Alfred Deakin, architect of modern Australia … and white supremacist

But Peter Sharp was not about to let it go.

He has spent years uncovering the evidence for his contention that his great-grandfather, considered a social progressive who was instrumental in creating modern Australia, was also responsible, more than virtually anyone else, for policies designed to demolish Aboriginal Australia.

Deakin, he says, was determined to create “a continent reserved for Anglo-Saxons only”, which “necessitated ensuring the elimination of the Aboriginal…