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Deakin built the nation of Australia, receive a new perspective and appreciation. Learn deep insights about Alfred Deakin, Australia's founding father and 3 time Prime Minister. You will learn about his early life, his life before becoming Prime Minister and about his spiritual encounters.
Alfred Deakin Professional Timeline. 1886-1890 Chief Secretary and Minister for Water Supply. 1887 Victorian delegate at Imperial Conference in London. 1887 Declined knighthood offered by British Government at age of 30 years old. 1889-1900 Member for Essendon and Flemington in Victorian Legislative Assembly.
Deakin was one of the chief architects of the Immigration Restriction Act of 1901 – otherwise known as the White Australia Policy. The intent of this restrictive immigration policy was to create a ‘White Australia’ – a deeply racist concept that was argued strenuously for by Alfred Deakin throughout his career.
The Deakin University Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (DUPRF), formerly known as Alfred Deakin Postdoctoral Research Fellowships, support and develop early career researchers identified as potential rising stars, to enhance the capacity and capability in key research areas and build the next generation of high-achieving and internationally competitive researchers.
Alfred Deakin High School endeavors to deliver a quality curriculum, which provides a broad program as well as opportunities for specialisation and extension. Year 7 Year 8
Aug 31, 2023 · Alfred Deakin’s great-grandson decides that on the eve of the Voice referendum, a deeper truth should be considered about his great-grandfather, Alfred Deakin, the architect of modern Australia.
PDF version [ 152KB] Author: Emeritus Professor Judith Brett. Alfred Deakin was born in 1856, two years after Ned Kelly, both native sons of the newly proclaimed British colony of Victoria. Kelly’s parents were an Irish ex-convict from Van Diemen’s Land and his spirited young Irish wife. Deakin was the only son of respectable gold rush ...
