Image: "The dreadnought disgrace" "The Fusion" "That risky majority" "dissolution" art detail, It will sink them (cropped)

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Description: Cartoon titled "It will sink them" by Claude Marquet. It depicts the formation of the w:Commonwealth Liberal Party, commonly referred to as the "Fusion". The party's leader Alfred Deakin is shown as the head of a camel with John Forrest and Joseph Cook as its humps. The Dreadnought affair - the controversial acquisition of HMAS Australia - is shown as a loadstone around the camel's neck as it tries to cross over a cliff ("that risky majority", the party's small majority in parliament).
Title: "The dreadnought disgrace" "The Fusion" "That risky majority" "dissolution" art detail, It will sink them (cropped)
Credit: National Library of Australia
Author: Claude Marquet (1869-1920)
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