Exploring Australia’s Mountain Ranges

Australia is a flat country. The average elevation across the continent is just 330 metres, which is lower than any other country in the world.

Despite the lack of height of Australia’s mountains, the rocks that do exist are very interesting to geologists (scientists who study rocks). Some of the oldest and most unusual exposed rocks in the world can be found within Australia’s mountain ranges.

Australia is also home to many rock formations (which are not technically mountains). Some of these include Uluru, The Pinnacles and Bungle Bungle.

Ready-Made Lessons on Australia’s Mountain Ranges

Recognising the natural features of places is an important part of geographical understanding.

This teaching presentation has been designed to introduce students to mountain ranges as a natural feature of Australia’s landscape. It addresses the following content:

• an explanation of how mountains form
• an overview of Australia’s mountain ranges
• a list of the highest mountains in each state and territory
• a case study of the Great Dividing Range.

This PowerPoint presentation includes:

• informative slides
• links to resources
• whole class activities
• independent tasks.

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Access the Microsoft PowerPoint presentation via the Download button above.

Project onto your interactive screen and work through the slides for a ready-made, paperless Geography lesson!