Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 27. Chapters: Bill Lamb, Daniel Clyne, Daniel Levy (politician), Edmund Barton, Frank Burke (Australian politician), George Wigram Allen, Henry Morton (politician), Henry Willis (Australian politician), James Dooley (politician), Jim Cameron (politician), John Aquilina, John Cann, John Murray (New South Wales politician), Joseph Palmer Abbott, Kevin Ellis (Australian politician), Kevin Rozzoli, Laurie Kelly (politician), Ray Maher, Reginald Weaver, Richard Meagher, Richard Torbay, Shelley Hancock, Sir Daniel Cooper, 1st Baronet, Speaker of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, Terence Aubrey Murray, William Munnings Arnold. Excerpt: Sir Edmund Barton, GCMG, KC (18 January 1849 - 7 January 1920), Australian politician and judge, served as the first Prime Minister of Australia and became a founding justice of the High Court of Australia. Barton first became an MP in 1879, in the Parliament of New South Wales. He contributed solidly to the federation movement through the 1890s, eventually contesting the inaugural 1901 federal election as head of a caretaker Protectionist Party federal government. No party won a majority; however, the government was supported by the Australian Labor Party, against the opposition Free Trade Party. Barton resigned from the position of Prime Minister of Australia in 1903. Barton became a judge of Australia's High Court, serving for 17 years until his death in 1920. Barton aged 17He was born in Glebe, New South Wales, the ninth child of English parents William Barton, a stockbroker, and Mary Louise Barton. He was educated at Fort Street High School and Sydney Grammar School, where he was twice dux and School Captain and met his life-long friend and later fellow Justice of the High Court of Australia, Richard O'Connor. He graduated with first class honours and the University Medal in classics from...