The Australian Geography Competition is a joint initiative of The Royal Geographical Society of Queensland Inc and the Australian Geography Teachers' Association Inc, and is sponsored by National Geographic Channel. Its aim is to raise the profile of geography in Australian schools and more widely in the community. The Competition is open to students under the age of 16 years and studying geography or an integrated social science, which includes geography. The written round has 40 questions. Students under 14 are graded separately on a subset of the questions.
All students receive a certificate that reflects their level of achievement.
Over 60,000 students participated in the 2001 Competition. Students who do extremely well in the written round get special certificates and book prizes, and the winner from each state comes to the National Final. This is compered by Frank Warrick of Channel 7 Nightly News and is held in the Queensland Museum, Brisbane. Students who participated in the written round, and their family and friends, are invited to the National Final. As well as the Final itself, which is very exciting to watch, we usually add other activities for the audience.