Deakin, Alfred (1856-1919)

Field of activity
autobiographer/memoirist; barrister; contemporary-affairs commentator; federationist; irrigationist; journalist; land speculator; liberal/conservative politician; Member of Lower House; newspaper editor; opposition leader; prime minister; protectionist politician; spiritualist
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DEAKIN, ALFRED (1856-1919), barrister, journalist and prime minister, was born on 3 August 1856 at Collingwood, Melbourne, younger child of William Deakin of Towcester, Northamptonshire, England, and his wife Sarah, née Bill, of Llanarth, Cardiganshire, Wales. William and Sarah left England in December 1849 in the Samuel Boddington, bound for Sydney. In March 1850 they disembarked at Adelaide, where William's married sister lived and where their first child, Catherine Sarah, was born in July. William briefly pursued his former occupations of clerk and shopman before, late in 1851, joining the exodus of men to the goldfields of Victoria. The family soon followed; by 1853 William had abandoned the fields and the Deakins settled in Collingwood (later a part of Fitzroy), where they lived as respectable suburbanites of modest means. William undertook a variety of jobs, storekeeping, water-carting and carrying, before becoming a partner in a coaching business and later manager of Cobb & Co. in Victoria.

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Resources by Alfred Deakin (136)

  1. Federated Australia : selections from letters to the Morning Post 1900-1910 / Alfred Deakin ; edited and with an introduction by J. A. La Nauze
    Deakin, Alfred, 1856-1919
    [ Book : 1968 ]
    At 68 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 62.479)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 62.479)

  2. 'And be one people' Alfred Deakin's Federal story / with an introduction by Stuart Macintyre
    Deakin, Alfred, 1856-1919
    [ Book, Audio book : 1995-2001 ]
    At 85 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 51.951)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 51.951)

  3. Walter Murdoch and Alfred Deakin on "Books and men' : letters and comments, 1900-1918 / edited by J.A. La Nauze and Elizabeth Nurser
    Murdoch, Walter Sir, 1874-1970
    [ Book : 1974 ]
    At 57 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 33.548)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 33.548)

  4. The federal story : the inner history of the federal cause / by Alfred Deakin ; foreword by W.A. Watt ; edited by Herbert Brookes
    Deakin, Alfred, 1856-1919
    [ Book, Article : 1944-2000 ]
    View online
    At 73 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 32.929)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 32.929)

  5. Temple and tomb in India / by Alfred Deakin
    Deakin, Alfred, 1856-1919
    [ Book : 1893-1980 ]
    At 10 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 30.268)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 30.268)

  6. The crisis in Victorian politics, 1879-1881 : a personal retrospect / Alfred Deakin ; edited by J. A. La Nauze and R. M. Crawford
    Deakin, Alfred, 1856-1919
    [ Book : 1957 ]
    At 44 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 27.478)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 27.478)

  7. The federal story : the inner history of the federal cause / by Alfred Deakin ; foreword by W.A. Watt ; edited by Herbert Brookes
    Deakin, Alfred, 1856-1919
    [ Book, Article : 1944-2000 ]
    View online
    At 73 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 24.679)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 24.679)

  8. [Note by Alfred Deakin]
    Deakin, Alfred, 1856-1919
    [ Unpublished : 1909 ]
    At Deakin Uni Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 22.779)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 22.779)

  9. [Alfred Deakin]
    Deakin, Alfred, 1856-1919
    [ Unpublished : 1850-1999 ]
    At Deakin Uni Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 22.592)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 22.592)

  10. The presessional speech of Mr. Alfred Deakin, M.P. to his constituents, at the Alfred Hall, Ballarat, 24th June, 1905
    Deakin, Alfred, 1856-1919
    [ Book : 1905 ]
    At 5 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 21.238)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 21.238)

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Resources about Alfred Deakin (175)

  1. Federated Australia : selections from letters to the Morning Post 1900-1910 / Alfred Deakin ; edited and with an introduction by J. A. La Nauze
    Deakin, Alfred, 1856-1919
    [ Book : 1968 ]
    At 68 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 61.483)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 61.483)

  2. 'And be one people' Alfred Deakin's Federal story / with an introduction by Stuart Macintyre
    Deakin, Alfred, 1856-1919
    [ Book, Audio book : 1995-2001 ]
    At 85 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 50.959)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 50.959)

  3. Walter Murdoch and Alfred Deakin on "Books and men' : letters and comments, 1900-1918 / edited by J.A. La Nauze and Elizabeth Nurser
    Murdoch, Walter Sir, 1874-1970
    [ Book : 1974 ]
    At 57 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 33.508)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 33.508)

  4. Temple and tomb in India / by Alfred Deakin
    Deakin, Alfred, 1856-1919
    [ Book : 1893-1980 ]
    At 10 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 29.311)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 29.311)

  5. The mystic life of Alfred Deakin / Al Gabay
    Gabay, Alfred J., 1946-
    [ Book : 1992 ]
    At 73 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 28.534)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 28.534)

  6. The crisis in Victorian politics, 1879-1881 : a personal retrospect / Alfred Deakin ; edited by J. A. La Nauze and R. M. Crawford
    Deakin, Alfred, 1856-1919
    [ Book : 1957 ]
    At 44 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 27.899)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 27.899)

  7. Alfred Deakin : a biography / J. A. La Nauze
    La Nauze, J. A. (John Andrew), 1911-1990
    [ Book : 1965-2009 ]
    At 103 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 22.716)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 22.716)

  8. [Note by Alfred Deakin]
    Deakin, Alfred, 1856-1919
    [ Unpublished : 1909 ]
    At Deakin Uni Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 22.408)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 22.408)

  9. [Alfred Deakin]
    Deakin, Alfred, 1856-1919
    [ Unpublished : 1850-1999 ]
    At Deakin Uni Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 22.22)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 22.22)

  10. The presessional speech of Mr. Alfred Deakin, M.P. to his constituents, at the Alfred Hall, Ballarat, 24th June, 1905
    Deakin, Alfred, 1856-1919
    [ Book : 1905 ]
    At 5 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 20.828)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 20.828)

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  3. Psycho / Alfred Hitchcock
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  4. The helping interview / Alfred Benjamin
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