EDMUND BARTON
Edmund Barton was the first Australian Prime Minister
from 1901-1903.
He was born in 1849 and was educated at Sydney Grammar
School and Sydney University, where he became a barrister
by graduating 1871, he was elected for the N.S.W.
Parliament in 1879. In 1877 he married Jean Mason Ross.
They had 6 children.
Edmund Barton was Attorney-General of N.S.W. from
1891-1893. was . He introduced customs tariffs to protect
Australian industries. Edmund also introduced "The White
Australian Policy." He made many laws to keep Australians
prevent coloured people from entering Australia . This
stopped slavery. Before this ships were going up to the
Pacific Islands and kidnapping them and making them
work in the sugar cane farms.
Edmund Died on 7th of January 1920 at Medlow Bath West
of Sydney. He was 70 years old.
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