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DEAKIN, Alfred was born on August 3, 1856 in Melbourne. Son of William Deakin, accountant, Melbourne (d.
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The present work is a recast of a series of newspaper articles, the product of a tour through India in the cold weather of 1890-91, undertaken at the suggestion of Mr. David Sjme, p.opS ietor of theM elbourne A ge, in order to afford to the Australian public, interested in irrigation, a sketch of what is being accomplished by its means in the peninsular empire of Southern A sia. It proved impossible to do this intelligibly without indicating in outline the circumstances of the country and its people, novel to colonists, unique in history, and important to all subjects of the Queen. The past as root of the present, and the present in its political, social, and religious aspects are, therefore, rapidly reviewed in the opening chapters. The physical and other conditions of the several Presidencies are next glanced at, the general character and prospects of native agriculture noted, and some chief irrigation schemes, with their lessons, briefly described. Detailed summaries of the achievements of the several Irrigation Departments and their financial results, proportionately of considerable length and in some parts a little technical, are added as an A ppendix. This volume makes no pretence to adequacy of treatment, even of its special subject. The writer is not an engineer, but having held the portfolio of Minister of Water Supply in Victoria for several years, and having in that capacity reported upon he systems of artificial watering in vogue in the United States (1885), Egypt and Italy (1887),he has gathered a sufficient acquaintance wifti them to become convinced of their applicability to Australian soils and climates. Both in this relation, and in his treatment of other questions relating to I ndia, ehas suited the manner of his comments, so far as he was- able, to the miscellaneous audience addressed through the daily press,-uot hesitating to pass judgmen (Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)
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DEAKIN, Alfred was born on August 3, 1856 in Melbourne. Son of William Deakin, accountant, Melbourne (d.
Studied at Church of England Grammar School, Melbourne. Melbourne University.
Elected West Bourke, 1879. Essendon and Flemington, 18S9. Minister of Public Works and Water-Supply, 1883 - S6.
Solicitor-General, 1885. President Royal Comm, on Water-Supply, 1884. Chief Secretary, 1886-1890.
Senior representative Imperial Conference in London, 1887. Member of Federal Council, 1889-1895-97-99. Member of Federation Conference, Melbourne, 1890.
Of National Australian Convention, 1891. Of National Australian Federal Convention, 1897-1899S. Australian delegate from Victoria to London to secure passing of the Commonwealth Bill, 1900.
First Attorney-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, 1901-1903. Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia, 1903-1904, 1905 - 8, 1909 -10. Represented Australia Imperial Conference, 1907.
Bencher of Gray’s Inn. Received freedom of London, Edinburgh and Manchester. Chairman of Committee of Public Accounts, Victoria.
Chairman of Executive of Victorian Federation League. ' member of the three National Australian Federal Conventions. Member of Parliament; Barristerat-Law; member for Ballarat in the House of Representatives; formerly several times member of Federal Council of Australia, and of the Parliament of Victoria continuously for twenty years.
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