This study of the nature of secondary Geography in Victoria over recent times, stems from an initial analysis in the first chapter, of an article by I F Goodson and it seeks to establish the degree to which curriculum developments in Victoria mirror Goodson's perception of the British situation. The study of the Year 11 and Year 12 curricula - course objectives, content and structure, and assessment - over the past three decades, with particular emphasis on the last ten years, takes place in the next chapter. The directions foreshadowed in Chapter Three have many of their origins in previous courses. The VCE developments bring to the fore the relationship of Geography and Environmental Studies and an attempt to accommodate both disciplines, as outlined in the fourth chapter. The final chapter concludes that some continuity has existed, that the majority of changes were not to counter 'meliorism' but ones leading to improvement and that there has been a gradual re- awakening of what Geography really is.