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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Joe Hinchliffe

All fail Caesar: students at eight schools taught wrong topic for final year 12 history exam

Statue of Caesar Augustus
Students at at least eight Queensland schools were mistakenly taught the history of Augustus instead of Julius Caesar. Photograph: vladacanon/Getty Images/iStockphoto

Year 12 students from at least eight schools in Queensland were taught the wrong topic for their final history exams and authorities are now checking with 172 schools to see if any more were affected.

Students were meant to study Julius Caesar, but the affected pupils instead learned about his nephew Augustus, according to the Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority.

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