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| Keywords: StateLibQld 1 195727 Making herself pleasant - for the time being , (suffragette movement in Queensland).jpg en Making herself pleasant - for the time being suffragette movement in Queensland Celebrating the centenary of the suffrage movement 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 1903-07-11 handle 10462/deriv/114754 Copied and digitised from The Worker official journal of the federated workers of Queensland 11 July 1903 PD-Australia StateLibQld-License Cartoons of Australia Political cartoons of Australia Politics of Queensland Women's suffrage in Australia Women's clothing of Australia Voting in Australia 1903 in Australia Black and white photographs | ||||
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