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Franchise in Australia

Suffrage in Australia (done 5 September 2024)

Women's suffrage (done 5 September 2024)

In 1895,^[1]^[2] women in South Australia won the same rights as men to vote and stand for office.^{[note 1]}

"South Australian women gain the vote: Overview". Parliament South Australia. Retrieved 5 September 2024.

^ South Australia celebrated the centenary of the female franchise in 1994; that is, 100 years from the date the legislation was passed by parliament rather that from the date it gained royal assent.^[3]

^ "Constitution (Female Suffrage) Act 1895 (SA)". Documenting a Democracy, Museum of Australian Democracy. Retrieved 26 August 2024. Note: The South Australian Parliament passed the legislation in December 1894 but the Act did not gain royal assent and become law until February 1895.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
^ Fenna, Alan; Robbins, Jane; Summers, John (5 September 2013). Government Politics in Australia. Pearson Higher Education AU. pp. 312–. ISBN 978-1-4860-0138-5.
^ "South Australian women gain the vote: Overview". Parliament South Australia. Retrieved 5 September 2024..