| The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07. |
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| Deakin, Alfred |
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(d ´k n) (KEY) , 1856–1919, Australian political leader. He held office in various ministries and aided in the fight for federation of the Australian states. He accomplished a great deal in social legislation, irrigation, defense, and preferential tariffs. At first attorney general of Australia (1901), he later was prime minister in three different fusion governments (1903–4, 1905–8, 1909–10). |
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