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Also known as Sir Edmund Barton, Toby Barton

Australian politician, first Prime Minister of Australia and founding justice of the High Court of Australia (1849-1920)

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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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Gender
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Origin
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Active from
1982-09-17
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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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