Australian Geography Competition

Australian Geography Competition

The Australian Geography Competition is an Australia-wide competition run by the Royal Geographic Society of Queensland and the Australian Geography Teachers Association and sponsored by the National Geographic Channel. It tests the geographic knowledge of high school students from years 8-12. It starts with a written multiple choice test in early March. In the under 16 competition the winners from each state & the territories (Australian Capital Territory, Northern Territory, Cocos Islands) are taken as well as a runner up who has the highest score after these winners. These people are flown to Sydney at the start of June for a weekend of sightseeing followed by the national final. The winners go on to the National Geographic World Championship to represent Australia. The competition is also used to select the members of the Australian team for the International Geography Olympiad

Winners

2001

1st Andrew Peters (Gulgong, New South Wales)

2nd Andrew Jones (Brisbane, Queensland)

3rd Campbell Mackenzie (Perth, Western Australia)

2002

1st Daniel Kluger-Wynne (Melbourne, Victoria)

2nd Patrick Cocotti-Larkin (Canberra, Australian Capital Territory)

2003

1st David Rooney (Adelaide, South Australia)

2nd Jose Molina Santos (Geraldton, Western Australia)

2004

1st Chris McCanna (Gold Coast, Queensland)

2nd Stephen Squires (Adelaide, South Australia)

2005

1st Norman Ma (Sydney, New South Wales)

2nd Michael Memeo (Perth, Western Australia)

3rd Angus Sandford (Darwin, Northern Territory)

2006

1st Roman Zethoven (Melbourne, Victoria)

2nd Liam Baker (Canberra, Australian Capital Territory)

3rd Mathew Beddard (Gold Coast, Queensland)

2007

1st Mathew Beddard (Gold Coast, Queensland)

2nd David Vasak (Sydney, New South Wales)

3rd David Johnson (Sydney, New South Wales)

External links

* http://www.rgsq.gil.com.au/agc.htm


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