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Also known as The Honourable Alfred Deakin

Australian politician (1856–1919)

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Alfred Deakin was an Australian politician who served as Prime Minister three times between 1903 and 1910, playing a key role in shaping Australia's early national policies. He is considered an important figure in Australian history because of his contributions to federation and the development of the young nation's government and laws.

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Born
1856
Died
1919
Works
11

Top works

  • The federal story
  • Temple and tomb in India
  • Imperial federation
  • Irrigated India, an Australian view of India and Ceylon
  • "And be one people"

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Gender
Male
Origin
United States
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  • He was timorous, changeable, inconsistent, erratic, gloomy and absorbed, then sparkling and excitable by turns, his fine face pale and puffy — his fine head rapidly turning grey — his figure growing too portly — his hand trembling, his eye restless, his demeanour that of one who drifted in and out of dreams and some of them bad dreams.
  • He sought rest only in perpetual physical motion.
  • His nervous instability was painful, his poses perpetual and his vanity colossal.
  • He had apparently no illusions, no passions and no pre dominantly great ideals. He had the official manner, imperturbable and impenetrable, which would have made the fortune of an ambassador in Bismarck's eves.
  • Sir Thomas was a man of business, stout, florid, choleric, curt and Cromwellian.
  • In public life ... he had but one aim — his own aggrandisement.

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1856-08-03
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1919-10-07
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Personal details Born(1856-08-03)3 August 1856 Fitzroy, Colony of Victoria

Died7 October 1919(1919-10-07) (aged 63) South Yarra, Victoria, Australia

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