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AUSTRALIA MISREPRESENTED. ERRORS IN 'TEXT BOOKS. LONDON June 12. The Director of Education for Victoria (Mr F. Tate), addressing a meeting organised by the Victoria League at the Guildhall, urged a more intelligent method of teaching geography and history to develop a better understanding of the Empire’s growth and resources. He deplored the absurd statements in English text-books regarding Australia, which, in one of them, was described as a land of parched rivers. Ho mentioned Australia’s carefulness in insisting that seven-eighths of the geography and history taught dealt with the Empire as a whole. This he described as a system of education calculated to develop a sturdy and reliant Australian citizenship. The use of the Union Jack in advertisements by British traders he also deprecated. One of these he said had a kerosene tin in the centre.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 18898, 26 June 1923, Page 7
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139FALSE GEOGRAPHY Otago Daily Times, Issue 18898, 26 June 1923, Page 7
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