Deakin may refer to:
Places
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Deakin University
Deakin University is a public university in Victoria, Australia. Founded in 1974, the university was named after Alfred Deakin, the second Prime Minister of Australia.
Its main campuses are in Melbourne's Burwood suburb, Geelong Waurn Ponds, ...
, Victoria, Australia
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Deakin, Australian Capital Territory
Deakin (postcode: 2600) is a suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. Development began in the 1920s, although the vast majority of the suburb was built after 1945. It is a largely residential suburb. It includes the official ...
, suburb of Canberra, Australia
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Deakin, Western Australia
Deakin is a remote locality and is the last railway siding in Western Australia on the Trans-Australian Railway, and the closest to the border of Western Australia and South Australia, which is the 129th meridian east.
Deakin is important in the ...
, siding on the
Trans-Australian Railway
The Trans-Australian Railway, opened in 1917, runs from Port Augusta in South Australia to Kalgoorlie in Western Australia, crossing the Nullarbor Plain in the process. As the only rail freight corridor between Western Australia and the east ...
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Division of Deakin
The Division of Deakin is an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria.
Geography
Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the Australian ...
, Australian Electoral Division in Victoria, Australia
People
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Deakin (surname) Deakin is a surname, and may refer to:
* Alan Deakin (1941–2018), English footballer
* Alex Deakin (born 1974), British weatherman
*Alfred Deakin (1856–1919), 2nd Prime Minister of Australia
*Arthur Deakin (1890–1955), British trade unionist
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, including a list of people with the surname
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Deakin (musician)
Joshua Caleb Dibb (born January 6, 1978), also known by his moniker Deakin, is an American musician who co-founded the experimental pop band Animal Collective. He is the most infrequent member of the collective appearing on only six of the group's ...
(born 1978), American musician, member of Animal Collective
Other
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Evans Deakin & Company
Evans Deakin & Company was an Australian engineering company and shipbuilder. In 2019, the company was inducted into the Queensland Business Leaders Hall of Fame in recognition of its major contributions to the Queensland economy for nearly a ce ...
, Australian shipbuilders
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Alfred Deakin High School
Alfred Deakin High School is a government secondary school in Deakin, Australian Capital Territory, covering years 7 to 10 in the Territory's education system. It is named after the second Australian Prime Minister, Alfred Deakin.
History
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in the suburb Deakin, Canberra, Australia.
See also
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Deakins Deakins is a surname, and may refer to:
* James Deakins, fictional character on ''Law & Order: Criminal Intent''
* Joanne Deakins (born 1972), British backstroke swimmer
*Lucy Deakins (born 1971), American actress
* Peter Deakins, British architect ...
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Deacon
A deacon is a member of the diaconate, an office in Christian churches that is generally associated with service of some kind, but which varies among theological and denominational traditions. Major Christian churches, such as the Catholic Chur ...
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Deacon (disambiguation)
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