Outlines Australia's first prime minister Edmund Barton. Includes Barton's early life, his work for federation, and his problems with money and alcohol.
"Affable Alfred" became a politician rather than the military hero he hoped to be. Read a detailed bio, see a portrait, and get a chronology.
View a portrait and read through a detailed biography of this Scottish union organizer who served as the sixth, eighth, and tenth prime minister.