Australia Geography and Landmarks Unit
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Our Australian Geography and Landmarks Unit helps you to explore Australia with your students. This resource integrates reading, writing and social studies, so it can be used throughout your day.
We have also included information, where appropriate, about the history of each state and urban areas, including how the area was used by indigenous groups in the past.
This unit directly links to the Year 3 HASS - Geography section of the Australian Curriculum:
- The representation of Australia as states and territories and as Countries/Places of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples; and major places in Australia, both natural and human (ACHASSK066)
Use these activities with individuals, pairs, small groups or your entire class.
In our Australian Geography and Landmarks Unit you will receive:
- An Australian States map puzzle
- Eight fact cards
- New South Wales
- Queensland
- Melbourne
- Western Australia
- South Australia
- Northern Territory
- Tasmania
- ACT
- Eight fact cards
- Eight puzzle pieces with a range of activities
- Australian Urban Areas Fact Cards and Follow Up Activities
- 19 fact cards based on Australian cities and towns
- Sydney
- Melbourne
- Brisbane
- Perth
- Adelaide
- Gold Coast
- Canberra
- Sunshine Coast
- Hobart
- Townsville
- Cairns
- Darwin
- Ballarat
- Alice Springs
- Ballarat
- Broome
- Wollongong
- Kalgoorlie
- Albany
- Port Hedlands
- These fact cards include QR codes that can be scanned to reveal further visual information about the location.
- 19 fact cards based on Australian cities and towns
- 19 follow up activity postcards
- These feature cloze reading, find specific details and summarising activities, which make this resource easily differentiated.
- 19 follow up activity postcards
- Australian Geography and Landmarks Research Skills Activities
- 18 research skills postcards based on iconic Australian landmarks
- We have included 18 of these natural and man-made landmarks, such as the Sydney Harbour Bridge, Uluru (Ayers Rock), Great Barrier Reef, Australian War Memorial, Mount Kosciuszko, The Bungle Bungle Range, Lake Hilliers, and the Shrine of Remembrance.
- Students take part in independent research and share their findings on the provided postcards.
- If you have a landmark you would like added, please let us know and we can add this!
- 18 research skills postcards based on iconic Australian landmarks
- This activity could be used with the whole class or with early finishers.
- Answers are provided where applicable.
- Additional web links are provided about each urban centre.
- Tips for Use information sheets to get the most out of this resource.
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