Edmund Barton
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Edmund Barton was an Australian politician who served as the country's first Prime Minister and later became a founding justice of the High Court of Australia. He matters because he played a central role in establishing Australia as an independent nation and shaping its legal system in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
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- Born
- 1849-01-18
- Died
- 1920-01-07
- Works
- 2
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- The Rt. Hon. Sir Edmund Barton ... on women's suffrage
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Personal details Born(1849-01-18)18 January 1849 Glebe, Colony of New South Wales, British Empire
(now New South Wales, Australia)
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1849 births1920 deaths19th-century Australian lawyers19th-century Australian politicians20th-century prime ministers of AustraliaAttorneys general of the Colony of New South WalesAustralian federationistsAustralian King's CounselAustralian Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St GeorgeAustralian members of the Privy Council of the United KingdomAustralian monarchists