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| Keywords: StateLibQld 1 190871 Breaking-up^ , (suffragette movement in Queensland).jpg en Breaking-up 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 1904-12-01 handle 10462/deriv/114191 Copied and digitised from The Worker official journal of the federated workers of Queensland 17 December 1904 PD-Australia StateLibQld-License Cartoons of Australia Political cartoons of Australia Politics of Queensland Voting in Australia 1904 in Australia Black and white photographs Women's suffrage in Australia | ||||
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