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Alfred Deakin

Personal data
Date of birth3 August 1856
Place of birthMelbourne, Victoria, Australia
Date of death7 October 1919(age 63)
Place of deathMelbourne, Victoria, Australia
Political partyProtectionist/Fusion
SpousePattie Browne
Children3
ReligionSpiritualism (formerly Anglicanism)
2nd Prime Minister of Australia
Elections: 1903, 1906, 1910
In office24 September 1903 - 27 April 1904
Governor generalHallam Tennyson
Henry Northcote
MonarchEdward VII
Succeeded byChris Watson
Preceded byEdmund Barton
In office5 July 1905 - 13 November 1908
MonarchEdward VII
Governor generalHenry Northcote
William Ward
Succeeded byAndrew Fisher
Preceded byGeorge Reid
In office2 June 1909 - 29 April 1910
MonarchEdward VII
Governor generalWilliam Ward
Succeeded byAndrew Fisher
Preceded byAndrew Fisher
ConstituencyBallarat (Victoria)

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Alfred Deakin (3 August 1856 � 7 October 1919), Australian politician, was a leader of the movement for Australian federation and later the second Prime Minister of Australia. In the last quarter of the 19th century, Deakin was a major contributor to the establishment of liberal reforms in the colony of Victoria, including the protection of rights at work. He also played a major part in establishing irrigation in Australia. It is likely that he could have been Premier of Victoria, but he chose to devote his energy to federation.

Throughout the 1890s Deakin was a participant in conferences of representatives of the Australian colonies that were established to draft a constitution for the proposed federation. He played an important role in ensuring that the draft was liberal and democratic and in achieving compromises to enable its eventual success. Between conferences, he worked to popularise the concept of federation and campaigned for its acceptance in colonial referenda. He then fought hard to ensure acceptance of the proposed constitution by the Government of the United Kingdom.

As Prime Minister, Deakin completed a vast legislative program that makes him, with Labor's Andrew Fisher, the founder of an effective Commonwealth government. He expanded the High Court, provided major funding for the purchase of ships-leading to the establishment of the Royal Australian Navy as a significant force under the Fisher government-and established Australian control of Papua. Confronted by the rising Australian Labor Party in 1909, he merged his Protectionist Party with Joseph Cook's Anti-Socialist Party to create the Commonwealth Liberal Party (known commonly as the Fusion), the main ancestor of the modern Liberal Party of Australia. The Deakin-led Liberal Party government lost to Fisher Labor at the 1910 election, which saw the first time a federal political party had been elected with a majority in either house in Federal Parliament. Deakin resigned from Parliament prior to the 1913 election, with Joseph Cook winning the Liberal Party leadership ballot.

