Assessment: Year 11 Fieldwork at School – Kathy Jones, Fieldwork Connections
    • Spatial technologies: Simple apps for fieldwork – Holly Burgmann, Observatory Hill Environmental Education Centre
  • GTA NSW & ACT Annual Report – Presented by Dr Susan Caldis (2022 President)
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VOLUME 54, NO. 3 2022

  • EDITORIAL – Katerina Stojanovski
  • PRESIDENT’S REPORT
  • GTA NSW & ACT NEWS
    • Macdonald Holmes Medal 2022
  • OUT OF FIELD TEACHING
    • Connecting geography education to national priorities: A national report which demands action about out-of-field teaching
  • GTA COUNCILLORS
    • Who is supporting you in 2022?
  • SENIOR GEOGRAPHY PROJECT
    • Success in the SGP
  • PROFESSIONAL LEARNING
    • GTA NSW & ACT scholarships to the AGTA Conference
  • 2021 CONFERENCE REVIEWS
    • Conference Reports from scholarship winners
  • AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM – GEOGRAPHY
    • The Conversation: Dumbed-down curriculum means primary students will learn less about the world and nothing about climate
  • SUSTAINABLE BIOMES
    • Film Study: Zootopia (2016)
    • Investigating Rainforests
  • YGA COMPETITION
  • CHANGING PLACES
    • Assessment Task: Investigating Australia’s Urban Future
  • LITERACY
    • Landscapes and Landforms and Water in the World
  • INTERCONNECTIONS: FAST FASHION
    • Collecting Primary Data on clothing
    • Comparing our relationship with clothing
    • Consumption of Clothing in Australia – Quantitative Data
  • LANDSCAPES AND LANDFORMS
    • Aboriginal Dreaming – Origin of The Three Sisters
    • Cultural Value of Landscapes
    • Aesthetic Value of Landscape Management
  • CLASSROOM RESOURCE
  • ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
    • Major World Deforestation Locations
  • CLASSROOM RESOURCE
    • Activities for Fast Finishers
  • BOOK REVIEW
    • Geopolitical case studies
  • ADVICE TO CONTRIBUTORS
  • Appendix 1: Case Study- Investigating Rainforests
  • Appendix 2: Case Study- Investigating Rainforests (Answers)
  • Appendix 3: Visual Verbs
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VOLUME 54, NO. 2 2022

  • EDITORIAL – Lorraine Chaffer
  • PRESIDENT’S REPORT – Dr Susan Caldis
  • PROFESSIONAL READING
    • Overwhelmed and underprepared – Dr Susan Caldis
  • HSC STUDENT SUPPORT
    • HSC Exam Preparation Package – Lorraine Chaffer
  • COMPETITION RESULTS
    • Young Geographer Awards – Lorraine Chaffer
    • Big Week Out – Rachel Honey
  • GEO SKILLS
    • Teaching Skills in Geography – Martin Pluss
    • A Mapping Activity – Martin Pluss
    • Skills Questions in the HSC Exam – GTA NSW & ACT E-Learning Team
    • White Water Rafting mapping activity – Drew Collins
  • GEO LITERACY
    • Interpreting Photographs – Education Victoria
  • WATER AND LIVEABILITY
    • Fieldwork Investigations: Sensory Mapping – Sydney Water
  • WATER IN THE WORLD
    • Visualise the Water Cycle: Make a model – Louise Roberts
    • Weather and Climate Skills – Lorraine Chaffer
  • LANDSCAPES AND LANDFORMS
    • The Grand Canyon – Lorraine Chaffer
    • Topographic Mapping Skills – Lorraine Chaffer
    • Escape Rooms in Geography – Chad Cary
  • SUSTAINABLE BIOMES
    • Distribution and Physical Characteristics of Biomes – Katerina Stojanovski & Christina Kalinic
    • Biomes: Place, Space, and Change – Lorraine Chaffer
  • ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
    • Creating Text Using Infographics – Lorraine Chaffer
    • Applying Knowledge and Understanding – Lorraine Chaffer
  • HUMAN WELLBEING
    • Human Wellbeing at a Range of Scales – Grechen Wiseman
    • Sustainable Development Goals: Making Progress – Lorraine Chaffer
  • ADVICE TO CONTRIBUTORS
  • APPENDIX 1
  • APPENDIX 2
  • APPENDIX 3
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VOLUME 54, NO. 1 2022

