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Keywords: StateLibQld 1 193679 What We Want , (suffragette movement in Queensland).jpg en What We Want suffragette movement in Queensland Celebrating the centenary of women's suffrage in Queensland On 5 January 1905 two years after the formation of the Queensland Women's Electoral League the Electoral Franchise Bill was introduced into the Legislative Assembly to give the women of Queensland the right to vote The Elections Acts Amendment Bill providing the necessary machinery was introduced at the same time Despite some misgivings about abolishing the plural vote and difficulty with postal voting these issues were overcome and the legislation giving the women of Queensland the right to vote was finally passed It was assented to by the Lieutenant-Governor on 26 January 1905 1893-09-30 handle 10462/deriv/115374 Copied and digitised from an image appearing in The Worker 30 September 1893 Contributor s The Worker PD-Australia StateLibQld-License Cartoons of Australia Political cartoons of Australia Politics of Queensland Women's suffrage in Australia Voting in Australia 1893 in Queensland Black and white photographs
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