CATHOLIC COLLEGE WODONGA VCE O&ES

Journal Questions for Chiltern, Beechworth, Yackandandah Trip

CHILTERN QUARRY RELOCATION

Environmental Conflicts are studied in Unit 4 however we have an excellent opportunity
to experience a local issue first hand. The Cemmex Quarry has existed in the Chiltern
Forest since before the area became a National Park. When the National Park was
proclaimed the quarry was allowed to continue operating for a number of years. That
lease has expired and will not be renewed. The quarry owners are proposing to move the
quarry a short distance onto private land.

QUESTIONS (Answer these in your journal)

1. List the main issue that is causing conflict in the case of the quarry relocation.
2. Describe the issue in your own words.
3. List the main groups who are involved in the conflict.
4. Identify the decision makers in the process.
5. List the groups involved in the process that could be described as interest groups.
6. List 2 methods being used by each interest group to promote their cause.
7. Evaluate the effectiveness of these methods.
8. List one process being used by the decision makers in this case to achieve a result.
9. Describe the arguments that the groups on each side of this conflict are using to
support their point of view.

CHILTERN – MT PILOT NATIONAL PARK

Chiltern-Mt. Pilot National Park represents a specific type of bioregion.

1. Describe the type of forest that makes up this area. Write briefly about the type of:
soil, vegetation, human use and impact, fauna (animals) and climate.
2. Describe the features and habitats of one type of flora and one animal/bird that is
unique/endangered in this region.
3. Which groups have had a relationship with this environment over time?
4. Did you feel comfortable in the coastal and rainforest environments? Why/Why
not?
5. Write a brief story on what you think the Box-Ironbark forest would have looked
like thousands of years ago. Discuss flora and fauna and soil type.
6. Take one major use of the area, eg logging, farming, a tourist development, and
outline the impact this has on the environment. Discuss whether you think this
impact will increase or decrease in the future. How?

YEDDOMBA ABORIGINAL SITE

1. What was the name of the aboriginal people who lived in this area?
2. Describe the paintings on the rocks at this site and explain their significance to the
Dhudhuroa people.
 3. What other things made this a significant area for the Dhudhuroa people?
4. Describe the relationship that these people had with the land.
5. Identify and describe two other interactions the Dhudhuroa people had with the
land in this area.

BEECHWORTH/YACKANDANDAH GOLDFIELDS
1. Identify changes to the Beechworth/Stanley/Yackandandah area that have
occurred through population growth in each of the following periods;
indigenous occupation, early European settlement, population growth caused
by; goldrush, industrialization, nation building, contemporary uses.
2. Describe using words or sketches what the landscape may have looked like in
1860.
3. Imagine you are a miner just arrived at the diggings from China. Describe
how you would be feeling and what your perceptions are of this new land.
4. List some of the key impacts that mining had on the landscape around
Beechworth and Yackandandah.
5. Analyse how the type of relationship that people of this time had with the
outdoor environment affected they way they used the environment and the
impacts of that use.
6. Explain the type of environment contemporary operators of tourism around
the Beechworth, Yackandandah area have with the outdoor environment.

STANLEY PLANTATIONS
1. Identify the type of trees used in the Stanley plantations.
2. Describe the processes used by the plantation owners to make sure that their
yields are sustainable.
3. Do the plantations contain a diverse range of flora and fauna?
4. What is the name for this type of ecosystem.
5. What influence do you think environmental groups have had in this area?
6. Describe the relationship with the outdoor environment the plantation owners
would have.
7. How would you describe their interaction with the land?

DEEP LEAD MINING

1. Write a brief description of your visit to the Kars Reef mine.
2. Compare the techniques used in ‘Deep Lead’ mining with the ‘Alluvial’ mining
that was used along the creek beds.
3. Describe the relationship that the Deep Lead miners had of the land and how did
their relationships differ from those of the early miners.

TRIP REFLECTIONS
1. What aspects of this environment do you find most enjoyable? Why?
2. What places or experiences on the trip have been the most meaningful for you?
3. What have you learnt about yourself from this experience?
4. What have you learnt about the group from this experience?
5. Provide any other comments you wish to make about the trip. These should
include your assessment of your participation on this trip, your highs and lows,
thoughts on leadership of the trip, things that you may wish to be done differently
next time etc.