  • EDITORIAL – Lorraine Chaffer
  • PRESIDENT’S REPORT – Dr Susan Caldis
  • AWARDS
    • Life Membership awarded to Lorraine Chaffer
    • Geography 2021 HSC Achievements
    • Life Membership awarded to Sharon McLean
    • GTA NSW & ACT Support for Teachers and Students in 2022
    • PTC NSW Outstanding Professional Service Award – Catherine Donnelly
  • CLASSROOM RESOURCES
  • CAREERS
    • Geography and Careers: Making the links – Lorraine Chaffer
    • All about Urban Planning for Year 11 & 12 Geography students – Edmund McGrath
    • Geography, Agriculture and Careers – Lorraine Chaffer & Lynne Strong
    • Archibull Prize Case Studies
    • EMBEDDING AGRICULTURE IN THE GEOGRAPHY CURRICULUM
    • Why study Geography by Alan Parkinson; Reviewed by Kieran Bonin
  • FIELDWORK
    • Simplyfying the Science – Kathy Jones
    • Local Geography: Fieldwork at School – Martin Pluss
  • PROFESSIONAL LEARNING
    • GTA NSW & ACT E-Learning courses
    • Reflections on the 2021 GTA Conference – Cameron Menzies
  • INTERCONNECTIONS
    • UPCYCLING
    • The Supply Chain – Christina Kalinic & Katerina Stojanovski
  • TONGA: NATURAL HAZARDS
    • Why the volcanic eruption in Tonga was so violent, and what to expect next – Shane Cronin
  • TONGA: INTERCONNECTIONS
    • The Tonga volcanic eruption has revealed the vulnerabilities in our global telecommunication system – Dale Dominey-Howes
  • TONGA: SKILLS DEVELOPMENT – Lorraine Chaffer
  • CHANGING PLACES: CASE STUDY
    • Urban Settlement Patterns – Rebecca Sutcliffe
  • HUMAN WELLBEING
    • Children and Wellbeing: one approach to teaching – Stephanie Boden
    • Human Wellbeing as a hands-on topic to engage kinaesthetic learners – David Proctor
  • FIRST NATIONS
    • First Nations Peoples, Australia: building awareness, knowledge and understanding – Martin Pluss
  • CLASSROOM RESOURCES
    • Using Flashcards in Geography – Christina Kalinic & Katerina Stojanovski
  • ADVICE TO CONTRIBUTORS
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GEOGRAPHY BULLETIN 2021

VOLUME 53, NO. 4 2021

  • EDITORIAL
  • THE GREAT SOUTHERN REEF:
    • A Kelp Forest Ecosystem
    • The Great Southern Reef Ecosystem
    • Status of Global Kelp Forests
    • Biophysical Interactions and Ecosystem Functioning
    • Lithosphere
    • Hydrosphere
    • Atmosphere
    • Biosphere
    • Vulnerability and Resilience
    • Human Impacts
  • Management
    • Importance of Management and Protection
    • Traditional and Contemporary Aboriginal Management
    • Contemporary Management
  • ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES
    • RESTORE: Sydney’s Temperate Kelp Forests: Operation Crayweed
    • RESTORE: Western Australia’s Kelp Forest: Green Gravel Project
    • FUTURE PROOF?: Tasmania’s Giant Kelp Forests: Super Kelp
    • PROTECT: Marine Protection Areas: Protecting the GSR
  • FACT SHEET
    • Seaweed & Kelp, Seagrass & Sponges
  • ADVICE TO CONTRIBUTORS
  • Appendix – The Great Southern Reef
  • Appendix 2 Virtual Fieldwork Workbook
  • Appendix 3 – Fieldwork Guide
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VOLUME 53, NO. 3 2021

