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| Title : | Proclamation |
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| Creator : | Way, Samuel James, Sir, 1836-1916 | ||
| Source : | South Australian Government Gazette, 21 March 1895, p. 1 | ||
| Place Of Creation : | Adelaide | ||
| Date of creation : | 1895 | ||
| Format : | Magazine | ||
| Dimensions : | 260 x 200 mm | ||
| Contributor : | State Library of South Australia | ||
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| Description : |
Proclamation by the Lieutenant-Governor stating that the Act to Amend the Constitution passed by the South Australian Parliament in 1894 to provide for the extension of the franchise to women in the same manner as men, had been laid before Her Majesty and that, 'Her Majesty had been pleased to assent to the same.' South Australian women thereby became the first in Australia and second in the British Empire to receive the right to vote as well as to stand for election to Parliament. |
| Coverage year : | 1895 |
| Period : | 1884-1913 |
| Further reading : | Jones, Helen. In her own name : a history of women in South Australia from 1836 , Kent Town, S. Aust.: Wakefield Press, 1994 |
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