[A speech by Alfred Deakin in support of the Immigration Restriction Bill (the main basis of the White Australia Policy), in the House of Representatives, 12 September 1901.] IMMIGRATION RESTRICTION BILL Second Reading House Hansard Thursday, 12 September 1901 Mr DEAKIN (Ballarat, Attorney-General) – The honorable member who has just concluded has, in his last […]
Alfred Deakin, Australian Prime Minister, builder of the White Australia policy
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Alfred Deakin (1856-1919) was Australia’s second Prime Minister. He was a loyal defender of his people, and helped to build the White Australia policy. Deakin studied law at the University of Melbourne before entering politics. However, he was not just a lawyer and politician, but was also an author, journalist, playwright, poet, and teacher. He […]
Edmund Barton, Australian Prime Minister, champion of a White Australia
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Sir Edmund Barton (1849-1920) was Australia’s first Prime Minister. He was a committed campaigner for the federation of the Australian colonies, so that they would be united together as one nation, and was a staunch advocate of a White Australia policy. Barton was a prize-winning scholar, with a love of classical Greek and Latin. He […]
