Teaching Resource
Australian Map Puzzle
Help your students concrete their understanding of the map of Australia with this interactive puzzle.
The Australian Map Puzzle allows students to interactively engage with the different states, territories, capitals and famous landmarks.
Print out the background and the puzzle pieces. Laminate them so they can be used over again.
Students are required to put the puzzle pieces in the right position on the blank map of Australia.
NSW Curriculum alignment
Victorian Curriculum alignment
Australian Curriculum alignment
- ACHASSK014
The representation of the location of places and their features on simple maps and models
- ACHASSK066
The representation of Australia as states and territories and as Countries/Places of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples; and major places in Australia, both natural and human
- ACHASSK048
The idea that places are parts of Earth??s surface that have been named by people, and how places can be defined at a variety of scales

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Added ACT
Fix by Jill (Teach Starter) Sep 18th, 2017
Added a black and white version
Addition by Jill (Teach Starter) Sep 11th, 2017
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There is no ACT!
Lara Altimira ยท Sep 18th, 2017
Hi Lara,
Thank you for bringing that to our attention. We have fixed the file and it is ready to download again now.
Kind regards
Jill
Jill (Teach Starter) ยท Sep 19th, 2017
Fantastic!! Thanks so much
Tracy ยท Apr 12th, 2016
No problem Tracy. Glad you like it!
Kind regards
Jill
Jill (Teach Starter) ยท Apr 12th, 2016
Excellent thank you
Judy Gibbs ยท Oct 28th, 2014