Students in Years 7, 8, 10 and 11 participated in the 25th annual Australian Geography Competition earlier this year.

Over 71,000 students from around Australia entered the competition, which is a joint initiative of the Australian Geography Teachers’ Association and the Royal Geographical Society of Queensland.

The Competition Coordinator, Bernard Fitzpatrick, said the competition gave teachers an opportunity to highlight geography in their schools and challenge their students.

“With current international affairs, geography is a vital subject that all young people should study. Understanding place and people, and the socio-economic and environmental interactions at local, regional, national and international scales is important to the economic and environmental future of Australia,” said Mr Fitzpatrick.

“With the Australian Curriculum: Geography implemented nationally, it’s an exciting time to be involved in geographical education, and the competition plays its part in this,” Mr Fitzpatrick said.

The results are amazing given only half of the Year 7 and Year 8 cohort were provided with the opportunity to sit for the competition. These results reflect the exceptional learning that occurs in geography classrooms at CHAC. The great geography teachers also deserve credit – Ms Devonshire, Mrs Edmonds, Mrs Hennesy (Ms Joyce), Ms Ali and Mr Florido.

Congratulations to all students who participated in the competition with special commendation to the students listed below: