Deakin

//As Prime Minister He wanted to make reforms including old age pensions, tariffs to protect Australian industry, laws to control business practices, and the first attempts at conciliation and arbitration between labour and management.// //His governments established the site of Canberra, began work on the Transcontinental Railway, established several Commonwealth departments and laid the foundations for the Australian Navy and Army.// || || //Bibliography // //(2011) Alfred Deakin, Retrieved 10th June 2011 // //[|www.trove.hla.gov.au/people/459454?c=people] //
 * //Alfred Deakin was born on the 3rd of August 1856 in Collingwood, Melbourne. His father was William Deakin and his mother was Sarah Nee Bill. He was a clerk and a shop keeper before going with many men to Goldfeilds of Victoria. He went back to Collingwood in 1873 later on he had many jobs including water carter and carrying brfore becoming partner in caoches buisness and later the mangener of @Cobb & co. in Victoria. In 1909 he became the Prime Minster of Australia for the Labor Goverment. He was Australia's second Prime Minster.//

//Geelong's women vote for the first time (1990) // //Geelong Advertiser // //Souvenier Edition No. 3 // //1903 Page. 16 //

//(2010) Alfred Deakin, Retrieved 14th June 2011 // //[] //