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

Implementation from 2028
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Stage 4

Physical geography: Interactions and patterns across a continent

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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Select ONE transcontinental transect to investigate from the options below:

  • Australia from Perth to Sydney
  • Australia from Adelaide to Darwin
  • Australia along the Tropic of Capricorn
  • North America from Los Angeles or San Francisco to New York
  • North America from Seattle to Boston
  • South America along the equator
  • Africa along the equator
  • Africa from Cape Town to Cairo
  • Asia from Dhaka to Beijing
  • The Trans-Siberian Railway
  • India from north to south
  • China from west to east
  • South America from Lima to Rio de Janeiro
  • Europe from Calais to Naples
  • Antarctica through the South Pole
  • Other selected transcontinental transect.
Thinking and working geographically
  • Select and apply relevant geographical concepts

  • Conduct geographical inquiry by analysing geographical information

  • Evaluate the effectiveness of a geographical inquiry

  • Select a range of relevant geographical tools

  • Create written texts to describe and explain patterns and interactions between people, places and environments along a transcontinental transect

Diverse physical environments
  • Geographical location and positioning of the selected transect

  • Biogeographical features and variations in vegetation and fauna along the selected transect

  • The influence of topography and altitude on climate, vegetation zones and biodiversity along the selected transect

  • Distribution of water resources along the selected transect

Dynamic human environments
  • Changes in the human environment along the selected transect, including population, settlement patterns, and cultural and linguistic diversity

  • Economic activity influenced by resources and the environment along the selected transect

  • Transport networks and their contribution to the movement of goods and people, enhancing connectivity along the selected transect

Human–environment interactions
  • Interactions of physical and human characteristics along the selected transect, including how climate and topography influence patterns of settlement and land use

  • Sustainable land use practices and natural resource management along the selected transect

  • Cultural Practices that influence human–environment interactions along the selected transect, including those of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Peoples or international Indigenous Peoples

  • The impact of natural hazards and how people respond to them in places along the selected transect

Significant places, events and issues
  • Significant physical, cultural and religious events that occur along the selected transect

  • Significant places and events along the selected transect, including those of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Peoples or international Indigenous Peoples

  • Investigation of a contemporary geographical issue relevant to the selected transect

  • Environmental change and future sustainability along the selected transect

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