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Women’s Suffrage Petition 1894 (South Australia)

Created 25/06/2025

Updated 25/06/2025

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On 23 August 1894 George Hawker, member for North Adelaide, presented to the South Australian House of Assembly a petition in favour of women’s suffrage. It was signed by approximately 11,600 men and women. Members of the Women’s Suffrage League, Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, and the Working Women’s Trade Union were primarily responsible for collecting the signatures from metropolitan and country areas.

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Title Women’s Suffrage Petition 1894 (South Australia)
Language English
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/3f6fab54-8cc8-4732-9c1e-fb3f73df53b0
Remote Last Updated 10/04/2019
Contact Point
History Trust of South Australia
webmaster@history.sa.gov.au
Reference Period 01/01/1894
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Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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This dataset was originally found on South Australia Government "Women’s Suffrage Petition 1894 (South Australia)". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://data.sa.gov.au/data/dataset/women-s-suffrage-petition-1894-south-australia