Papers of Alfred Deakin, Travel diary from America 1885
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Among his many great achievements, Alfred Deakin—Australia’s second Prime Minister—became known not only as the Father of Federation but also the Father of Irrigation. In late 1884–1885, Deakin led a small travel party to the United States to investigate irrigation and water conservation. This trip was instrumental in shaping Deakin’s view that water should belong to the Crown rather than to riparian landowners, as was the legal tradition in England. In the Victorian Parliament in June 1886, Deakin introduced the first legislation in Australia that placed ownership of water with the Crown and established a government-sponsored irrigation scheme. A modest man, he turned down a knighthood offered to him in 1887. Join the Murray-Darling Basin Authority and the National Library of Australia in transcribing Deakin’s 1885 travel diary to America.
Citation: Papers of Alfred Deakin, Travel diary from America 1885, NLA MS 1540/2/38This expedition of 168 tasks is fully transcribed and validated.
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