History of the Indigenous Vote

By strangeb

  • Two weeks after the first fleet arrived

    2 weeks after the first fleet arivied in Australia Captain Arthur Phillip claimed NSW on behalf of Britain.

  • British Law

    The boudries were changed so that British law applied across the whole country disrespecting the aboriginal law

  • Coloines Governing themselves

    The Australian colonies were given the right to govern themselves. Aboriginal men were not encouraged to vote

  • Indigenous voting

    Queensland passed law wich said the indiginous people could not vote.

  • Indigenous voting

    Western Australia passed law wich said the indiginous people could not vote.

  • Womens rights

    South Australia gives women the right to vote. More colonies soon followed

  • Federation

    Australia became a nation and was followed by many new laws

  • voting rights

    Under pressure from Britian and India some non white people were granted the right to vote

  • The compromise

    The Australian parliament granted the right to vote to Indigenous people who had been in the military or still serving the right to vote.

  • Northen Territory right to vote

    Northen territory (NT) declared almost all aboriginals were demed wards of the statesaying the needing supoort. Aboriginals could vote if they were not wards of the state

  • equal rights

    a lot of Australians believed aboriginals dhould have the same rights as white Australians

  • parliamentary committee

    a committee was set up to investigate indigenous voting rights

  • Commonwealth Electoral act

    the act was amended to provide indigenous the power to inrol to vote in federal elections

  • elections

    Indigenous people could in state/territory elections in the northen territory and western austrtalia

  • At last the vote

    indigenous people all over Australia were given equal voting rights as other Australians