  • EDITORIAL
  • About the UN Decade of Ocean Science
  • 2021 ArcGIS StoryMaps Challenge For Restoring Our Ocean
  • Competition
  • Visualising the Human Impact on our Ocean Economy
  • Visual Capitalist (republication)
    • Why indigenous knowledge should be an essential part of how we govern the world’s oceans
  • The Conversation (republication)
    • Mapping the World’s Key Maritime Choke Points
  • Visual Capitalist (republication)
    • Container: The box that changed the world
  • Australian Maritime Museum (republication)
    • One Ocean, One Future
  • New Australian Maritime Museum exhibition
    • Skills Stimulus
    • Geographical Inquiry using posters – Focus on Oceans and Asia
  • Is Ocean Fishing Sustainable?
  • Oceans surrounding Asian countries at crisis point
  • Susan Bliss, Education consultant
  • 2021 Australian Geography competition
  • ADVICE TO CONTRIBUTORS
  • APPENDIX 1: STUDENT ACTIVITIES
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VOLUME 53, NO. 2 2021

  • EDITORIAL
  • GTA NSW & ACT NEWS
    • President’s report
    • 2021 Annual Conference Report
    • Scholarship winners
    • Webinar Review
  • AWARDS & COMPETITIONS
    • 2020 Professional Teachers Council NSW Award – Dr Paul Batten
    • GTA NSW & ACT Awards
    • Arthur Phillip Awards – Senior Geography Projects
    • 2020 HSC Geography Results
  • FIRST NATIONS PEOPLES
    • Feature Article – A framework for learning about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in the Geography classroom
    • Value of Land
    • Kanyini
    • Cultural Burning
    • Aboriginal Cultural Connections and the Hawkesbury River
    • Understanding Nations and Language Groups
    • The Torres Strait Islands
  • LANDSCAPES AND LANDFORMS
    • Oreo Plate Tectonics
  • INTERCONNECTIONS
    • The Supply Chain – Assessment Task
    • Retell the news – Stimulus based classroom activity
  • HUMAN WELLBEING
    • 1 Dollar Poverty
    • Queen of Katwe
  • VISUAL LITERACY
  • ADVICE TO CONTRIBUTORS
  • Appendix – Task 8 – Kanyini Table
  • Appendix – Guided Reading – Cool Burning
  • Appendix – Interconnections Notification
  • Appendix – Interconnections Response Booklet
  • Appendix – Dollar Poverty
  • Appendix – Queen Katwe
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VOLUME 53, Special Edition 2021

  • EDITORIAL
  • 2020 HSC
    • Examination Feedback – How to get the answer
    • 2020 Geography HSC and Scaling
  • STAGE 6 SKILLS
    • Selected HSC map skills for Year 11
  • PROFESSIONAL READING
    • Digital Volunteerism: Missing Maps
  • PROFESSIONAL LEARNING
    • GTA NSW & ACT Webinars in 2021 Program
  • BIOPHYSICAL INTERACTIONS
    • Understanding the Carbon Cycle
    • Carbon Cycle Poster activities
    • The Carbon Cycle Game
    • Guided Reading Activity
    • Madden Julian Oscillation
  • ECOSYSTEMS AT RISK
    • Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra
    • Kakadu Wetlands
  • VISUAL LITERACY
    • Deforestation and Natural Cycles
  • Advice to Contributors
  • KAKADU APPENDIX 1
  • KAKADU APPENDIX 2
  • THE CARBON CYCLE & CLIMATE CHANGE APPENDIX
  • THE CARBON CYCLE & CLIMATE CHANGE SUGGESTED ANSWERS APPENDIX 4 APPENDIX
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VOLUME 53, NO. 1 2021

  • EDITORIAL
  • CONFERENCE UPDATE
  • PRESIDENT’S REPORT
  • WEB RESOURCE: OCEAN ATLAS WEB DOSSIER and PDF
  • DIGITAL RESOURCE: Mt Resilience
  • WEB RESOURCE: TIME FOR GEOGRAPHY
  • WEB RESOURCE: TWEED SAND BYPASSING SCHOOLS PACKAGE
  • EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING EVENT: OXFAM HUNGER BANQUET
  • EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING FIELDWORK: USING GEOGRAPHICAL FIELDWORK TO TACKLE PRECONCEPTIONS ABOUT PLACE
  • PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: STEPPING OUT INTO GEOGRAPHY – REFLECTION AND DIRECTION
  • WEB RESOURCE: WHAT IS Profile.id?
  • RESOURCE: VISUAL CAPITALIST
    • Visualizing Countries by Share of Earth’s Surface
    • Visualizing the Biggest Threats to Earth’s Biodiversity
    • How To Spot Fake News
  • PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: SPATIAL TECHNOLOGY LANDSCAPES AND LANDFORMS IN GOOGLE VOYAGER
  • WEB RESOURCE: SHEMAPS STEM EDUCATION BLOG
  • WEB RESOURCE: MURRAY-DARLING BASIN
    • Lesson Packages
  • RESOURCE: TEACHING GUIDE INTERCONNECTION & THE COTTON INDUSTRY
  • RESOURCE: DOCUMENTARY ‘WILD AUSTRALIA – AFTER THE FIRES
  • 2020 AGM: ANNUAL REPORT
  • ADVICE TO CONTRIBUTORS
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GEOGRAPHY BULLETIN 2020

