Honours Edmund Barton
bust of sir edmund barton sculptor wallace anderson located in prime ministers avenue in ballarat botanical gardens
sir edmund barton memorial in barton, australian capital territory (marc clark (sculptor)).
barton refused knighthoods in 1887, 1891 , 1899, agreed appointed knight grand cross of order of st michael , st george (gcmg) in 1902 coronation honours list published on 26 june 1902, , invested king edward vii @ buckingham palace on 8 august 1902. (he prime minister knighted during term of office until robert menzies in 1963; various others knighted after leaving office; sir earle page knight when briefly became prime minister in 1939.) received honorary ll.d. university of cambridge in 1900, , honorary d.c.l. university of oxford , ll.d. university of edinburgh while visiting united kingdom in summer of 1902. received freedom of city of edinburgh during visit city on 26 july 1902.
in 1905, japanese government conferred grand cordon, order of rising sun, , barton granted permission retain , wear insignia. honour presented in acknowledgement of personal role in resolving conflict concerning commonwealth s pacific island labourers act , queensland protocol anglo-japanese treaty.
in 1951 , again in 1969, barton honoured on postage stamps bearing portrait issued australia post.
the barton highway in australia, connecting hume freeway australian capital, canberra, named after barton. division of barton in new south wales named after him, barton, australian capital territory, suburb of canberra close capital hill location of many government departments , national institutions, , headquarters of australia s main political parties. edmund barton building government office building in suburb. barton college of deakin university named after barton.
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