Women’s suffrage in Australia

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Women’s_suffrage_in_Australia
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:Commonwealth_Franchise_Act_effect granted most Australian women the right to vote in federal elections
granted most Australian women the right to stand for federal parliament
gptkbp:Commonwealth_Franchise_Act_passed 1902
gptkbp:Edith_Cowan_elected_to_Western_Australian_Legislative_Assembly 1921
gptkbp:first_woman_elected_to_Australian_parliament gptkb:Edith_Cowan
gptkbp:first_woman_to_stand_for_federal_parliament gptkb:Vida_Goldstein
gptkbp:firstStateToGrant gptkb:South_Australia
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Women’s suffrage in Australia
gptkbp:Indigenous_women_excluded_from_federal_vote_until 1962
gptkbp:Indigenous_women_in_Northern_Territory_excluded_until 1962
gptkbp:Indigenous_women_in_Queensland_and_Western_Australia_excluded_until 1962
gptkbp:Indigenous_women_in_South_Australia_and_Tasmania_excluded_until 1962
gptkbp:Indigenous_women_in_Victoria_and_New_South_Wales_excluded_until 1962
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:British_suffrage_movement
New Zealand suffrage movement
suffrage movements in United Kingdom
suffrage movements in United States
gptkbp:location gptkb:Australia
gptkbp:New_South_Wales_granted_women_the_right_to_vote 1902
gptkbp:notableFigure gptkb:Catherine_Helen_Spence
gptkb:Edith_Cowan
gptkb:Vida_Goldstein
gptkbp:opposedBy some politicians
gptkbp:Queensland_granted_women_the_right_to_vote 1905
gptkbp:relatedLegislation gptkb:Commonwealth_Franchise_Act_1902
Adult Suffrage Act 1908 (Victoria)
Constitution Act Amendment Act 1894 (SA)
Electoral Act 1902 (NSW)
Electoral Act 1903 (Tasmania)
Electoral Franchise Act 1905 (Queensland)
gptkbp:relatedTo voting rights
women's rights
gptkbp:resultedIn increased political participation by women
women elected to parliament
gptkbp:South_Australia_granted_women_the_right_to_stand_for_parliament 1894
gptkbp:South_Australia_granted_women_the_right_to_vote 1894
gptkbp:startDate 1894
gptkbp:supports gptkb:Women's_Christian_Temperance_Union
gptkb:Australian_Labor_Party
gptkb:Women's_Political_Association
women's organizations
Australian Woman’s Suffrage Society
gptkbp:Tasmania_granted_women_the_right_to_vote 1903
gptkbp:Victoria_granted_women_the_right_to_vote 1908
gptkbp:Vida_Goldstein_stood_for_Senate 1903
gptkbp:Western_Australia_granted_women_the_right_to_vote 1899
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Australian_History
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7