VOLUME 52, Special Edition 2020

  • EDITORIAL
  • PROFESSIONAL INTEREST
    • The emergence of modern geography, Plymouth, the Pacific and Prussia?
    • Geography Effect: Two decades of change
  • YEAR 11: GLOBAL CHALLENGES
    • Population ‘boom or ‘bust’ (The challenge of predicting future demographic trends)
  • STAGE 6 SKILLS: POPULATION
    • World population may shrink by 2100
    • One billion face displacement by 2050
    • Nearly 80 million displaced worldwide
  • YEAR 11: GLOBAL CHALLENGES
    • Case Study: Rare Earth Elements (REE)
    • Visualising the importance of environmental management in mining
  • STAGE 6 SKILLS: NATURAL RESOURCES
    • China may weaponise rare earths
    • Environmental Management in Mining
  • STAGE 6 FIELDWORK
    • Fieldwork with Observatory Hill EEC
  • SELECTING CASE STUDIES
    • Broken Hill: A Case Study option
  • YEAR 12: URBAN PLACES
    • Urban Dynamics of Change in Sydney Olympic Park, Newington, Rhodes and The Waterfront
  • YEAR 12: PEOPLE AND ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
    • Aquaculture
  • YEAR 12: ECOSYSTEMS AT RISK
    • Ningaloo Reef
    • Oregon Dunes
  • ADVICE TO CONTRIBUTORS
  • Download a full copy of Volume 52 Special Edition — 2020 (6 MB PDF)
  • Aquaculture HSC Case Study Supplement
  • Appendix 1 OREGON DUNES CASE STUDY
  • Appendix 2 HSC Case Study Edition Oregon Dunes
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VOLUME 52, NO. 4 2020

  • EDITORIAL
  • PRESIDENT’S REPORT
  • FIELDWORK INVESTIGATIONS
    • Fieldwork equipment and its use
  • FIELDWORK: WATER IN THE WORLD
    • Low cost fieldwork in a pandemic
  • FIELDWORK: SUSTAINABLE BIOMES
    • Investigating soils with fieldwork
  • FIELDWORK: ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
    • Investigating environmental change on the NSW South Coast
  • FIELDWORK: A PEDAGOGICAL APPROACH
    • A Geography Lesson out of every window: Fieldwork in 50
  • DISCUSSION PIECE
    • ‘That’s not an excursion. THIS is an excursion!’ Fieldwork in Denmark
  • CLASSROOM ACTIVITY: INTERCONNECTIONS
    • Connecting through time: Case Study – Dating and technology
  • CLASSROOM ACTIVITY: URBAN PLACES
    • Half a crossword
  • CLASSROOM ACTIVITY: ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
    • Biospheric processes worksheet
  • ASSESSMENT: HUMAN WELLBEING
    • Assessment Task
  • NEW RESOURCES
  • REPORT
    • Australian Geography Competition 2020
  • ADVICE TO CONTRIBUTORS
  • Download a full copy of Volume 52 No. 4 — 2020 (6 MB PDF)
  • Bulletin 52, No 4. Apps for Geography Fieldwork PPT
  • Bulletin 52, No 4 Kolombo Creek fieldwork PPT
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VOLUME 52, NO. 1 2020

  • EDITORIAL
  • GEOGRAPHY CONFERENCE 2020 PROGRAM
  • PRESIDENT’S REPORT
  • PLANET
    • Bushfires
  • PEOPLE AND PLANET
    • The Problem of an Aging Global Population, Shown by Country
    • Assessment Task – Place and Liveability
    • Assessment Task – Sustainable Biomes
  • PEOPLE, PLANET AND PROFIT
    • How Big Should the Economy Be?
    • Fight for the Bight
  • CAREERS AND SKILL DEVELOPMENT
    • Skills Development using Graphic News
    • Spatial Technologies Inside and Outside Your Geography Classroom
    • Getting students excited about Geography’s real-world applications
    • 2019 Australian Geography Competition
    • Australian Geography Competition Question Booklet
  • ADVICE TO CONTRIBUTORS
  • Appendix 1
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GEOGRAPHY BULLETIN 2019

