Year 11 Geography Fieldwork

Student Reflection on Unit 1 Geography Fieldwork

All students in the Year 11 Geography class visited the Kinglake region, taking on the roles of members of a private research organisation that was hired by the State Government of Victoria to investigate all 2019 aspects of the Black Saturday Bushfires, 2009. Students gathered primary data on different aspects of the disaster which then contributed to a larger report that is intended to be delivered to the Government. Students took on different roles, including ecologists, geologists, geomorphologists, economists, historians, building, infrastructure and structural engineers, urban and land use planners, sociologists, anthropologists and psychologists to gather data and to write reports.

Clinton Chiumello

Teaching & Learning Leader

Noah Loven (Year 11) reflects on his experience:

On 6th May, the Year 11 Geography class went to the Kinglake region, a region that in 2009 was devastated by the Black Saturday Bushfires, documented as one of Australia’s most destructive fires. We went to the Kinglake region as a part of our Year 11 fieldwork, to survey many aspects of how the region changed and developed since the fires. We explored many areas of the region as well as seeing many of the beautiful natural wildlife that the Kinglake region has to offer. The excursion also brought the devastation of the fires to the forefront of our minds as we visited the bushfire memorial at the Toorourong Reservoir. I for one thoroughly enjoyed this excursion as it exposed me to a part of Victoria I rarely get to experience.

Noah Loven

Year 11