George Burnett Barton (9 December 1836 – 12 September 1901) was an Australian lawyer, journalist and historian.
After a dispute with Professor John Woolley, he left for England, where he was admitted to the Middle Temple on 20 April 1857 and called to the Bar in 1860.
"[2] Barton went to New Zealand in 1868, and for about three years (1868-1871) was editor of the Otago Daily Times.
[3] He practised for some time as a barrister and solicitor at Dunedin, and in 1875 published A Digest of the Law and Practice of Resident Magistrates and District Courts.He also edited the New Zealand Jurist.
He was then commissioned by the government to write the History of New South Wales From the Records, of which he completed only the first volume, published in 1889.