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Australian supporters of federation wanted New Zealand to join. In this image, one 1899 cartoonist for New Zealand Graphic has depicted a major obstacle: New Zealand’s premier, ‘King Dick’ Seddon wanting to carry on paddling his own (little) boat.
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Reference: J-040-007
by Ashley Hunter
Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.