Geography Excellence – The Australian Geography Competition

I am so proud to announce that our Geography students excelled in the Australian Geography Competition achieving nine high distinction awards, 17 distinction awards and several credits across Years 8 to 10. An acknowledgement and a very big congratulations to Kate Pitman-Fernandez who has been recognised as achieving in the top 1% of the State.

The Australian Geography Competition is the largest national Geography competition for High School students and is sponsored by The University of Melbourne, University of NSW, Monash University, The University of Queensland, and Curtin University. The design of the competition is to assess student geographical knowledge and skills and reward excellence. This year this national competition attracted over 72,000 student competitors.

Brigida Zagora
Head of HSIE (Humanities and Social Sciences)

Year 8 High Distinction
Clio Apostolopoulos
Louisa Giugni
Sabina Klar
Zara Saade

Year 8 Distinction
Tanvi Chava
Sienna Di Santo
Emma Frecker
Laila Gregory
Tara Merrick
Alannah Quinn

Year 9 High Distinctions
Annelies Notelaers
Calliope Stewart
Sanya Thapa

Year 9 Distinctions
Amy Blue
Gabby Curro
Gabrielle Indra
Isabella Kelly
Zara Ters

Year 10 High Distinctions
Kate Pitman-Fernandez – Top 1% in NSW
Chloe Gu
Jayden Xie

Year 10 Distinctions
Eve Blanchard
Ava Casonato
Charlize Daher
Michelle Indra
Isabel Marturia
Lily Vincent

Student reflections

Participating in the Australian Geography competition was an interesting experience to test my geographical knowledge and skills which included reading various graphs, making educated guesses and predictions and interpreting a map accurately. I found many questions challenging as they examined my critical thinking skills. Overall, I enjoyed participating in this competition.
Gaby Indra
Year 9 Distinction Winner

The competition consisted of a number of multiple choice questions that were designed to test and challenge our understanding of geography. In doing so, we tested our existing knowledge based on class work and were also extended with questions unrelated to class work. This drew on our logical thinking, general knowledge in addition to our ability to make educated guesses. It was an interesting and challenging exercise.
Zara Ters
Year 9 Distinction Winner