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Area of Study One - Key Knowledge
• an overview of Australian outdoor environments before humans, including characteristics of biological isolation, geological stability, and climatic variations
• relationships with Australian outdoor environments expressed by specific Indigenous communities before and after European colonisation
• relationships with Australian outdoor environments as influenced by:
– the first non-Indigenous settlers’ experiences
– increasing population
– industrialisation
– nation building
• the foundation and role of environmental movements in changing relationships with outdoor environments, in relation to at least one of the following:
– The Wilderness Society
– Australian Conservation Foundation
– Victorian National Parks Association
– Greenpeace
– Gould League
Area of Study Two - Key Knowledge
Contemporary societal relationships with outdoor environments reflected in different forms of conservation, recreation, primary industries, and tourism practices
• the factors influencing contemporary societal relationships with outdoor environments, including:
– the effects of different technologies
– commercialisation of outdoor environments and outdoor experiences
– portrayals of outdoor environments and outdoor experiences in the media, music, art, writing and advertising
– social responses to risk taking
– social and political discourses about climate change, water management, biosecurity and other contemporary environmental issues.
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Analyse
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Compare
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Contrast
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Compare and contrast
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