Deakin, Alfred (1856–1919)
Biographical Entries
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- Brookes, Ivy (daughter)
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- Fink, Theodore (friend)
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- Mullen, Samuel (designer/builder)
- Holder, Frederick William (work colleague)
- Duffy, Charles Gavan (work colleague)
- Groom, Littleton Ernest (work colleague)
- Beale, Octavius Charles (colleague)
- Pearson, Charles Henry (acquaintance)
- Carter, Samuel Charles (acquaintance)
- Murdoch, Keith Arthur (acquaintance)
- Salmon, Charles Carty (mentored)
- Watt, William Alexander (mentored)
- Bromby, John Edward (teacher)
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Alfred Deakin, 1901
National Archives of Australia, A5954:1299/2
Life Summary [details]
Birth
3 August,
1856
Collingwood, Melbourne,
Victoria,
Australia
Death
7 October,
1919
(aged 63)
South Yarra, Melbourne,
Victoria,
Australia
Cause of Death
Cultural Heritage
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Religious Influence
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Education
Occupation or Descriptor
- autobiographer/memoirist
- barrister
- contemporary-affairs commentator
- federationist
- irrigationist
- journalist
- land speculator
- liberal/conservative politician
- Member of Lower House
- newspaper editor
- opposition leader
- prime minister
- protectionist politician
- spiritualist
Key Events
Groups
- Federal Parliament (1st: 1901-03, PM Barton)
- Federal Parliament (2nd: 1903-06, PM: Deakin, Watson, Reid)
- Federal Parliament (3rd: 1906-10, PM: Deakin, Fisher)
- Federal Parliament (4th: 1910-13, PM: Fisher)
Legacies
- Alfred Deakin High School (ACT)
- Deakin federal electorate (Vic)
- Deakin suburb (ACT)
- Deakin University (Vic)
Key Organisations
- Australian Natives' Association (Vic)
- Eclectic Association of Victoria
- Federal Council of Australasia (Vic)
- Federation League of Victoria
- Imperial Federation League (Vic)
- National Anti-Sweating League (Vic)
- Progressive Lyceum (Melbourne)
- Protectionist Association (Vic)
- Theosophical Society (Vic)
- Melbourne University Debating Club
- Victorian Association of Spiritualists