Long before the Anzacs, April 25 was the day women in Australia got the right to vote
- Written by Alice Neikirk, Program Convenor, Criminology, University of Newcastle
Members of the Womanhood Suffrage League of New South Wales, photographed in 1902.WikimediaApril 25 1896 was a significant date in the history of women’s legal rights in Australia.
Two things happened on this day: women, including Aboriginal women, voted for the first time in Australia, thanks to a Constitutional Amendment passed by the...





