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7–10Geography Elective 7–10 Syllabus (2025)

Implementation from 2028
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Life Skills for Stage 4/5

Through collaborative curriculum planning, it may be decided that Life Skills outcomes and content are the most appropriate option for some students with intellectual disability.

Human geography: Australia’s neighbours

Content in Thinking and working geographically outlines how geographical concepts, inquiry skills and tools are to be integrated with the content in this focus area.

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Thinking and working geographically
  • Engage with relevant geographical concepts

  • Participate in geographical inquiry for the purpose of observing data, collecting and recording data and information, presenting findings and drawing conclusions

  • Use relevant geographical tools

  • Communicate ideas about the Asia-Pacific region through oral, visual, written or multimodal texts

Physical geography of the Asia-Pacific region
  • Countries of the Asia-Pacific region

  • Location of Australia in the Asia-Pacific region

  • Location of mountains, rivers and oceans in the Asia-Pacific region

  • Diverse ecosystems across the Asia-Pacific region

  • Plants and animals common to specific areas in the Asia-Pacific region

  • Factors that determine where people live in the Asia-Pacific region

  • Environmental challenges and their impacts on human activities in the Asia-Pacific region

Diverse sociocultural geographies of the Asia-Pacific region
  • Cultures or traditions of a country in the Asia-Pacific region

  • Diverse cultures of the Asia-Pacific region

  • Cultures of the Asia-Pacific region represented in Australia, including through celebrations, food, religion and traditions

  • Demographic features of countries in the Asia-Pacific region

  • Settlement patterns within countries and across the Asia-Pacific region

Economic geography and regional interdependence
  • Movement of people in the Asia-Pacific region, including for migration, work and travel

  • Trade and trade routes in the Asia-Pacific region

  • Resources produced and consumed in the Asia-Pacific region

  • Exports and imports within the region and with countries outside the Asia-Pacific region

  • Differences in income, living standards, and access to services within and between countries

  • Organisations that respond to shared challenges in the Asia-Pacific region

Investigative study

Investigation of ONE country in the Asia-Pacific region.

  • Location of the selected country

  • Physical and human features of the selected country

  • Culture and traditions of the selected country

  • Demographics of the selected country

  • A contemporary geographical issue affecting the selected country

  • The roles of individuals, groups or governments in addressing the selected issue

  • A response strategy that has been used to address the issue

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