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2 weeks after the first fleet arrived
On the 7th febuary two weeks after the first fleet arrived in Sydney, Captain Aurthur Phillip claimed the eastern part of Australia for Britan and declaredBritish law would apply to it. -
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History of the indigenous vote
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Australian colonies got right to govern themselves
From 1850 austrailan colonies were given the right to govern themselves through there own parliaments . those parliaments made laws about who could vote and whou could not. It was usual for the colonial laws to say all men above the age of 21 years could vote in elections. Indigenous men were not specifically denied the right to vote, but, in practice, they weren't encouraged to enrol to vote. -
New laws passed
In 1885 respectively,Queensland passed laws that said Indigenous people definetely could not vote. -
New laws passed
In 1893 Western Australia passed laws that said Indigenous people definetly could not vote -
The new commonwealth of Australia
The new commonwealth of Australia came into existance on 1 January 1901. -
Commonwealth franchise act
The commonwealth franchise act of 1902,specifically excluded any aboriginal native Australian,Asian, African or the islands of the pacific -
Britain and india put presshure on austraila
in 1925 as a rasoult of prussher from britain and india , some none wite people were granted the right to vote in austrailan elactions -
Indigenous granted right to vote
in 1949 there was a compromise the colim weath pariment granted the right to vote in federal elections to indigenous people who had completed military servess or who already had the right to vote in their state. -
Northern territory aboriginals made wards of the state
In 1957 the commonwealth Government,which had responsibility for governing the Northern territory,declared almost all territory aborigines to be wards of the state. -
White Austrailans agreed aboriginals should have rights
Increasing numbers of white Australians had come to think that Indigenous Australians should have equal rights.