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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