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Level 1 Geography, 201591010 Apply concepts and basic geographic skills to demonstrate understanding of a given environment

9.30 a.m. Thursday 12 November 2015 Credits: Four

RESOURCE BOOKLET

Refer to this booklet to answer the questions for Geography 91010.

Check that this booklet has pages 2 – 10 in the correct order and that none of these pages is blank.

YOU MAY KEEP THIS BOOKLET AT THE END OF THE EXAMINATION.

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Resource A: Introduction to the City of the Gold Coast

The Gold Coast is a coastal city in south-east Queensland.

The Gold Coast will host the Commonwealth Games in 2018.

Queensland

City of the Gold Coast

New South Wales

Resource B: Australia and Europe – Area Size Comparison

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Resource C: Map of the Gold Coast

Scale

Key

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Resource D: Broadbeach

Convention Centre Broadbeach Waters

Jupiter’s Casino Pacific Fair Miami Keys

Resource E: Map of Broadbeach Waters and Miami Keys

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Resource F: Google Earth Image of Broadbeach Waters and Miami Keys

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Resource G: Whale Watching

The Gold Coast has the largest concentration of theme parks in the world and this, along with the whale watching cruises on offer, make it an exciting place to visit.

Each year, around 10 000 whales per year migrate past the Gold Coast over the course of the five-month whale watching period.

Resource H: Whale Migratory Patterns

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Resource I: The 2018 Commonwealth Games

The Brand

The Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games™ will be the largest sporting event Australia will see this decade and the biggest sporting spectacular the Gold Coast has ever seen.

The Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games™ brand issues an open invitation to participate and celebrate every aspect of the Games.

Employment Opportunities

The Commonwealth Games Corporation will host approximately 6 500 athletes and team officials from more than 70 Commonwealth countries.

Currently the tourism industry employs over 90 % of the workforce.

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Resource J: Commonwealth Games Viewpoints (Perspectives)

We have been told there will be ashortage of accommodation for

technical officials and media personnel. We will probably head to Brisbane for the

11 days of the games and rent ourproperty out. We live in Broadbeach and are hoping to get good money for the use

of this and our other properties.

WilsonFamily

(Property developers)

My house is close to one of the venues that will be used for the Games. I am very worried about noise and li�er in

my street already. The Games go on for 11 days, so I hope there will be extra

security in my street. There is enough crime on the Gold Coast already.

Doris(Elderly pensioner)

I have just got a job as a G:linkrail driver. It will be good to get extra

hours on the light rail while the Games are on, but the traffic will be hectic and

the days long. Maybe the driverswill get a pay rise!

Brent(G:link rail driver)

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Resource J (continued): Commonwealth Games Viewpoints (Perspectives)

Yvonne(Talented swimmer)

I am so excited about the Games coming to the Gold Coast! I have already been to the World Junior

Champs and will continue to train hard for the next four years.

I am hoping to qualify for the Australian Swim team.

I work for a computer softwarecompany. We have been developing a pre�y

good software package that will help in testing for banned substances amongst the

competitors. We will take it alongto the Games Corporation and see what

they think. I might volunteer to help at one of the venues as well, as it could be fun. I will try to get my mates involved as well.

Mick(Software engineer)

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Acknowledgements

Material from the following sources has been adapted for use in this examination.

Page(s) Sources

2 Resource A Text from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Gold_Coast,_Queensland. Image from Gregory’s UBD Touring Map Gold Coast 404 Edition 5 (St Leonards, NSW: Universal Publishers).

Resource B Image from “Australia and Europe: Area Size Comparison” Postcard by travpix (www.travpix.com).

3 Resource C Image from Hema Maps Pty Ltd Brisbane and Region City and Suburbs Road Map 10th Edition (Australia).

4 Resource D Image from “Broadbeach Gold Coast Australia” Postcard by Murray Views Australia (murrayviews.com.au).

Resource E Image from Hema Maps Pty Ltd Brisbane and Region City and Suburbs Road Map 10th Edition (Australia).

5 Resource F Image from Google Earth, accessed 1 February 2015.

6 Resource G Text from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_Coast,_Queensland, http://www.experienceoz.com.au/whale-watching-australia-guide, and Peta Beaman, Southern Cross University Whale Research, Marine Ecology Research Centre, Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW.

Resource H Image from http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/animals/humpbackwhale.htm.

7 Resource I Text and images from http://www.gc2018.com/?name=the-brand and http://www.gc2018.com/?name=Nigel-Chamier-OAM-speech, accessed 10 February 2015.

8 and 9 Resource J Images from http://resources0.news.com.au/images/2015/04/06/1227293/475844-c59dc8f6- dc1a-11e4-83cb-8ae0ee9bf5e7.jpg, http://resources2.news.com.au/images/2012/12/23/ 1226542/713590-tax-slug-on-una-039-s-house.jpg, http://resources3.news.com.au/images/ 2014/05/08/1226909/834787-9338aa0e-d59d-11e3-81cf-337ca74b4cdb.jpg, http://www.yourswimlog.com/6-things-remember-last-thing-want-swim/, and https://www.brandeis.edu/gps/assets/img/program/hero/program-hero-software.jpg.

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