Australia in 1902

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_period
gptkbp:country gptkb:Australia
gptkbp:currency gptkb:Australian_pound
gptkbp:event Boer War ongoing (Australian troops involved)
Commonwealth Franchise Act 1902 passed
Drought affected large parts of Australia
First federal election with women voters
Women granted right to vote in federal elections
First Australian federal election held in March 1901 (recent event)
gptkbp:governor gptkb:Lord_Hopetoun
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Australia in 1902
gptkbp:legislature gptkb:Commonwealth_Franchise_Act_1902
gptkb:Defence_Act_1902
gptkbp:monarch gptkb:Edward_VII
gptkbp:notableEvent Australian Army formed in 1901 (recent event)
Australian coat of arms not yet granted (1908)
First Australian census planned for 1911
First Australian stamps issued
Ongoing federation process
Royal Australian Navy not yet established
White Australia policy in effect
Women eligible to stand for federal parliament
Aboriginal Australians largely excluded from voting rights
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Alfred_Deakin
gptkb:Lord_Hopetoun
gptkb:Edward_VII
gptkb:Edmund_Barton
gptkb:Vida_Goldstein
gptkb:George_Reid
gptkbp:populationEstimate 3,773,801
gptkbp:primeMinister gptkb:Edmund_Barton
gptkbp:state gptkb:New_South_Wales
gptkb:Queensland
gptkb:South_Australia
gptkb:Tasmania
gptkb:Victoria
gptkb:Western_Australia
gptkbp:year 1902
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Women's_suffrage_movement
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6