Edmund Barton: display comprising signature on foxed piece, window mounted with photograph (Barton is at the left) & 1901 Federation Farthing, framed & glazed, overall 12.20 in. x 16.14 in. Sir Edmund Barton was the first Prime Minister of Australia.
- Federation Period - The Federation style in architecture and furniture is broadly the Australian equivalent of the English Edwardian period and extended from 1890 to 1915. The name relates to Australia becoming a Federation in 1901, when the colonies became the Commonwealth of Australia.
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