Sir Edmund Barton, Port Macquarie, NSW, Australia
S 31° 25.680 E 152° 54.486
56J E 491266 N 6522959
This 'sit-by-me' statue at Port Macquarie's town common is of Sir Edmund Barton (1849-1920) who was Australia's first Prime Minister.
Waymark Code: WMP2A6
Location: New South Wales, Australia
Date Posted: 06/15/2015
Views: 8
The plaque in front of the statue reads:
Centenary of Federation
Sir Edmund Barton
Member of the Legislative Assembly
For the Hastings-Macleay 1898-1899
Prior to Federation and First
Prime Minister of Australia
Sculptor
Carl Merten
8 December 2001
This sculpture was commissioned by
Hastings Council to Celebrate the 2001
Centenary of Federation and Sir Edmund Barton's
Role in Forging the Nation.
This project is supported by the Commonwealth
Through the Federation Fund and by Community Sponsors.
Hastings - City of the Arts, 2001-2003
Sir Edmund Barton Sir Edmund Barton is holding in his right hand a bronze 'facsimile' of a document, which reads:
DRAFT BILL
to constitute the
Commonwealth of Australia
as finally adopted by the
Australian Federal Convention, at Melbourne,
on the 16th March, 1898;
together with
an explanation of its provisions
by
Robert Randoplh Garran, B.A.
(Barrister at law)
There is also a plaque for the sponsors of the sculpture, being: Port Central Shopping Centre; A.P. & P.J. King, King Bros. Bus Group; Settlement Shores Development Pty Ltd; The Stack Family and the Curley Family; and Country Energy, with Project Manager being Phoenix Foundry