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Period: to
History of Australian Electoral Reform
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all adult (21 years) male British subjects were entitled to vote in South Australia
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all adult (21 years) male British subjects were entitled to vote in Victoria.
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all adult (21 years) male British subjects were entitled to vote in New South Wales.
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all adult (21 years) male British subjects were entitled to vote in Queensland. However, Indigenous people were denied the vote.
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Queensland Elections Act excluded all Indigenous people from voting
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all adult (21 years) male British subjects were entitled to vote in Western Australia. However, Indigenous people were denied the vote.
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SA Women eligible to vote.
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all adult (21 years) male British subjects were entitled to vote in Tasmania
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WA Women eligible to vote.
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NSW Women eligible to vote.
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TAS Women eligible to vote.
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QLD Women eligible to vote.
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VIC Women eligible to vote.
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NT and ACT Women eligible to vote.
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WA - Edith Cowan elected to Legislative Assembly as member for West Perth, the first woman elected to any Australian Parliament.
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Compulsory voting first used at a federal election
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Queensland allowed Aborigines to vote in State elections. Queensland was the last State to grant this right
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Neville Bonner AO (1922 – 1999) was the first Indigenous person to be appointed to Federal Parliament in Australia.
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Compulsory enrolment and voting for Australian Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders introduced
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ACT - Rosemary Follett, first female head of government in Australia.
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WA - Dr Carmen Lawrence, Australia's first woman Premier
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WA Carol Martin the first indigenous woman elected to a State Parliament
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Ms Julia Gillard MP becomes Prime Minister.
