A PM in the house

A holiday snapshot on the steps of Arilpa with, at rear, Vera Deakin, David Rivett, a Miss Hodgson and, at front, two young family friends, Wilfred Deakin Brookes and Herbert Robinson Brookes. Picture courtesy Alfred Deakin Prime Ministerial Library, Deakin University/Margaret Brookes
A PM in the house
JOHN VAN KLAVEREN tours Point Lonsdale’s Aripla, former holiday home of Australia’s second Prime Minister and the namesake of Deakin University. A hidden national treasure at Point Lonsdale links Geelong to Australia’s emergence from colonialism into federation. The link runs through Geelong’s university and includes many notables of the time as well as events […]