Geography K–10 Syllabus (2015)
Find out more about the Geography K–10 Syllabus (2015) and access teaching and learning support materials.
New syllabuses implemented from 2027
The new syllabuses to be implemented from 2027 are:
Geography 7–10 Syllabus (2024)
HSIE K–6 Syllabus (2024)
• 2025 and 2026 – Plan and prepare to teach the new syllabuses
• 2027 – Start teaching the new syllabuses
School sectors are responsible for implementing syllabuses and are best placed to provide schools with specific guidance and information on implementation given their understanding of their individual contexts.
Detailed implementation information, including key features and resources, is available on the HSIE Syllabus development page.
About the course
Geography is the study of places and the relationships between people and their environments.
Geography develops in students an interest in and engagement with the world. Through geographical inquiry students will develop an understanding of the interactions between people, places and environments across a range of scales in order to become informed, responsible and active citizens.
The Geography Years 7–10 course includes Life Skills outcomes and content for students with disability.
Students learn how to undertake geographical inquiry and fieldwork to build and extend knowledge and understanding about people, places and environments. They propose explanations for significant patterns, trends, relationships and anomalies in geographical phenomena. Students learn to apply geographical concepts including place, space, environment, interconnection, scale, sustainability and change to identify questions and guide their investigations.
The study of Geography also provides opportunities for students to learn to use a wide range of geographical tools including maps, fieldwork, graphs and statistics, spatial technologies and visual representations.
Years 7–8
In Years 7–8, students will have the opportunity to explore geographical processes that influence the features of places and environments across a range of scales. They investigate how places are valued differently and interconnections within environments and between people, places and environments. Students learn about geographical phenomena, the liveability of places, and management strategies.
Years 9–10
In Years 9–10, students will have the opportunity to explain geographical processes that transform places and environments, and explain the likely consequences of these changes. They analyse interconnections between people, places and environments and propose explanations for distributions, patterns and spatial variations over time and across scales. Students investigate changing environments, global differences in human wellbeing, and strategies to address challenges now and in the future.
Board Developed Course
Course number(s):
- 4015 Geography
- 4018 Geography Life Skills
Exclusions: Students may not access both the Geography Years 7–10 outcomes and content and the Geography Life Skills outcomes and content.
Fieldwork is an essential part of the study of Geography. All students must undertake fieldwork in Stage 4 and Stage 5.
Information about curriculum requirements for the RoSA are available on Assessment Certification Examination (ACE).
Assessment information and support
Teaching and learning support
Use these support materials to guide and plan your teaching and assessment.
The Life Skills outcomes worksheet can be used to collect information on the outcomes that a student has achieved before recording them in Schools Online.
Early Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
Stage 4
- Geography K–10: Sample scope and sequence (Stage 4) (DOCX 21.34KB)
- Geography K–10: Sample scope and sequence (Stage 4 integrated with Life Skills) (DOCX 19.13KB)
- Integrated: Sample scope and sequence (Stage 4 Life Skills) – A (DOCX 15.78KB)
- Integrated: Sample scope and sequence (Stage 4 Life Skills) – B (DOCX 21.43KB)
Stage 5
- Geography K–10: Sample scope and sequence (Stage 5) (DOCX 22.17KB)
- Integrated: Sample scope and sequence (Stage 5 Life Skills) – A (DOCX 20.07KB)
Stage 4–6
Stage 5
- Geography K–10: Sample work (Stage 5) – Australian communities
- Geography K–10: Sample work (Stage 5) – Australia's human characteristics
- Geography K–10: Sample work (Stage 5) – Changing Australian communities
- Geography K–10: Sample work (Stage 5) – Fieldwork and research action plan
- Geography K–10: Sample work (Stage 5) – Food security
- Geography K–10: Sample work (Stage 5) – Natural hazards in Australia