Lewis was appointed as Minister Without Portfolio in the first federal ministry under Edmund Barton in January 1901, but decided not to stand for the Federal Parliament and resigned his post in April, being replaced as Tasmania's representative by Philip Fysh. He was again Premier of Tasmania 1909-12, also holding the post of Attorney-General. After leaving politics he was Lieutenant-Governor of Tasmania.
Sir Neil Elliot Lewis KCMG (Born; Hobart, October 27, 1858; Died Hobart, September 22, 1935), Australian politician, was Premier of Tasmania on three occasions October 12, 1899 to April 9, 1903 and June 19, 1909 to October 20, 1909 and October 27, 1909 to June 14, 1912.
Lewis was appointed as Minister Without Portfolio in the first federal ministry under Edmund Barton in January 1901, but decided not to stand for the Federal Parliament and resigned his post in April, being replaced as Tasmania's representative by Philip Fysh.
Elliott Lewis's "Fade" is a postcard from the edge of these racial boundaries.
Lewis also draws extensively from the work of social scientists, psychologists and race scholars, explaining their often complex theories in plain-spoken language.
Perhaps the greatest tension Lewis exposes is the one between the individual's freedom of self-identification and society's urge to classify.
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