Womens, Immigrant and Indigenous Rights

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    Indigenous Rights

  • Captain Cook Enters Botony Bay

    Captain Cook landed at Botony Bay on the 'Endeavour'. The British didn't know about Aboriginal rights and their connection with the land so they declared that the land belonged to no one.

  • The First Fleet

    The First Fleet arrived in Port Jackson, Sydney and builds a settlement.

  • Federation Australia

    The Federation of Australia was the process by which the six separate British self-governing colonies of Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, and Western Australia formed one country.

  • The Commonwealth of Australia is Formed

    The Commonwealth of Australia was formed in 1901 when six independent British colonies agreed to join together and become states of a new nation. (Federation)
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    Immigration rights

  • First Registered Female Doctor

    Constance Stone became the first registered female doctor in Australia. She had to study overseas to gain her qualifications as she had been refused entry to Melbourne University.
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    Womens Rights

  • All Residents Naturalised

  • First Female Parlimentary Candidates

    Vida Goldstein, Nellie Martel, and Mary Ann Moore Bentley stand for the Senate, and Selina Siggins stands for the seat of Dalley in the House of Representatives.

  • 390,000 New Settlers Arrived

    Australia grew rapidly until the start of World War One. Between 1905 and the start of World War One, around
    390,000 new settlers arrived.

  • Maternity Allowance Act

    Link below
    http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/num_act/maa191281912241/maa191281912241.pdf

  • Woman in WW1

    http://australia.gov.au/about-australia/australian-story/women-in-wartime

  • WWI Starts

    The First World War began when Britain and Germany went to war in August 1914, and Prime Minister Andrew Fisher's government pledged full support for Britain. The outbreak of war was greeted in Australia, as in many other places, with great enthusiasm.
    http://www.awm.gov.au/atwar/ww1/

  • First Female Police Officers

    South Australia and NSW appointed the first female police officers. In South Australia the officers appointed were Kate Cocks and Annie Ross.

  • WWI Ends

  • Minimum Wage for Women

  • 300,000 immigrants arrived (majority came from Britain)

    1919-1925

  • First Woman Elected to Australian Parliment

    Edith Cowan became the first woman to be elected to an Australian parliament.

  • Empire Settlement Scheme

    Passed by the Australian Parliament in 1922, this Act established immigration schemes between the British and Australian Governments to assist ‘suitable persons’ to immigrate to Australia.
    http://museumvictoria.com.au/origins/glossary.aspx?gid=17

  • Founding of the Country Womens Association

  • The Great Depression

    1929-37

  • WW2 (15,000 People Migration Loss)

    1939-45

  • Widows Pensions were Introduced

  • First Women Elected to Federal Parliment

  • Post War Resettlement

    1945-1965

  • The Goverment Relaxed on the Immigration Restriction Act

  • The Commonwealth Citizenship and Nationality Act

  • The Alien Act came into Force

  • Work Began on the Snowy Moutains Hydro-Electric Scheme

  • All Aboriginal Women (and men) were allowed to vote

  • Referendum

  • An Australian Author writes a book on Womens Rights

  • Racial Discrimination Act

  • First Women to hed a Goverment Department

  • Aboriginals Get Uluru Back

  • First Aboriginal to win a Gold Medal in the Olympics

  • Council for Reconciliation First Meeting

  • Equal Opportunity for Women in Workspace Act

  • First Female Deputy

  • First Female Governal General

  • Prime Minister Apologises

    Prime Ministers speech
    http://australia.gov.au/about-australia/our-country/our-people/apology-to-australias-indigenous-peoples