Rights of Women, Migrants and Indigenous Australians

By sa!nt5
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    Migrants' rights

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    Women's rights

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    Indigenous Australians' rights

  • first Australian suffrage society

    Henrietta Dugdale and Annie Lowe made the first Australian suffrage society

  • first female doctor

    Constance stone was the fist professional doctor

  • first australian women to recieve the vote

    all women (apart from Aboriginal women in most states) from this day on could stand for federal parliament and vote in federal elections

  • first female parliament candidate

    Vida goldsien was the first female that had a possibility of being the prime minister

  • maternity allowance act

    the act would help the mothers look after their babies. it was 5 pounds

  • World War 1

    women started taking on some of the workfoce realated jobs of the men as most of the men were away on war

  • first female australian police officers

    kate cocks (SA) and annie ross (NSW) were the first australian female police officers

  • first women in parliament

    there was the first women in parliament

  • first women elected into the Australian parliament

    Edith cowan was elected into the WA parliament.

  • country women's society (CWA)

    the CWA fundraises and helps out the local community. there are now over 25 000 members

  • first female parliament speaker

    the first women speaker in parliament was from NSW

  • World War 2

    having all the men gone to the war, the women were allowed many spots in the workforce with very large and unseen numbers.

  • widows pension was introduced

    there was finally a pension for women

  • the widows pension is formed

    the women's super is here

  • first women in the federal parliament

    the first fem,ales in parliament were Eniel Lyion and Dorothy Tangney

  • Aboriginals get the vote

    the Aboriginals finally get the vote they have been longing for, for over 50 years

  • first Aboriginal woman in the Commenwealth games

    Cathy Freeman was the first aboriginal in the Commenwealth games.

  • first female deputy Prime Minister

    the first woman to be a deputy PM was Julia Gillard

  • first woman Prime Minister

    the first female PM waws Julia Gillard

  • 1st Aboriginal women in the Federal Parliament

    the first aboriginal women was Nova Paris

  • first woman Govenor General

    the first femakle Govenor General was Quentin Bryce