01Barton - SIR EDMUND BARTON

							PRIME MINISTERS
O F A US TR A LI A                               SIR EDMUND BARTON


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                                                 BORN: 1849 DIED: 1920
                                                 POLITICAL PARTY: PROTECTIONIST PARTY
                                                 TERM AS PRIME MINISTER: 1901–1903



                     EDM UN D B AR T ON A ND T HE N F SA C OLLEC TI ON
                     The only surviving moving image of Edmund Barton shows the parade and ceremony in
                     Sydney on 1 January 1901 to celebrate the inauguration of the Commonwealth, filmed
                     by the Salvation Army’s Limelight Department. The footage shows the parade through
                     the streets of Sydney, arrival at Centennial Park and the signing of the Federation
                     document thus creating the Commonwealth of Australia.

                     We also have footage of the house at the Rocks in Sydney NSW, where Barton lived as a
                     child.

                     No recorded sound exists in the collection featuring Edmund Barton, but we do have a
                     partly dramatized biography of Barton and the reminiscences of the Hon. John Drake,
                     who speaks about early Australian politics from the first Parliament and his position as
                     Postmaster General.

                     COLLE C TIO N HIG HLI G HT S

                     TITLE                                                            MEDIUM           TITLE NO.

                     Inauguration of the Commonwealth                                 Moving Image     8881

                     Dramatised Biography of Edmund Barton                            Recorded Sound   170263
                     Australian Federation: Sir W. Lyne, Admiral Pearson, the Hon.
                     Edmund Barton, Lord Hopetoun, and Sir E. Darley walking away
                                                                                      Documentation    359206
                     from the pavilion in Centennial Park, Sydney where Australia's
                     Federation documents were signed

                     SEA RC HI NG T HE C OLLE CTI ON
                     Go to www.nfsa.afc.gov.au/searchthecollection
                     Search for Barton records using the sequence Name: “Edmund Barton”

                     Other interesting key words
                     Federation            Inauguration of the
                                           Commonwealth

                     Image: Sir Edmund Barton, c. 1901. National Library of Australia




                                               FO R FU RT HE R I NF O RMA TI ON O N AU ST RALI A’S PRIME
                                               MINISTE RS
                                               Australian Prime Ministers Centre www.apmc.oph.gov.au
                                               National Archives of Australia www. primeministers.naa.gov.au
                                               Prime Minister of Australia www.pm.gov.au
                                               Australian Dictionary of Biography www.adb.online.anu.edu.au