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1923 – Deakin, Alfred / Walter Murdoch (ed) "Alfred Deakin – A Sketch" Bookman Press Pty Ltd (First published 1923 later 1999 out of print) ISBN 1 86395 385 X 1944 – Deakin, Alfred / Brookes, Herbert (ed) "The Federal Story: The Inner History of the Federal Cause" Robertson & Mullens, Melbourne, 1944 (later editions edited by J.A. La ...
Deakin remained close with her brother her entire life. Alfred frequently referred to Deakin in his diary, calling her "K". Historian Marjorie R. Theobald described Deakin as the most important person in Alfred's life. She advised Alfred on political and intellectual matters, influencing his role as Australian prime minister. [1]
Alfred Deakin Brookes (11 April 1920 – 19 June 2005) [1] [2] [3] was the first head of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service, the intelligence agency of the Australian government that collects foreign intelligence. [4] He was appointed in 1952 by Robert Menzies the prime minister at that time.
The second Deakin government was the period of federal executive government of Australia led by Prime Minister Alfred Deakin. It lasted from 5 July 1905 to 13 November 1908. Deakin was the second prime minister of Australia, having previously led the Deakin government (1903–1904), and held the office again in 1909–1910. [1]
In the second administration of Alfred Deakin he was Vice-President of the Executive Council (1905–06), Minister for Home Affairs (1906–07), and Minister for Defence (1907–08). A strong supporter of the White Australia Policy and of compulsory military training , Ewing organised a scheme for such compulsory training, which was the basis ...
The Third Deakin ministry was the 7th ministry of the Government of Australia.It was led by the country's 2nd Prime Minister, Alfred Deakin.The Fourth Deakin ministry succeeded the First Fisher ministry, which dissolved on 2 June 1909 after the Protectionist Party and the Anti-Socialist Party merged into the Liberal Party "fusion" and withdrew their support in order to form what became the ...
John Henry Keating (28 June 1872 – 31 October 1940) was an Australian politician who served as a Senator for Tasmania from 1901 to 1923. He held ministerial office in Alfred Deakin's second government, serving as Vice-President of the Executive Council (1906–1907) and Minister for Home Affairs (1907–1908).
He was Minister of Health and later Solicitor-General in the liberal government of William Shiels from 1891 to 1893. [2] When Shiels was defeated by the conservatives under James Patterson in 1893, he went into opposition, and succeeded Shiels as leader of the liberal party – mainly because Alfred Deakin , the colony's leading liberal ...