VOLUME 51, NO. 4 2019

  • EDITORIAL
  • GEOGRAPHY MATTERS
    • Here are 9 reasons why Geography matters
    • Geography: Shaping Australia’s Future
    • The Amazon Burns
  • NEW RESOURCE: WATER IN THE WORLD
    • Flooding in the Hawkesbury-Nepean Valley
  • CONFERENCE 2020
    • Expressions of interest to present
  • PROFESSIONAL LEARNING ONLINE
    • Geography PD Learning Online
  • CITIZENSHIP
    • Teaching Citizenship
    • Going Global
    • Young People and Activism
    • Climate Change: Global Citizens and Moral Decision Making
  • RESOURCES
    • The Big Issue Classroom
    • AGTA Publications
  • ACTIONS FOR SUSTAINABILITY
    • Sustainable Action Process
  • BIODIVERSITY & ACTION FOR SUSTAINABILITY
    • Spark: NSW ecosystems on show
  • ASSESSMENT: ELECTIVE GEOGRAPHY
    • Interactions and Patterns along a Transcontinental Transect
  • ASSESSMENT: ASSESSING CAPABILITIES
    • Changing Places: Changing Assessment
  • ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
    • President’s Annual Report
    • Treasurer’s Report
  • ADVICE TO CONTRIBUTORS
  • Appendix 1a
  • Appendix 1b
  • Appendix 2a
  • Appendix 2b
  • Appendix 3a
  • Appendix 3b
  • Appendix 4a
  • Appendix 4b
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VOLUME 51, NO. 3 2019

  • Editorial
    • AGTA•19 The Innovative Geographer: A brief report. Lorraine Chaffer
  • WHAT’S HAPPENING IN OUR SCHOOLS
    • The Refugee Challenge. Holly Burgmann
    • Keeping it local. Kay Dunbar
    • Australian Geography Competition – ACT Winners. Carol Pogson
  • ENVIRONMENTAL AND HUMAN PROCESSES
    • IB Middle Years Program for Stage 4. Adrian Harrison
  • Resources
    • Tools for Geographical Inquiry. Lorraine Chaffer
  • INVESTIGATIVE STUDY: ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
    • Subarctic and subantarctic Tundra. Louise Swanson
  • FIELDWORK INQUIRY: ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
    • Minnamurra River: From source to sea. Kiama Regional Conference
  • HUMAN IMPACT: ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT
    • Ecological Footprint. Dr Susan Bliss
  • ENERGY RESOURCES
    • Perspectives on global and Australian energy markets. Martin Pluss
  • Arthur Phillip Fieldwork Competition
  • Advice to contributors
  • Appendix 1a
  • Appendix 1b
  • Appendix 2a
  • Appendix 2b
  • Appendix 3a
  • Appendix 3b
  • Appendix 4a
  • Appendix 4b
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VOLUME 51, NO. 2 2019

  • Editorial
  • STAGE 6: URBAN PLACES – URBAN DYNAMICS
    • Sydney’s Darling Harbour: A case study in the dynamics driving change in a large city in the developed world. Dr Grant Kleeman
    • Case Study: Urban dynamics in Central Maitland. Justin Mahoney
  • STAGE 6: URBAN PLACES – SUSTAINABILITY
    • Sydney’s Green Square: How to Develop a Sustainable Community in Australia’s Fastest Growing City. The Urban Developer
  • STAGE 5: CHANGING PLACES
    • Inquiry based fieldwork: Is Sydney’s ‘Central District City’ a liveable and sustainable city? Sharon Mclean
    • Part A: Planning inquiry-based fieldwork
    • Part B: Assessment Task
    • Part C: Fieldwork Booklet
    • Part D: Background information for teachers
  • STAGE 4–5: URBAN PLACES AND LIVEABILITY
    • Design an apartment block. Jessica Skinner Crowe
  • STAGE 4–6: POPULATION AND URBANISATION
    • India: Population and urbanisation. Dr Susan Bliss
  • IN THE CLASSROOM
    • Unleashing your inner geographer: Sharing your stories and building a geographical narrative
  • ADVICE TO CONTRIBUTORS
  • Appendix 1a
  • Appendix 1b
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VOLUME 51, NO. 1 2019

