Background

She was the eldest daughter of David Ross of Newcastle, New South Wales.

Career

From 1896, the Bartons" house Miandetta in Carabella Street, North Sydney was the site of "open house" meetings on the subject of Federation. Some of the most frequent attendees of the meeting would become prominent in the formation of Australia, namely Robert Garran, Atlee Hunt and Thomas Bavin. After her husband"s death in 1920, she moved to London, returning to Sydney in 1927.

Edmund Alfred Barton (29 May 1897 – 13 November 1949), a New South Wales judge

Wilfrid Alexander Barton (1880 – 1953), first Rhodes Scholar for New South Wales

Jean Alice Barton (1882 – 1957), married Sir David Maughan (1873 – 1955) in 1909

Arnold Hubert Barton (3 January 1884 – 1948), married Jane Hungerford in Sydney 1909.

He later migrated to Canada

Oswald Barton (8 January 1888 – 6 February 1956), a medical doctor

Leila Stephanie Barton (1892 – 1976), married Robert Christopher Churchill Scot-Skirving in London 1915.

Achievements

• Two years later he won a seat in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing the now abolished electoral district of University of Sydney.