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Aboriginal women carrying a child wrapped in pelt cloak, South Australia, c. 1860. Despite efforts to bar their enlistment, over 1,000 Indigenous Australians fought for Australia in the First World War. [179] 1934 saw the first appeal to the High Court by an Aboriginal Australian, and it succeeded.
Western Australian law denied the vote to Indigenous people who didn't meet a property qualification. [5] 1895 All adult women in South Australia, including Indigenous women, won the right to vote. 1901 The Commonwealth Constitution came into effect, giving the newly created Commonwealth Parliament the authority to pass federal voting laws ...
Women's groups, such as the Australian Federation of Women Voters and the National Council of Women of Australia, became advocates for Indigenous issues in the 1920s. [183] The first Indigenous political organisation was the Australian Aboriginal Progressive Association , established in 1924, with 11 branches and more than 500 Indigenous ...
For love or money: a pictorial history of women and work in Australia (Penguin Books, 1983) Moreton-Robinson, Aileen. Talkin'up to the white woman: Aboriginal women and feminism (Univ. of Queensland Press, 2000) Ryan, Edna and Anne Conlon. Gentle Invaders: Australian Women at Work (Melbourne: Penguin, 1975).
Dolly Gurinyi Batcho (c. 1905 - 1973) was a Larrakia woman who served on Aboriginal Women's Hygiene Squad, 69th, as a part of the Australian Women's Army Service. She was also a signatory of the 1972 Larrakia Petition; Beetaloo Jangari Bill (c1910 - 1983) a Gurindji and Warumungu Elder from Elliott, Northern Territory.
Several hundred Australian Aboriginal languages, many no longer spoken, Australian English, Australian Aboriginal English, Kriol: Religion; Majority Christian (mainly Anglican and Catholic), [2] minority no religious affiliation, [2] and small numbers of other religions, various local indigenous religions grounded in Australian Aboriginal mythology
Following the inclusion of non-indigenous women in the 1903 election, many Australian women and the Australian government, led by Prime Minister Alfred Deakin, used their experience to promote women's suffrage in the United Kingdom and elsewhere.
First Indigenous Australian woman to be awarded an Order of Australia: Lois (Lowitja) O’Donoghue; 1977. First Indigenous Australian to hold a shadow portfolio in a federal, state or territory parliament: Neville Perkins (Northern Territory). [19] First Indigenous Australian to referee a world title boxing match: Trevor Christian. [83]