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The Geography Discovery Centre
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The Discovery section is the place to find out about special topics of history or current topics of
geographical interest.
Navigating
a Continent
The link below will take you to the Society's resources put together on the
English and French expeditions to finally map Australia 1800-1804..
Flinders and Baudin Encounter 2002
Conquering a Continent
John McDouall Stuart -
his background, his companions, their horses and the
magnificent story of the first successful crossing of the Australian continent.
The Overland Telegraph Line followed the path of this most successful
Australian explorer, further information on
John McDouall Stuart is at: www.johnmcdouallstuart.org.au
or a bibliography on
Stuart from this Society, admin@rgssa.org.au
Student
Geographical Projects
Below are listed some useful sites for you to
explore. If you wish to have a Society Member visit your school or tertiary
institution please contact the Society.
The Society welcomes tour groups and
students throughout our opening hours.
Mapping
Weather
Geology
Floods Maps - http://flood.firetree.net/
This is an interesting site to simulate sea level rise
around the world. Select the part of the world you wish to see the impact of sea
level change and then select the sea level rise in metres. Check out the
satellite image of Adelaide with a 14 metre rise in sea level!
This site is nominated by the Geography
Teachers Association of S.A.
Careers
in Geography
Geography
as a subject or a career, through the Geography Teachers' Association
of Australia
Teacher/Student Geographical
Resources
The Global Education Centre is a non-profit, non-government organisation
committed to global education, by supporting South Australian community members,
teachers and students through:
- Hosting and running workshops from teacher professional development to
student workshops;
- Resources for loan and for sale including books, magazines, videos, CD's,
DVD's, posters, simulation games.
From
this site, Global
Education Centre (SA) Inc.
1st Floor, Torrens Building
220 Victoria Square
Adelaide 5000 South Australia
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