Mishnah
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Mishnah (Heb., ‘teaching’). The Jewish
oral law, and in particular, the collection of oral law compiled by
Judah ha-Nasi. The Mishnah is divided into six
sedarim (Heb., ‘Orders’) known as
Zeraim (Seeds),
Moʿed (Festivals),
Nashim (Women),
Nezikin (Damages),
Kodashim (Holy Things), and
Tohorot (Purities): the
Talmuds are based on these sedarim. The final text contains many different styles as well as an enormous variety of opinion. See also
TALMUD;
ORAL LAW.
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Edmund Barton. (Book Reviews).(Review)
Magazine article from: Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society; 12/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; Geoffrey Bolton, Edmund Barton, St Leonards, 2000, Allen &...Bolton in his timely biography of Edmund Barton thankfully does not climb aboard this...is indeed difficult to argue with Sir Robert Garran's assessment that...
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Fed: Australian prime ministers since Federation
Newspaper article from: AAP General News (Australia); 1/1/2001; 700+ words
; ...Australian prime ministers since Federation: 1. Sir Edmund Barton (PROT) Jan 1901 - Sep 1903 (2 yrs, 9 mths) 2...Electoral Commission. Memorable moments: 1901 - Sir Edmund Barton becomes Australia's first prime minister. 1914...
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The first in the field: Prime Ministers' papers in The National Library of Australia.
Magazine article from: Australian Academic & Research Libraries; 3/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...David Maughan, the son-in-law of Sir Edmund Barton: When I was in Washington I learned...of Congress. As early as 1901, Barton had referred to the Library of Congress...Commonwealth Parliamentary Library. In 1907 Sir Frederick Holder was unequivocal...
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The High Court of Australia: a personal impression of its first 100 years.
Magazine article from: Melbourne University Law Review; 12/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...of Isaacs and Higgins VII Sir Isaac Isaacs VIII The Engineers...Guard XI The Court when Sir Owen Dixon Was Chief Justice XII The Court when Sir Garfield Barwick Was Chief...Griffith as Chief Justice, Sir Edmund Barton and Sir Richard O'Connor...
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Fed: A chronology of Federation
Newspaper article from: AAP General News (Australia); 12/31/2000; 685 words
; ...to govern Australia. 1889 - New South Wales premier Sir Henry Parkes proclaims that the time for federation has...Lord Hopetoun proclaims the Commonwealth of Australia. Sir Edmund Barton is sworn in as Australia's first prime minister...
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How it all began, MALAYSIAN BUSINESS
Newspaper article from: Malaysian Business; 3/1/2002; 700+ words
; ...federation movement truly gained momentum after 1880, with Sir Henry Parkes (1815-1896), five times the premier...ceremony. Following federal elections in March that year, Sir Edmund Barton became Australia's first prime minister. Celebrating...
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Cultural in-sites: A History of the National Library of Australia.
Magazine article from: The Australian Library Journal; 5/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...and a Joint Library Committee under the chairmanship of Sir Frederick Holder was appointed within four weeks of Federation...advocated by this committee (p19), the Prime Minister (Sir Edmund Barton) decided to rely upon the resources and facilities of...
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FED: High Court commemorated in exhibition
Newspaper article from: AAP General News (Australia); 7/8/2009; 368 words
; ...High Court's archival treasures, including the horsehair wig of the first chief justice, Sir Samuel Griffith, and prime minister Sir Edmund Barton's bench book. John Williams, who sits on the advisory board for the National Archives, said...
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Qld: New flag flying over state parliament
Newspaper article from: AAP General News (Australia); 11/27/2001; 347 words
; ...copy of the Australian National Flag first flown in Melbourne in the presence of the nation's first Prime Minister Sir Edmund Barton on September 3, 1901. It is being flown for one day only as part of the centenary of federation celebrations...
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What the nation s papers say today, Feb 8, 1999
Newspaper article from: AAP General News (Australia); 2/8/1999; 700+ words
; ...their capital after Washington but all we could do was manage a Canberra suburb for our first prime minister PM, Sir Edmund Barton, the paper said. "It is ironic that the government's solution to a problem blamed partly on declining funding...
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Sir Edmund Barton
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Sir Edmund Barton The Australian statesman and jurist Sir Edmund Barton (1849-1920) was a leading protagonist for federal union. As prime minister from the inauguration of the Commonwealth of Australia, he played a key role in the early phase...
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Barton, Sir Edmund
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History
Barton, Sir Edmund (b. 18 Jan. 1849, d. 7 Jan. 1920). Prime Minister of Australia...Commonwealth of Australia was thus proclaimed on 1 January 1901, with Barton becoming its first Prime Minister.
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Australia
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History
...responsibility for defence and foreign affairs. State legislators would have full responsibility for internal state affairs. Sir Edmund BARTON , who had been prominent in the federation movement, was the first Prime Minister. The Northern Territory was transferred...
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Deakin, Alfred
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History
...statesman and Prime Minister (1903–04; 1905–08; 1909–10). He accompanied Sir Edmund BARTON to London to steer the Commonwealth Bill through Parliament (1900) and as Attorney-General (1901–...
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Alfred Deakin
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...first federal ministry (1901-1903), Deakin succeeded Edmund Barton as prime minister. Refusing to accede to Labour party...Common-wealth: 1889-1900 (1913); and John Quick, Sir John Quick's Notebook, edited by L. E. Freedman...
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