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Deakin, Alfred
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Deakin, Alfred (dē`kĭn), 1856–1919, Australian political leader. He held office in various ministries and aided in the fight for federation of the Australian states. He accomplished a great deal in social legislation, irrigation, defense, and preferential tariffs. At first attorney general of Australia (1901), he later was prime minister in three different fusion governments (1903–4, 1905–8, 1909–10).
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Then Labor found that the Left of the political spectrum was occupied by a pre-existing political force; the radical liberalism of Alfred Deakin and others.
Green lessons from labor's past by Robinson, Geoff / Arena Magazine
Speaking on behalf of the people, Alfred Deakin in 1898 declared that `from the far east and the far west alike we behold menaces and contagion'.
Anthony Burke, In Fear of Security: Australia's Invasion Anxiety by Field-Johnson, Nick / Australian Journal of Social Issues
Judith Brett, Australian Liberals and the Moral Middle Class: From Alfred Deakin to John Howard, Cambridge University Press, 2003 Not surprisingly, most attention to this book has focused on Brett's treatment of the Liberal Party's recent past--especially her love/hate attitude to John Howard.
Charles Richardson on the Liberal Party & the 'moral middle class' by Richardson, Charles / Arena Magazine
 
 
 
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