Two on the Great Divide (ATOM Study Guide)

Separating the bulk of the Australian population from the inland is the Great Dividing Range. It may not be spectacularly high, but at 3500 kilometres it is the fourth-longest mountain range in the world. Rising in the Casterton Plateau in western Victoria, the Great Dividing Range stretches up the east coast, ending at Mount Cornwallis on Dauan Island, just seven kilometres from Papua New Guinea. In this series, satirist John Doyle and environmentalist Tim Flannery explore the geological, social and cultural divides that shape our nation as they travel up the Great Dividing Range from western Victoria to the Torres Strait.

Two on the Great Divide is curriculum-relevant to Years 7–10 studies in Geography, Humanities, SOSE/HSIE and Cultural Studies. The content focuses on the formation of the Australian continent and culture. It draws analogies between the physical landscape and settlement patterns, examines the impact of our cultural heritage and analyses socioeconomic divisions in our society.