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SUITABLE FOR STUDENTS IN YEARS 8 AND 9
The Port of Brisbane is Australia’s fastest growing container port and this busy and dynamic environment
provides a stimulating setting for students. The learning opportunities extend to just about every part of the
school curriculum.
The following questions and activities can be used as a supplement to a PortEd Tour and links to aspects of
the Queensland Studies of Society and Environment and Science Syllabi (Level 5). The activities can
be completed on the day of the tour or can be used as a reflective exercise upon your return to school.
OBJECTIVES:
Students who undertake this programme will:
consider significant changes to Brisbane and suggest consequential effects on port location and design
identify the Port of Brisbane’s major global trading partners and suggest reasons for possible trends
identify commodities imported and exported through the Port of Brisbane
investigate steps taken to reduce ecological footprint of the port
identify areas of ecological significance in the vicinity of the port.
THE GLOBAL SUPERMARKET —OUTCOMES:
Study of Society and Environment
Time, Continuity &
Change
Place and Space
5.2 Students represent situations before and after a period of rapid change.
5.4 Students use maps, diagrams and statistics to justify placing value on environments in
Australia and the Asia-Pacific region.
5.5 Students evaluate ideas concerning sustainability to identify who may benefit and who
may be disadvantaged from changes to a Queensland industry.
Systems,
Resources and
Power
Science
5.1 Students evaluate the relationship between an ecological system and a government and/
or economic system.
5.2 Students design models of the Australian economic system to demonstrate its relationship
to global trade.
Earth and Beyond
5.3 Students prepare scenarios about the use of renewable and non-renewable resources of
the Earth and beyond.

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OUR NEEDS AND WANTS
Each of the things we buy has a story attached to it, which tells of the journey it has
travelled before arriving on the store shelf.
ACTIVITY: Listen to the story ‘Around the World in a Morning’. Colour the dots
on the map as you hear a country or city mentioned. At the end of the story you
will see how aspects of your daily life connect you to the global
community.
ARCTIC OCEAN
Finland
Germany
United States
of America
NORTH
ATLANTIC
OCEAN
South Korea
Saudi Arabia
India
China
Japan
Taiwan
PACIFIC OCEAN
Philippines
Malaysia
Indonesia
Papua New Guinea
SOUTH
ATLANTIC
OCEAN
INDIAN OCEAN
Australia
SOUTHERN OCEAN
1. Describe the region that appears to trade the most with Australia in this
story.
_________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
2. Explain why we trade most with this region:
_________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
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In 1972, a review of the role of the Port of Brisbane was conducted. It was decided that
the Port of Brisbane must expand to meeting increasing trade, and the best option for
expansion was to move river port facilities downstream, and construct an entirely new
port at the mouth of the Brisbane River.
ACTIVITY: Draw a sketch of what the Port of Brisbane site looked like 50 years
SKETCH OF FISHERMAN ISLANDS (1958)
ACTIVITY: Draw a sketch of what the Port of Brisbane looks like now .
SKETCH OF THE PORT OF BRISBANE (NOW)

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THE IMPORTANCE OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE
In comparison to other global markets, Queensland’s economy is small. Our current
strengths lie in the agricultural, mining, tourism and business services industries.
Exports energise the States economy, allowing many Queensland enterprises to
expand their business and create more jobs and wealth.
Queensland beef
sold within
Australia
Promote
Queensland beef
internationally
Global customer
base means more
money injected into
Australian economy
More employees
needed to meet
the demands
Add value to the goods
in some way to
increase profit
Australia’s
economy grows
ACTIVITY: List goods (commodities) that are exported through the Port of Brisbane and
identify the countries/regions these commodities are exported to.
#1 Export ___________________________ Exported to: ______________________________
#2 Export ___________________________ Exported to: ______________________________
#3 Export ___________________________ Exported to: ______________________________
#4 Export ___________________________ Exported to: ______________________________
#5 Export ___________________________ Exported to: ______________________________
ACTIVITY: List goods (commodities) that are imported through the Port of Brisbane and
identify the countries/regions these commodities originate.
#1 Import ___________________________ Imported from: ____________________________
#2 Import ___________________________ Imported from: ____________________________
#3 Import ___________________________ Imported from: ____________________________
#4 Import ___________________________ Imported from: ____________________________
#5 Import ___________________________ Imported from: ____________________________

