First Nations Geography of Australia | Kakadu Cultural Landscapes | HASS

First Nations Geography of Australia | Kakadu Cultural Landscapes | HASS

Explore Kakadu National Park as both a remarkable physical landscape and a living cultural landscape with this ready-to-use Geography lesson for Grades 6–8.
Students investigate Kakadu’s diverse environments, extraordinary rock art heritage, continuing connections between Traditional Owners and Country, and the partnership involved in managing the national park. They move beyond simply identifying landforms to consider how landscape, culture, history, knowledge, and Country are interconnected.

The lesson culminates in a collaborative Kakadu Landscape Exhibit, where students use authoritative, publicly shared sources to communicate Kakadu’s ecological and cultural significance.

What’s Included
- Teacher Directions for 1–2 class periods
- Student-friendly overview + mini research questions
- Kakadu Landscape Exhibit group project
- Curated online research resources
- 3 student research, analysis & planning pages
- Color + black-and-white student pages

Students Will
- Explore Kakadu’s wetlands, floodplains, savanna woodlands and sandstone escarpments
- Investigate Kakadu as both a physical and cultural landscape
- Examine connections between Traditional Owners and Country
- Explore what publicly shared information about rock art reveals about cultural continuity
- Connect rock art with environmental knowledge, cultural life and Country
- Examine how Traditional Owners and Parks Australia work within a joint-management model
- Compare Kakadu’s natural and cultural values
- Investigate its recognition as a UNESCO World Heritage site
- Gather evidence from authoritative, publicly shared sources
- Synthesize research rather than simply collect facts Year8-03-Kakadu-Landscape-Exhib…

Perfect For
- Grades 6–8
- Australian Geography
- HASS
- First Nations Geography
- Landscapes & Landforms
- Cultural Landscapes
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures
- Geography inquiry
- Research and source-analysis skills
- Collaborative learning

Australian Curriculum / ACARA Disclaimer
This is an independently created educational resource designed to support classroom instruction and has been developed with reference to relevant Australian Curriculum: Humanities and Social Sciences (HASS) / Geography content and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures cross-curriculum priority.
This resource is not affiliated with, endorsed by, approved by, or officially connected to the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), the Australian Curriculum, Parks Australia, UNESCO, or any state or territory education authority. References to curriculum terminology, organizations, frameworks, or content are provided for educational, research, and alignment purposes only.