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Western Australia granted women the right to vote from 1899, although with racial restrictions. In 1902, the newly established Australian Parliament passed the Commonwealth Franchise Act 1902, which gave women equal voting rights to men and the right to stand for federal parliament (although excluding almost all non-white people of both sexes). [2]
Suffrage in Australia is the voting rights in the Commonwealth of Australia, its six component states (before 1901 called colonies) and territories, and local governments. The colonies of Australia began to grant universal male suffrage from 1856, with women's suffrage on equal terms following between the 1890s and 1900s.
The Australian Commonwealth Franchise Act 1902 enabled female British subjects resident in Australia to vote at federal elections and also permitted them to stand for election to the Australian Parliament, making the newly-federated country of Australia the first in the modern world to do so. However, the act excluded "natives of Australia ...
The introduction of women's political rights in Australia; Parliament Right to vote (a) Right to stand Commonwealth 1902 (b) 1902 State: South Australia 1894 1894 Western Australia 1899 1920 New South Wales 1902 1918 Tasmania 1903 1921 Queensland 1905 1915 Victoria 1908 1923 (a) The dates for the right to vote at State level refer to equal ...
Australia was the second country in the world to give women the right to vote (after New Zealand in 1893) and the first to give women the right to be elected to a national parliament. [1] The Australian state of South Australia , then a British colony, was the first parliament in the world to grant some women full suffrage rights. [ 2 ]
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).
Women have made great strides – and suffered some setbacks – throughout history, but many of their gains were made during the two eras of activism in favor of women's rights. Some notable events:
The bill passed on 18 December 1894, granted women the right to vote and stand for parliament, and South Australia was the first legislation worldwide to do so. [9] Once women had the vote, Lee was active in voter education, encouraging women to enrol and vote. By her 75th birthday, 60,000 women had enrolled to vote.