Rights Of Women, Migrants and Indigenous People

By Winky02
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    Timeline

  • First Fleet

    First Fleet

    First Fleet arrived in Australia
  • First Recorded Battle

    First Recorded Battle

    The first recorded battle between the British and the Aboriginals
  • Van Dieman's Land

    Van Dieman's Land

    The whites were allowed to shoot and aboriginals on their property.
  • First Women Riot

    First Women Riot

    This was the year of the first women riot protesting for women rights. Date not specified.
  • First Australian Doctor

    First Australian Doctor

    This was the year of the first female registered Doctor in Australia- Constace Stone. Date not specified.
  • Commonwealth Of Australia

    Commonwealth Of Australia

    Commonwealth of Australia formed. Aboriginals were not classed as citizens. Date not specified.
  • Allowing Women To Vote

    Allowing Women To Vote

    This was when women got told they were allowed to vot for the first time. Date not specified.
  • Women Vote In Federal Election

    Women Vote In Federal Election

    This was the first time women were allowed to actually vote in federal elections. Date not specified.
  • Suffragettes Formed

    Suffragettes Formed

    A women seeking the right to vote through organized protest. Emmeline Pankhurst was the main player. Date not specified.
  • Women Running For Parliment

    Women Running For Parliment

    Vida Goldstein, Nellie Martel, Mary Ann Moore and Selina Anderson all ran for election but no one made it in. Date not specified.
  • Maternity Allowance Act

    Maternity Allowance Act

    This is when women got money when they had a child to pay for it, it was 5 pounds. Date not specified
  • WW1

    WW1

    1914-1918 Women didn't have the right to participate and fight for their country, women usually had to print, wash cloths and make food. Date not specified.
  • First Female Police Officers

    First Female Police Officers

    In this year in SA and NSW the first Female police officers- Kate Cocks and Annie Ross. Date not specified.
  • First Female In Politics

    First Female In Politics

    In this year the first females were alowed in politics in Australia. Date not specified.
  • Wage For Women's Work Was Set

    Wage For Women's Work Was Set

    Minimum wage for Women's work was set at 54% of the male rate. Date not specified.
  • First Women Elected Into Australian Parliment

    First Women Elected Into Australian Parliment

    First women elected in Australian parliment- Edith Cowan. Date not specified.
  • Founding Of The Country Women's Association (CWA)

    Founding Of The Country Women's Association (CWA)

    This was the first women's foundraser. Date not specified.
  • Women's Weekly Came Out

    Women's Weekly Came Out

    Frank Packer was the founder of the Womens Weekly and this was the date it came out. Date not specified.
  • WW2

    WW2

    Women were given the right to work wile the men were out fighting. Date not specified.
  • Widow's Pensions Were Introduced

    Widow's Pensions Were Introduced

    In this year Widows' pensions were introduced. Date not specified.
  • First Women Elected Into Federal Parliment

    First Women Elected Into Federal Parliment

    First women elected into federal parliment- Enid Lyons and Dorothy Tangney. Date not specified.
  • Australian Citizenship Act

    Australian Citizenship Act

    The aboriginals voted if they were inrolled in state elections.

  • Voting Rights

    All aboriginal women (and men) were finally able to vote. Date not specified.

  • Rights To Vote

    The aboriginals now vote in all elections.

  • Aboriginals Have The Same Rights As White Australian's

    The aboriginals had the same rights as white Australians and they could live anywhere in Australia.

  • Aboriginals Tent Embassy

    On Australia Day 1972, four young Aboriginal men erected a beach umbrella outside Parliment House in Canberra and put up a sign which read 'Aboriginal Embassy'.

  • Uluru

    Uluru was handed back to the aboriginals.

  • First Aboriginal Women To Win A Gold Medal

    First aboriginal women to win a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games- Cathy Freeman. Date not specified.

  • Equil Opportunity For Women In The Workspace Act

    In 1999 there was equal opportunity for women in the Workspace Act. Date not specified.

  • First Female Deputy Prime Minister

    In 2007 Julia Gillard became the first female Deputy Prime Minister. Date not specified.

  • First Female Governor General Of Australia

    In 2008 Quentin Bryce became the first female Governor General of Australia. Date not specified.

  • First Female Prime Minister

    In 2010 Julia Gillard became the first female Prim Minister of Australia. Date not specified.

  • First Aboriginal Women To Have A Seat In Federal Parliment

    In 2013 there was the first Aboriginal women to ever have a seat in Federal Paliment. Date not specified.

  • Kevin Rudd 'Sorry' Speech

    On this date former Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, said sorry to the stolen generation.