TRADE AT THE PORT OF BRISBANE
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The Port of Brisbane Pty Ltd is a government owned organisation responsible for
providing the necessary infrastructure to allow international trade to occur in Brisbane.
ACTIVITY: Follow the instructions below to eliminate words from the grid provided.
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Cross off the Port of Brisbane’s top 5 imported products by tonne.
2. Circle the Port of Brisbane’s top 5 exported products by tonne.
3. Colour-in the top 5 regions Brisbane traded with.
4. Underline the number of ships that came to Brisbane in the last year.
5. Draw a box around the number of containers that were shipped in the last year.
6. Draw diagonal lines through the box that indicates the number of employees working at
the Port of Brisbane Pty Ltd.
7. Draw an asterisk over the amount contributed to Queensland’s gross state product.
CRUDE OIL NORTH ASIA THE COAL 300
PORT OF
BRISBANE
REFINED OIL 2,437
SOUTH EAST
ASIA
REFINED OIL
DIRECTLY $709.5M CEMENT AND IRON & STEEL
IRON & STEEL INDIRECTLY AUSTRALIA CEREALS GENERATES
AN
MEAT
PRODUCTS
ESTIMATED NEW ZEALAND 918,199
EAST ASIA 10,000 JOBS.
BUILDING
PRODUCTS
(THE ECONOMIC
CONTRIBUTION OF THE
PORT OF BRISBANE, 2003)
8. Now place the remaining words (in order from left to right and top to bottom). The
remaining words will form a message.
The message reads:
SOURCE:

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ECOLOGY Vs ECONOMY: FUTURES WHEEL
“
ACTIVITY: Brainstorm an economic and ecological consequence of trade continuing to
grow at the Port of Brisbane. For each consequence, list two (2) further consequences.
ECONOMIC
CONSEQUENCES
ECOLOGICAL
CONSEQUENCES
TRADE AT
THE PORT OF
BRISBANE
CONTINUES
TO GROW
ECONOMIC
CONSEQUENCES
ECOLOGICAL
CONSEQUENCES
ACTIVITY: The Port of Brisbane undertakes a wide range of monitoring programmes to measure and
track our environmental performance, and ensure that potential environmental impacts associated with the
port’s operations are minimised. List two (2) of these monitoring programmes.
1. ________________________________________________________________________________
2. _____________ __________________________________________________________________

GLOBAL PORT FACTS AND STATISTICS
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Australian Container Trade Statistics Summary—Containerised Trade in TEU (2009/2010)
PORT RANK IMPORTS EXPORTS TOTAL TEU
Melbourne 1 1,133,056 1,103,577 2,236,633
Sydney 2 976,215 951,292 1,927,507
Brisbane 3 463,129 455,869 918,999
Freemantle 4 137,398 268,980 557,443
SOURCE: The Association of Australian Ports and Marine Authorities Website (http://www.aapma.org.au/tradestats)
Global Container Trade Statistics Summary—Containerised Trade in TEU (2009)
PORT RANK TOTAL TEU
Singapore 1 25,870,000
Shanghai 2 25,002,000
Hong Kong 3 20,900,000
Shenzhen 4 18,250,000
Australia 6,329,135
SOURCE: Port of Rotterdam Website ( http://www.portofrotterdam.com/en/port/
portstatistics/pages/otherports)
Port of Brisbane Import / Export Trade Statistics Summary (2009/2010)
Imported Commodities (Tonnes) 2009/2010
Exported Commodities (Tonnes) 2009/2010
Commodities
Building Products
Iron and Steel
Cement
Refined Oil
Crude Oil
504,307
671,466
1,519,090
2,036,202
7,271,716
Commodities
Iron and Steel
Meat Products
Cereals
Refined Oil
Coal
450,635
732,421
1,197,026
2,353,954
6,303,331
0
2,000,000
4,000,000
Tonnage (Tonnes)
6,000,000
8,000,000
0
1,000,000
2,000,000
3,000,000
4,000,000
5,000,000
Tonnage (Tonnes)
6,000,000
7,000,000
SOURCE: Port of Brisbane Pty Ltd Monthly Trade Report June 2010