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Daniels, Kay, ed. Australia's women, a documentary history: from a selection of personal letters, diary entries, pamphlets, official records, government and police reports, speeches, and radio talks (2nd ed. U of Queensland Press, 1989) 335pp. The first edition was entitled Uphill all the way : a documentary history of women in Australia (1980).
Australian women (10 C, 24 P) A. Australian Aboriginal goddesses (12 P) Australia's Next Top Model seasons (11 P) B. Beauty pageants in Australia (4 C, 8 P)
Australian women centenarians (43 P) Australian female criminals (3 C, 3 P) D. Australian dames (3 C, 3 P) E. Executed Australian women (7 P) Pages in category ...
Pages in category "Lists of Australian women" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
The National Foundation for Australian Women (NFAW) was set up by a group of women's rights campaigners who wished to establish a body to promote women's movement ideas and policies. It was established in 1989 with seed money of $100,000 from Pamela Denoon and a trust fund in her name.
In 1902, the newly formed Commonwealth of Australia became the first nation on earth to enact equal suffrage, enabling women to both vote and stand for election alongside men [1] Women have been represented in Australian state parliaments since 1921, and in the Federal Parliament since 1943. The first female leader of an Australian State or ...
The first woman to run for the House of Representatives was Selina Anderson at the 1903 election for Dalley, but the first woman elected to the House was Dame Enid Lyons at the 1943 election for Darwin. At that election, the first woman member of the Senate was also elected, and there have been women members of the Senate continuously ever ...
Maria Elizabeth Kirk (1855–1928) Temperance in UK and suffrage in Australia. Mary Colton (1822–1898) – president of the Women's Suffrage League from 1892 to 1895; Mary Hynes Swanton (1861–1940) Australian women's rights and trade unionist; Mary Lee (1821–1909) – suffragist and social reformer in South Australia