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Edmund Barton
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Australian politician, first Prime Minister of Australia and founding justice of the High Court of Australia (1849-1920)
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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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Edmund
- Family name
- Barton
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Australia
- Place of birth
- Glebe
- Place of death
- Medlow Bath
- Occupation
- lawyer
- Educated at
- University of Sydney
- Political party
- Protectionist Party
- Languages spoken
- German
- Religion
- Anglicanism
- Image
- Edmund Barton, Q.C., M.L.C., ca. 1889 - unknown photographer (5932628140).jpg
- Work location
- Canberra
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- Edmund Barton
- date of birth
- 1849-01-18
- date of death
- 1920-01-07
- Commons gallery
- Edmund Barton
- cause of death
- heart failure
- name in native language
- Edmund Barton
- writing language
- English language
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview
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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