Geography students from Farrer High School tested their geographical skills and knowledge against students from all around Australia in the 2017 Australian Geography Competition.
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Geography teacher Dave Olrich said he had recently received the results and was pleased with how the students had performed.
“We have a number of student geographers at our school who performed to a very high level in the Competition this year with Bradley Froud and Ned Hoath finishing in the top 0.5 per cent in their Year level across Australia. There were 3 other students gaining high distinctions, 1 distinction and 4 credits,” said Mr Olrich.
“Over 70,000 students from 743 schools across Australia entered the Australian Geography Competition so the results give us an external benchmark as to how our students are going in certain aspects of geography.”
The Competition’s national coordinator, Bernard Fitzpatrick, said the competition “aims to encourage student interest in geography and to reward student excellence”.
“Geography is an important subject which develops a student’s understanding of the spatial interrelationships between people and place. It helps students appreciate the complex nature of local, regional and global social, economic, and environmental interactions,” he said.
The Competition is a joint initiative of the Australian Geography Teachers’ Association and the Royal Geographical Society of Queensland, and in NSW it is sponsored by Macquarie University.
