Geography
HASS Knowledge and Understanding
Here you will find the relevant UN Sustainable Development Goals and Cross Curriculum Priorities for Geography. Click on the numbered tabs below to access the Content Descriptions, Lesson Suggestions and OWC Resources for each year group.
Lesson Suggestions
Content Description
The globe as a representation of the Earth on which Australia and other countries can be located. The location of familiar places on a map.
The places people live in and belong to, the reasons places are special or important to people and their significance to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
UN Sustainable Development Goals
Cross-Curriculum Priorities
Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Histories & Cultures
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Lesson Suggestions
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OWC Catalogue
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ASIA and Australia's Engagement with Asia
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OWC Catalogue
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Sustainability
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OWC Catalogue
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The location of the Equator and the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, including the poles.
The location of local places and their natural, managed and constructed features.
How places change and how they can be cared for by different groups, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
UN Sustainable Development Goals
Cross-Curriculum Priorities
Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Histories & Cultures
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OWC Catalogue
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ASIA and Australia's Engagement with Asia
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OWC Catalogue
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Sustainability
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The location of the major geographical divisions of the world in relation to Australia.
How people and places interconnect across Australia, Asia and the world.
The ways in which Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples maintain connections to Country/Place, the names and meanings given to local features and places.
How places can be defined on a variety of geographical scales
UN Sustainable Development Goals
Cross-Curriculum Priorities
Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Histories & Cultures
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OWC Catalogue
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ASIA and Australia's Engagement with Asia
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OWC Catalogue
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Sustainability
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The location of Australian states, territories, capital cities and major regional centres of Western Australia. The location and identifying attributes of Australia’s major natural features.
How language groups of Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples divide their Country/Place and how this compares to the surveyed boundaries of Australian states and territories.
The location of Australia’s neighbouring countries and the similarities and differences in natural and human characteristics.
UN Sustainable Development Goals
Cross-Curriculum Priorities
Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Histories & Cultures
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Lesson Suggestions
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OWC Catalogue
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ASIA and Australia's Engagement with Asia
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OWC Catalogue
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Sustainability
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OWC Catalogue
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The main characteristics of the continents of Africa and Europe, and the location of their major countries in relation to Australia.
The importance of environments to animals and people, and the different views on how they can be protected.
Sustainable use and management of renewable and non-renewable resources
UN Sustainable Development Goals
Cross-Curriculum Priorities
Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Histories & Cultures
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OWC Resources
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ASIA and Australia's Engagement with Asia
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OWC Resources
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Sustainability
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The main characteristics of the continents of South America and North America, and the location of their major countries in relation to Australia.
The way people alter the environmental characteristics of Australian places
The impact of bushfires, droughts, cyclones, floods or other weather events on environments and communities, and how people can respond.
UN Sustainable Development Goals
Cross-Curriculum Priorities
Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Histories & Cultures
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OWC Catalogue
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ASIA and Australia's Engagement with Asia
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OWC Catalogue
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Sustainability
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OWC Catalogue
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The location of the major countries of the Asia region in relation to Australia and the geographical diversity within the region.
The world’s cultural diversity, including that of its First Nations peoples who live in different regions in the world Australia’s connection with countries and how these connections change people and places.
UN Sustainable Development Goals
Cross-Curriculum Priorities
Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Histories & Cultures
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OWC Resources
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ASIA and Australia's Engagement with Asia
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OWC Resources
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Sustainability
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Perspectives, Cultural Responsiveness & Learning Environments (Early Years Learning Framework V2)
UN Sustainable Development Goals
Cross-Curriculum Priorities
Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Histories & Cultures
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OWC Catalogue
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ASIA and Australia's Engagement with Asia
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OWC Catalogue
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Sustainability
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OWC Catalogue
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Content Description
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Perspectives, Cultural Responsiveness & Learning Environments (Early Years Learning Framework V2)
UN Sustainable Development Goals
Cross-Curriculum Priorities
Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Histories & Cultures
Elaboration:
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Lesson Suggestions
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OWC Catalogue
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ASIA and Australia's Engagement with Asia
Elaboration:
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OWC Catalogue
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Sustainability
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Lesson Suggestions
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OWC Catalogue
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Content Description
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Perspectives, Cultural Responsiveness & Learning Environments (Early Years Learning Framework V2)
UN Sustainable Development Goals
Cross-Curriculum Priorities
Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Histories & Cultures
Elaboration:
TBC
Lesson Suggestions
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OWC Catalogue
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ASIA and Australia's Engagement with Asia
Elaboration:
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Lesson Suggestions
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OWC Catalogue
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Sustainability
Elaboration:
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Lesson Suggestions
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OWC Catalogue
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Content Description
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Perspectives, Cultural Responsiveness & Learning Environments (Early Years Learning Framework V2)
UN Sustainable Development Goals
Cross-Curriculum Priorities
Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Histories & Cultures
Elaboration:
TBC
Lesson Suggestions
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TBC
OWC Catalogue
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ASIA and Australia's Engagement with Asia
Elaboration:
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Lesson Suggestions
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OWC Catalogue
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Sustainability
Elaboration:
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Lesson Suggestions
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OWC Catalogue
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Content Description
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UN Sustainable Development Goals
Cross-Curriculum Priorities
Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Histories & Cultures
Elaboration:
TBC
Lesson Suggestions
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TBC
OWC Catalogue
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TBC
ASIA and Australia's Engagement with Asia
Elaboration:
TBC
OWC Catalogue
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Sustainability
Elaboration:
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OWC Catalogue
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