Alfred Deakin
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| Hon Alfred William Deakin | |
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| In office 24 September 1903 – 27 April 1904 5 July 1905–13 November 1908 29 June 1909–29 April 1910 |
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| Preceded by | Edmund Barton |
| Succeeded by | Chris Watson Andrew Fisher |
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| Born | 3 August 1856 Melbourne, Victoria |
| Died | 7 October 1919 South Yarra, Victoria |
| Political party | Protectionist, Fusion |
Alfred William Deakin (3 August 1856 - 7 October 1919) was the second Prime Minister of Australia.
He was born in Fitzroy, Melbourne, Australia, the second child of William Deakin. In the 1890s he helped Australia become a country. He was Australia's first Attorney-General (head lawyer) when Edmund Barton was Prime Minister and then became Prime Minister after Barton left. He introduced the Bill to start Australia's High Court, began planning for a railway to cross Australia, took over control of New Guinea from Britain, and introduced old age pensions.[1]
Deakin married Elizabeth Brown on April 3, 1882. They had three children.
When he was old he had Alzheimer's disease which made him forget a lot of things. Alfred Deakin died on the 7th of October 1919 in South Yarra, Victoria.He was buried at St.Kilda Cemetery.
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- ↑ Alfred Deakin/ Prime Facts 2. The Australian Prime Ministers Centre, Old Parliament House, Canberra.
| Prime Ministers of Australia |  |
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| Barton | Deakin | Watson | Reid | Fisher | Cook | Hughes | Bruce | Scullin | Lyons | Page | Menzies | Fadden | Curtin | Forde | Chifley | Holt | McEwen | Gorton | McMahon | Whitlam | Fraser | Hawke | Keating | Howard | Rudd | |
