2015 HIGHER SCHOOL CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION

Geography
Stimulus Booklet
Source A – Synoptic chart – Australia

5°S

10°S
100
4 0
100 1000
15°S

L 20°S
Z

25°S
10
8 0

30°S

35°S
1016 1008 H
1016
H 101
6 40°S
1016 H

105°E 110°E 115°E 120°E 125°E 130°E 135°E 140°E 145°E 150°E 155°E 160°E 165°E
Rainfall: mm/6 hours
1000
Isobar value = hPa 50 20 10 5 2 1 0.2
© Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 2015, Bureau of Meteorology

Source B – Occupations of employed persons in a Source C – Total population for

Western Australian town in 2011 Western Australia

Number of employed persons: 8206

Year Population

Professionals
2006 2 048 500
Technicians and trades

Labourers 2011 2 210 400

Community and
personal service workers
2016 (projected) 2 376 400
Machinery workers

Other 2021 (projected) 2 534 600

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 Source D – Yandina area (Queensland) topographic map

87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00

SCALE 1:50 000

64 Kilometres N 64
0 1 2

26°33'

63 63

62 62

61 61
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60 60
26°35'

59 59

58 58

57 57

87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00
152°55' 153°00'
Reproduced with courtesy of the Australian Army
 Source E – Photograph taken in Yandina area
© Tim Scheubel
Legend for Sources D and F

Built up area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Sealed road two or more lanes; National route marker . . . . . . . .

Sealed road one lane; Cutting; Embankment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Unsealed road two or more lanes; Culvert; Causeway . . . . . . . . .

Unsealed road one lane; Approximate position (AP) . . . . . . . . . .

Vehicle track; Road bridge; Gate; Stock grid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Mine; Building; Ruin; Yard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Windmill; Communication tower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Fence; Horizontal control point; Spot elevation . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Contour with value and cliff; Depression contours . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Sand dunes; Sand ridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Source F – Cape Boileau (Western Australia) landform map Vegetation; Dense, medium, scattered . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SCALE 1 : 100 000 Scrub; Dense, medium, scattered . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
N
km 0 1 2 3
Land subject to inundation; Ricefield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
49
Perennial lake; Watercourse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
48 Intermittent lake; Watercourse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

47 Creek; Falls; Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Tank or small dam; Waterhole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

46
Dam wall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
45

44
Source D Contour interval = 20 m

43 Source F Contour interval = 20 m

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 Awaiting copyright

Source H – World Map

N

NORTH
AMERICA
EUROPE
San Francisco
ASIA

AFRICA

SOUTH
AMERICA

AUSTRALIA

ANTARCTICA

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