GAWA - Geographical Association of Western Australia

Many congratulations to the amazing young geographers who won the 2026 Young Geographer of the Year Competition.
Year 7 - Taylor Jovanovic from Chisholm Catholic College.
Year 8 - Finn Papineau from Christchurch Grammar School.
Year 9 - Mehr Chakraborty from Rossmoyne Senior High School.
Year 10 - Abigail Agrez from Fremantle Christian College.
Year 11 - Grace Sharma from Perth Modern School.
Year 12 - Rob Davison from Hale School.
Thank you to everyone who took part in this year’s competition.

Congratulations to this year's deserving Gentilli Award winner Laura Billington

A beautiful day for fieldwork!

Our second keynote was a fascinating look at biomes and food security, with a focus on WA, presented by Alysia Kepert, Dr Stephanie Godrich and Sofia Katzin.

Many thanks to Nick Callow for an interesting and informative keynote around water in Australia. Lots of links for various year groups.

Welcome to our Annual Conference! Peggy Bakalis, our President has started the conference with the presentation of the Gentilli Award.

Drought declared in the UK.

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