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Womens rights Australia

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  • Louisa Lawson (the mother of Henry Lawson) founded a newspaper called The Dawn to make people aware of women’s issues.

    Louisa Lawson (the mother of Henry Lawson) founded a newspaper called The Dawn to make people aware of women’s issues.

  • the Dawn Club to campaign for women’s suffrage was founded

  • women’s suffrage societies presented the Victorian Parliament with a petition with more than 30 000 signatures supporting votes for women

  • New Zealand women had led the way, gaining voting rights

  • South Australian women gained the vote.

  • Vida Goldstein became president of the Women’s Suffrage League.

  • Women won the vote in Western Australia

  • federal government elections and New South Wals

  • Tasmania womens right to vote

  • Queensland right to vote

  • Victorias right to vote

  • The right of women to stand for election to Parliament was won in New South Wales

  • Western Australia right to stand of election in Parliament

  • Tasmania right to stand of election in Parliament

  • Edith Cowan became Australia’s first female member of Parliament.