Alfred Deakin
"Alfred Deakin, Australia’s second Prime Minister, was also the fifth and the seventh. He was in office three times in the first ten years of Federation.
Often referred to as ‘the constructor’, his work in building soundly on the nation’s constitutional foundations is evident a century later.
Perhaps the finest speaker in the Australian parliament’s first century, Deakin’s love of learning informed his political life. Handsome and intelligent, his courteous manner earned him the nickname ‘Affable Alfred’. (Source: Australia's Prime Ministers; Alfred Deakin)"
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Often referred to as ‘the constructor’, his work in building soundly on the nation’s constitutional foundations is evident a century later.
Perhaps the finest speaker in the Australian parliament’s first century, Deakin’s love of learning informed his political life. Handsome and intelligent, his courteous manner earned him the nickname ‘Affable Alfred’. (Source: Australia's Prime Ministers; Alfred Deakin)"
Resources
- Alfred Deakin: biography
- National Library of Australia: Guide to the Papers of Alfred Deakin
- Australian Dictionary of Biography: Deakin, Alfred (1856 - 1919)
- Alfred Deakin
- National Archives of Australia: Fact Sheet 211: Alfred Deakin
- National Museum of Australia: Alfred Deakin
- Alfred Deakin: A centenary tribute by Stuart Macintyre