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    Sir Edmund "Toby" Barton GCMG KC (18 January 1849 – 7 January 1920) was an Australian statesman, barrister and jurist who served as the first prime minister...
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    The Edmund Barton Building (known originally as the Trade Group Offices) is a large Canberra office building positioned prominently on the Parliamentary...
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    of Barton began in 1922. The first stage of the heritage-listed Barton Housing Precinct began in 1926 and 1927. It was named after Sir Edmund Barton, the...
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    Attorney-General of Australia in the ministry led by his close friend Edmund Barton. He succeeded Barton as prime minister in September 1903. Two subsequent elections...
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    Congregation of Christian Brothers Edmund Burke (1729–1797), Irish statesman, political theorist, and philosopher Edmund Barton (1849−1920), Australian prime...
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    and one woman) have served as prime minister, the first of whom was Edmund Barton taking office on 1 January 1901 following federation of the British...
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    of Barton is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales. The division was created in 1922 and is named for Sir Edmund Barton, the...
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    Melbourne to Canberra. It is named in honour of Sir Edmund Barton, the first Prime Minister of Australia. Barton Highway commences at the interchange with Hume...
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    1903 election, Barton resigned to become a founding member of the High Court of Australia, and was replaced by Alfred Deakin. Edmund Barton entered parliament...
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    the Colony of New South Wales, was instrumental in this process. Sir Edmund Barton, second only to Parkes in the length of his commitment to the federation...
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