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Magnetic Island Geography Features

Use the short briefing to investigate how Magnetic Island’s natural features and settlements are connected. Answer in your own words where asked.

Fieldwork briefing

Magnetic Island (Yunbenun) lies off the coast of Townsville in the Australian state whose capital is Brisbane. It is an island separated from the mainland by water, but a regular ferry connects it with Townsville. Much of the island is protected as national park. Its landscape includes rugged granite hills, bushland, sheltered bays and beaches. Settlements include Picnic Bay, Nelly Bay and Arcadia, as well as a settlement on the island’s northern coast. Picnic Bay is in the south-west, Nelly Bay is on the south-east coast, and Arcadia is on the east side. People visit for activities such as swimming, walking and wildlife watching. The island’s natural environments also provide habitat for native plants and animals.

Read the landscape

Use the briefing for Questions 1–8.

1.Which Australian state is Magnetic Island in? Use the clue in the briefing about the state’s capital.

Queensland
Victoria
South Australia
Tasmania

2.Which settlement named in the briefing has the word “Picnic” in its name?

3.Classify each feature as natural or human-made: granite hills, a beach, a settlement, and a ferry connection.

Granite hills
Beach
Settlement
Ferry connection

Natural
Human-made
Human-made
Natural

4.True or false: Magnetic Island is separated from the mainland by water, and a ferry connects it with Townsville.

TrueFalse

5.The briefing says much of the island is protected as national park. Name one kind of natural environment mentioned that this protection can help conserve.

6.A visitor wants to walk among rugged granite hills and bushland. Which type of place on the island would best suit this activity, and why?

7.Choose one settlement named in the briefing. Describe its approximate position using a direction, such as north, south, east or west.

8.Give one way the island’s bays or beaches may be useful to people, and one way they may be important to the environment.

Think like a geographer

Use evidence from the briefing for Questions 9–10.

9.Explain one way being an island affects how people travel to or from Magnetic Island.

10.A visitor has one day to visit a settlement, a beach and the island’s natural landscape. Recommend a simple plan using at least two named places or features from the briefing, and explain your choices.