Rights of Women, immagrents and indigenous people

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  • Fisrt Fleet

    Fisrt Fleet

    1770- The First Fleet arrived in Australia
  • First Recorded battle

    First Recorded battle

    1795- The first recorded battle between the brithish and the Aboriginals.
  • Van Demiens Land

    Van Demiens Land

    The whites were allowed to shoot any aboriginals that came onto their property.
  • First Womens Riot

    First Womens Riot

    1827- Thsi was the year of the first womens riot protesting for womens rights. - date not specified.
  • first women docter

    first women docter

    1890- First registered docter for Australia- Constance Stone
  • Commenwelth of Australia

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    First Women Police Officers

    1915- SA and WA allowed Kate Cocks and Annie Rose for the law, E.g. Police
  • Female in Polictics

    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

    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

    First Female Speaker

    1925- Thsi is the year of the first female speaker in NSW.
    Date not specified
  • Widows Pension

    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

    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.

    First women for Parliment.

    1943- First women elected for parliment Enid Lyons and Dorothy Tangney. Date not specified
  • Aboriginals right to vote

    Aboriginals right to vote

    1962- All aboriginals were allowed to vote.
  • Women in Pubs

    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

    Equal Opportunity act

    1999- Equal Opportunity for women in the Work place act was formed.
  • First Deputy Prime Minister who is a female

    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

    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

    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

    First Aboriginal Women in Parliment

    2013- This was the year that the first aboriginal lady had a seat in parliment. Date not specified.