It took 11,600 signatures and a truckload of tenacity but, 125 years ago, trailblazing South Australian women made a difference which has become a cornerstone of our present-day democracy.
The Women’s Suffrage Petition of 1894 resulted in women being granted the vote in South Australia. But even before that, in 1861, female landowners were making history voting in local government elections.
But since then, progress hasn’t been as swift as those early suffragettes might have hoped. While for 125 years women have voted, it is only now they have shattered glass ceilings to occupy some of the highest positions in the political sphere - both on a state and federal level. Unsurprisingly, among those doing so on the national stage, many are South Australian.
Contributors: Brad Crouch, Cameron England, Clare Peddie, Craig Cook, Emily Cosenza, Emily Dawe, Erin Cutler, Jillian Attrill, Katie Spain, Kaysee Miller, Lauren Novak, Liz Walsh, Matt Pike, Matt Turner, Nathan Davies, Paul Starick, Rebecca Fletcher, Robyn Douglass, Rod Savage, Scott Walsh, Sean Fewster, Tim Williams, Tory Shepherd, Valerina Changarathil
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