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As part of the 2011 National Youth Week, students from Alfred Deakin High School undertook the task to create the ACT's first official school LipDub. The event was totally organised by students involving the entire school, here is the result.
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Fail soccer kick
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This is a highlight. To view the full talk visit www.abc.net.au It's great when the car of the future is also the car of the past. Electric vehicles have existed since the 19h Century, but for numerous reasons have not been mass produced. Petrol companies have been in bed with car manufacturers and politicians for many years and this has hindered the rise of the electric car. But issues relating to battery and charging logistics have also plagued its popularity. There are many arguments for moving away from oil reliance, and many still have faith that electric cars will inevitably rule the roads. One man on this crusade is Shai Agassi, and here delivering the 2009 Alfred Deakin Eco-Innovation Lecture, he outlines how through smart business, improving technology and changing public policy, the revolution can commence.
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As part of the 2011 National Youth Week, students from Alfred Deakin High School undertook the task to create Canberra's first official LipDub. This is the WIN News report aired on the 7th of April.
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As part of the 2011 National Youth Week, students from Alfred Deakin High School undertook the task to create the ACT's first official school LipDub. The event was totally organised by students involving the entire school, here is the result.
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Deakin University's Alfred Deakin Research Institute and Alfred Deakin Prime Ministerial Library were officially opened by the Minister for Regional Australia, Regional Development, Local Government and Minister for the Arts the Honourable Simon Crean today (Tuesday, March 29). www.deakin.edu.au
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Who and what do the Alfred Deakin Panthers do?
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Brede and Will singing and playing the song Good Day by the Dresden Dolls at the Alfred Deakin High School talent quest show thing. They rocked.
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First significant short-cinematic venture of Toupée Productions (messrs Toby M Silcock and Samuel C Tupper, or TM Silcock and SC Tupper to English viewers), all the way back in 2007. Shaky in extremis, but there are good moments. Background: final project of year 10 media at the Alfred Deakin High School, or 'Deakin' to its past and present inmates. Please under no circumstances judge it based on the fact it is a school project; it's amateur in its own right. Has some all right music in it, but. And no Jack Avery, which is rare for our projects.
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Deakin University's Alfred Deakin Research Institute and Alfred Deakin Prime Ministerial Library were officially opened by the Minister for Regional Australia, Regional Development, Local Government and Minister for the Arts the Honourable Simon Crean today (Tuesday, March 29). www.deakin.edu.au
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The ethics of climate change. Peter Singer, Tim Soutphommasane - The Monthly (subscription) Tweet this news
The Monthly (subscription)---...- it is easy to forget the human impacts of the choices we make. Will we fail to tackle the climate problem if we fail to change the way we think and act? The Deakins - The -Alfred Deakin- Lectures 2010, presented by The Wh - Date : Thu, 30 Jun 2011 00:41:33 GMT+00:00
Rewriting Mildura's history - ABC Local Tweet this news
ABC Local--According to her research, -Alfred Deakin- - pivotal in the founding of Australia as a nation - failed in his judgement by considering the conditions of north west Victoria to be comparable to those of California. "We didn't have - Date : Fri, 24 Jun 2011 04:25:12 GMT+00:00
Dynamic, rugged soul of the north - NTNews.com.au Tweet this news
NTNews.com.au--One of my predecessors, -Alfred Deakin-, saw the Northern Territory as the key to Australia. But for decades, the Territory's potential went unrecognised by southern administrations. Plagued by remoteness and formidable weather, many q - Date : Thu, 30 Jun 2011 16:19:22 GMT+00:00
Carbon Sunday tax reform a worthy start - The Australian (blog) Tweet this news
The Australian (blog)--"The most attractive of the Henry recommendations was to increase the tax-free threshold to $25000 and to have a flat rate from that point to an income of $180000," Abbott said in his -Alfred Deakin- lecture in Oct - Date : Fri, 15 Jul 2011 14:06:19 GMT+00:00
What's the real history of Australia's first irrigation colony? - The Age Tweet this news
The Age--In 1885, -Alfred Deakin- � Victorian minister for water supply and, later, Australian prime minister � led a royal commission into water supply, examining irrigation techniques in western America. The Chaffeys had established irrigation schemes i - Date : Mon, 04 Jul 2011 14:02:58 GMT+00:00
QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY: Glen Eira and Port Phillip's most honorable - Port Phillip Leader Tweet this news
Port Phillip Leader--The 72-year-old established Yiddish classes at Mount Scopus College and at -Deakin- and Monash universities. She has been on numerous committees and boards, including vice-president of the National Council of Jewish Women in Australia - Date : Sun, 12 Jun 2011 19:40:37 GMT+00:00
Neighbourhood botch - The Australian Tweet this news
The Australian--Australian statecraft towards Asia today is pretty feeble, but it was pretty good under -Alfred Deakin-, under Percy Spender and on many other occasions. Similarly, while Wesley's broad thesis that we are not preparing for the time of - Date : Fri, 03 Jun 2011 14:06:19 GMT+00:00
Mineral boom but PNG fails on Millenium goals - Radio Australia Tweet this news
Radio Australia--One of the people attempting to broaden the knowledge about Papua New Guinea is Professor David Lowe, the director of the -Alfred Deakin- Research Institute, part of Deakin University. COUTTS: Now did we learn anything more from this symp - Date : Sun, 29 May 2011 22:32:47 GMT+00:00
Deakin University & Rajdhani College organised International Conference - Business Standard Tweet this news
Business Standard--David Lowe, Director, -Alfred Deakin- Research Institute said while many countries, including Australia and India, are embracing the idea that public diplomacy is integral to their overseas relations, we are still in a pioneering phase. - Date : Sat, 16 Apr 2011 13:30:12 GMT+00:00
A Buddhist tradition - The Hindu Tweet this news
The Hindu--Particularly as -Alfred Deakin-, a Liberal politician and later to be Prime Minister of Australia three times, was a Theosophist and chaired several of Olcott's meetings. Despite regular visits by Theosophists and Buddhist monks to Austral - Date : Sat, 16 Apr 2011 19:18:35 GMT+00:00

Parliament of Victoria
Preceded by
John Smith
Member for West Bourke
1879
Succeeded by
Robert Harper
Preceded by
Robert Harper
Member for West Bourke
1880 - 1889
New districtMember for Essendon and Flemington
1889 - 1901
Succeeded by
Edward Warde
Parliament of Australia
New divisionMember for Ballarat
1901 - 1913
Succeeded by
Charles McGrath
Political offices
Attorney General of Australia
1901 - 1903
Succeeded by
James Drake
Preceded by
Edmund Barton
Prime Minister of Australia
1903 - 1904
Succeeded by
Chris Watson
Minister for External Affairs
1903 - 1904
Succeeded by
Billy Hughes
Preceded by
George Reid
Prime Minister of Australia
1905 - 1908
Succeeded by
Andrew Fisher
Minister for External Affairs
1905 - 1908
Succeeded by
Lee Batchelor
Preceded by
Joseph Cook
Leader of the Opposition of Australia
1909
Succeeded by
Andrew Fisher
Preceded by
Andrew Fisher
Prime Minister of Australia
1909 - 1910
Preceded by
Andrew Fisher
Leader of the Opposition of Australia
1910 - 1913
Succeeded by
Joseph Cook
Party political offices
Preceded by
Edmund Barton
Leader of the Protectionist Party
1903 - 1909
New partyLeader of the Commonwealth Liberal Party
1909 - 1913
Succeeded by
Joseph Cook

Prime Ministers of Australia

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