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British Empire) civics and morals, Nature study, elementary science, drawing, music,<br />

needlework, and physical training.<br />

In the larger towns educational facilities correspond generally with those<br />

provided in other parts <strong>of</strong> the British dominions, but the vast extent <strong>of</strong> territory and<br />

the scattered nature <strong>of</strong> the population in pastoral and agricultural areas present<br />

educational difficulties and problems which are in many respects peculiar, and call<br />

for special solution. (Department <strong>of</strong> Public Instruction, 1928, p. 14)<br />

The Brooks’ series <strong>of</strong> History textbooks, written by E.J. Dunlop and A.E. Palfrey, published<br />

in the early 1930s also contains sufficient information regarding the syllabus, as a sample<br />

preface from one <strong>of</strong> the textbooks demonstrates in Source 5.1.<br />

Source 5.1. Preface from New syllabus history for seventh grade (Dunlop<br />

& Palfrey, 1932a, n.p.)<br />

151

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