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Source: The Wagga Worker, 18 August, 1900, p.2
The White Man's Burden single work   poetry   satire   "Take up the White Man's burden,"
Issue Details: First known date: 1900... 1900 The White Man's Burden
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Note: This version has several additional stanzas which did not appear in the 1900 Wagga Worker version - including the stanza beginning 'Ye are the fools and flunkeys', which during World War I, McDougall's political opponents claimed slandered Diggers.
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