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The women of Queensland were granted the right to vote in 1905. The first examples of Australian feminism occurred during the mid 1800s to 1900. The early movement mostly concerned the applications of basic human rights to women, including the right to vote, the right to stand for parliamentary election, and protection from sexual exploitation.
The first was the Victorian Women's Suffrage Society, was formed by Henrietta Dugdale in 1884. The organisations involved in the suffrage movement varied across the colonies. A national body, the Australian Women's Suffrage Society, was formed in 1889, whose aims were to educate women and men about a woman's right to vote and stand for parliament.
Australian women's rights activists (1 C, 95 P) ... Pages in category "Australian feminists" The following 127 pages are in this category, out of 127 total.
Lynette "Lyn" Syme (1948-2019) was an Australian political and labor activist, feminist and aboriginal land-rights advocate, recognized in her later years as a Wiradjuri elder of the Dabee people (North-East Wiradjuri) in what is current-day New South Wales.
Mary Windeyer (1836–1912) – women's suffrage campaigner in New South Wales; May Jordan McConnel (1860–1929) – trade unionist and suffragist, member of the Women's Equal Franchise Association; Maybanke Anderson (1845–1927) – promoter of women's and children's rights, campaigner for women's suffrage and federation
Pages in category "Women's organisations based in Australia" The following 44 pages are in this category, out of 44 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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).
Australian suffragists (90 P) Pages in category "Australian women's rights activists" The following 95 pages are in this category, out of 95 total.