A Brief History of Women’s Suffrage in Australia

02/06/2024 26 min
A Brief History of Women’s Suffrage in Australia

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In 1902, Australia became the first nation on earth to enact equal suffrage, enabling (white) women to both vote and stand for election alongside men. This would not have been possible without the hard work of the brave women involved in the women's suffrage movement, who called for the right of women to vote to be enshrined in the nation's constitution.