  • Teacher Awards
  • Editorial
  • Biomes
    • Sustainable biomes: An introduction
    • Sustainable biomes crossword and answers
  • Challenges to Food Production
    • Urban sprawl is threatening Sydney’s food bowl
    • Bees, biomes and food security
    • Farming on thin ice
    • Planning for climate extremes in global farming
  • Human Alteration and Management
    • Dehydration and rehydration of the Australian landscape
    • Sustainable water and energy management in Australia’s farming landscapes
    • Careers in Agriculture
    • Sustainability: Newcastle Grammar School’s rooftop gardens
  • Classroom Resources
    • Using Dark Emu in the Geography classroom
    • Water in the World – A new digital resource
    • Making every Geography lesson count
  • From The 2019 Annual Conference
    • 2019 Annual Conference report and feedback
    • It’s not about the drones
    • What makes a Geography assessment geographical?
    • Investigating human & natural environments at Sydney Olympic Park
    • Arthur Phillip Awards & Award Ceremony photographs
  • Advice to contributors
  • Appendix 1a
  • Appendix 1b
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GEOGRAPHY BULLETIN 2018

VOLUME 51, NO. 4 2018

  • Editorial
  • A Guide to Geography Bulletin Resources
  • Positive Global Trends
    • 12 Emerging Global Trends
  • Environmental Change & Management
    • Marine Environments
    • Assessment Task: Coastal Environments
    • Feature Article: Coral Reefs
    • Feature Article: Sydney Harbour Estuary
    • New York Harbour Estuary Comparative Study
  • GTANSW President Report, AGM 2018
  • GTANSW Financial Statements 2018
  • Advice to Contributors
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VOLUME 51, NO. 3 2018

  • Editorial
  • Aboriginal Australia Series
    • Part 4: Threats to Aboriginal Land
  • Human Wellbeing
    • Feature Article: An Australian NGO – The Catherine Hamlin Fistula Foundation
    • A card game with The Gap Minder Map
    • What’s it like to be young and from overseas in Australia?
    • Multicultural Youth Australia Census 2017
    • Global indicators and benchmarks for Human Wellbeing
    • Human Wellbeing Workbook
    • Assessment Task: Human Wellbeing
  • Arthur Phillip Awards 2018
  • Advice to Contributors
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VOLUME 51, NO. 2 2018

  • Editorial
  • Annual Report
    • Geography Teachers Association of NSW
  • Professional Learning
    • Geographical Education
    • My Induction App
  • Aboriginal Australia Series
    • Part 2: Aboriginal Fire Management
  • Geomorphic Hazards
    • Earthquakes in Haiti and Chile
  • Illustrative Study: A Natural Disaster
    • Whose fault? Port-au-Prince, Haiti
  • Landscapes and Landforms: Deserts
    • Namib Desert
  • Primary Resource
    • Geography Alive – Stage 2
  • Secondary Resources
    • Game of Thrones Mapping Task
    • Introducing Landscapes and Landforms
    • Changing Places Task
    • Two Shared Teaching Units
  • GTANSW 2017 AGM
    • Minutes
    • Financial Report
  • Advice to Contributors
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VOLUME 51, NO. 1 2018

  • Editorial
  • Annual Report
    • Geography Teachers Association of NSW
  • Professional Learning
    • Geographical Education
    • My Induction App
  • Aboriginal Australia Series
    • Part 2: Aboriginal Fire Management
  • Geomorphic Hazards
    • Earthquakes in Haiti and Chile
  • Illustrative Study: A Natural Disaster
    • Whose fault? Port-au-Prince, Haiti
  • Landscapes and Landforms: Deserts
    • Namib Desert
  • Primary Resource
    • Geography Alive – Stage 2
  • Secondary Resources
    • Game of Thrones Mapping Task
    • Introducing Landscapes and Landforms
    • Changing Places Task
    • Two Shared Teaching Units
  • GTANSW 2017 AGM
    • Minutes
    • Financial Report
  • Advice to Contributors
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