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Edmund Barton was our Prime Minister from 1901
to 1903 and is noteworthy for being one of the few Australian Prime
Ministers to leave office at a time of his own choosing. He served
as a High Court Judge from 1903 until his death in 1920, at which
time he was described as 'Australia's noblest son'.
The Sydney Morning Herald obituary read
: "Barton saw Australia's destiny and worked for it; he had
a gift of political foresight denied to many more astute politicians.
His work will last as long as Australia remains a nation, and therein
he has made for himself a monument more lasting than bronze and
more precious than gold."
Unfortunately there is no street or park in Glebe
which acknowledges and commemorates this famous son, however his
legacy lives on during 2001, our Centenary of Federation.
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