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Oracle of DelphiEdmund Barton: Australia's First Prime Minister
November 17th 2008 13:30
Edmund Barton was born in Glebe Sydney in 1849 to William and Mary Louise (née Whydah). A clever boy with a love of literature, music and art, Barton was educated at Fort Street Model School and Sydney Grammar School.
It was at Sydney Grammar that Barton first met Richard O’Connor. The lives of Barton and O’Connor would run parallel courses; each dedicated to the cause of Federation, both members of Australia’s first Federal Cabinet, and, ultimately, both would sit on the nation’s first High Court.
In January 1920, at the age of 70, Edmund Barton died suddenly of heart failure at Medlow Bath in the Blue Mountains.
Adapted from the detailed biography of Edmund Barton at the link above.
It was at Sydney Grammar that Barton first met Richard O’Connor. The lives of Barton and O’Connor would run parallel courses; each dedicated to the cause of Federation, both members of Australia’s first Federal Cabinet, and, ultimately, both would sit on the nation’s first High Court.
In January 1920, at the age of 70, Edmund Barton died suddenly of heart failure at Medlow Bath in the Blue Mountains.
Adapted from the detailed biography of Edmund Barton at the link above.
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