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Fisrt Fleet
1770- The First Fleet arrived in Australia -
First Recorded battle
1795- The first recorded battle between the brithish and the Aboriginals. -
Van Demiens Land
The whites were allowed to shoot any aboriginals that came onto their property. -
First Womens Riot
1827- Thsi was the year of the first womens riot protesting for womens rights. - date not specified. -
first women docter
1890- First registered docter for Australia- Constance Stone -
Commenwelth of Australia
1901- This was when the Commenwelth of Australia was formed, The idea of women voting was passed and aboriginals were not classed as citizins. -
women were allowed to vote
1902- In 1902 the goverment let women vote but their was not an election that year. - date not specified -
Women Running for Parliment
1903-Vida Goldstein, Nellie Martel, Mary Ann Moore and Selina Anderson all ran for election in 1903 but no one made it in. - Date not specified -
Women can vote/suffregetes
1903- Thsi was the year that the first electection that women could vote in happened. Also this was the year that the suffregetes were formed. Thsi is a Commitee where they protested for womens rights and did things like chain themselves to railings set fire to mail boxes and even use bombs. the main lady in the suffregetes was Emmeline Pankhurst. -
Maternitiy Allowence Act
1912- This was the year when women got a certian amount of money when they had a child. Firstly, it was 5 pounds. - Date not specified. -
WW1
1914- this was the year when world war 1 started and women really wanted to take over the male jobs but most employers rejected them. -
First Women Police Officers
1915- SA and WA allowed Kate Cocks and Annie Rose for the law, E.g. Police -
Female in Polictics
1919- This was the year that the first female was in politics Edith Cowan. Also the minimum wage for vwomen was set to 54% of what the male gets, Date not specified. -
CWA
1922- This was the year of CWA which is Country Womens Associations was formed. This is a commitee that raises money for the community and to support causes. Today there is more than 25,000 people in the CWA. -
First Female Speaker
1925- Thsi is the year of the first female speaker in NSW.
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Widows Pension
1942- This was also the year that the Widows Pension was introduced. Thsi was when the Goverment put a certian amount of money in a super acount for Widows. Date not specified. -
WW2
1942- This is the year of WW2. As even more men went to war to fight there was more job oppertunitys for women. Also, many women served overseas as nurses. Date not specified, -
First women for Parliment.
1943- First women elected for parliment Enid Lyons and Dorothy Tangney. Date not specified -
Aboriginals right to vote
1962- All aboriginals were allowed to vote. -
Women in Pubs
This was the year that women could come into the public area of pubs. Before this there was a seprate lounge for the ladies. Date not specified. -
First aboriginal women to win a Gold Medal at the commenwelth games.
1990- This wasv the year that Cathy Freeman won gold at the Commenwelth Games. Date not specified -
Equal Opportunity act
1999- Equal Opportunity for women in the Work place act was formed. -
First Deputy Prime Minister who is a female
2007- Thsi was when Jullia Gillard was the first deputy Priminister that was a women. Date not specified. -
Sorry Speech
2008- This was the year that Kevin Rudd made the offical "Sorry" Speech about how we are sorry about how the British were horrible to Aboriginals. Date not specified. -
First Female Prime Minister
2010- This is the year that Julia Gillard became Australia's first female Prime Minister. Date not Specified. -
First Aboriginal Women in Parliment
2013- This was the year that the first aboriginal lady had a seat in parliment. Date not specified.
