1. Human and natural characteristics of places

2. What is place?
PLACE
The world is made up of many different places, which have different purposes and often mean different things to people!

3. A place can have natural characteristics and human characteristics.
The human and natural characteristics of a place can influence our lives and life opportunities.
Human and natural characteristics can influence or be influenced by each other.

4. What are the ‘characteristics of place’?
These characteristics of places can be grouped into either human or natural characteristics.
‘Characteristics’ can be lots of things. They can be something that you can see. For example, you can see a mountain or a building in a place.
They can be something that you can touch. For example, you can touch a piece of clothing or something wooden.
… or something that you can feel such as the heat on a hot day.
… or something that you experience such as pride in your community.

5. Natural characteristics of places include:
climate
soil
vegetation
water resources
minerals
landscapes
The natural characteristics consist of the features surrounding us that occur naturally. They can be living or non-living.

6. Human characteristics of places include:
people
communities
cultures
production
built elements — buildings, roads
The human characteristics of places consist of features surrounding us that are changed or created by human beings.

7. Task:
Use a map of Australia to help find the location of the places in the following slides.
Identify the human and natural characteristics of each place.

8. Sydney Harbour Bridge
Sydney Opera House

9. Uluru, Northern Territory

10. The Big Pineapple, Queensland

11. Purnululu (Bungle Bungles), Western Australia

12. Great Barrier Reef

13. Melbourne Cricket Ground

14. Daintree Rainforest, North Queensland

15. Gibson Desert, Western Australia

16. Glass House Mountains, Queensland

17. Murray River

18. Gold Coast

19. Kakadu National Park

20. Kuranda Railway, North Queensland

21. Stockman's Hall of Fame, Longreach

22. Coal mining in Moranbah, Queensland

23. Sugarcane farming in Bundaberg

24. Undara Lava Tubes, North Queensland

25. Wave Rock, Western Australia

26. Lake Eyre, South Australia

27. The Twelve Apostles, Victoria

28. Fraser Island, Queensland

29. Kimberley Waterfalls, Western Australia

30. Attributions
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