What impact did edmund barton have on australia?

Edmund Barton was born in 1849 and died in 1920 and belonged to the Protectionist Party.

Apart from being Australia's first Prime Minister from 1901-1903, he created the Federal Arbitration Court and the High Court of Australia, of which he was a founding justice.

After he retired from politics in 1903, he became a High Court judge.

Incidentally, he was related to one of Australia's greatest bush poets, Banjo Paterson.