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    In which capacity was Edmund Barton a public figure at a time prior to his becoming Australia's first prime minister?

    Question #42336. Asked by shady shaker. (Dec 15 03 5:51 AM)


    TabbyTom

    		He was Speaker of the NSW Legislative Assembly in the 1880s, and later a prominent member of the Australasian Federal Convention which drew up the plans for a federal Commonwealth of Australia.

    Dec 15 03, 7:59 AM
    shady shaker

    		Sorry, I meant in a non-political capacity.

    It was on the sporting field.

    Dec 15 03, 12:57 PM

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