100 Years of Women's Suffrage in Queensland 1905–2005

Some Important Firsts

Authors

  • John McCulloch

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1017/S1321816600004098

Keywords:

Women's suffrage, 1905–2005, centenary

Abstract

The year 2005 is an important one for Queensland women for three reasons. It is the centenary of women getting the vote (25 January 1905). It is the 90th anniversary of women getting the right to stand for Parliament (23 November 1915). Finally, it is the 76th anniversary of the first woman being elected to the Queensland Parliament (11 May 1929).

Author Biography

  • John McCulloch

    John McCulloch taught ancient history at the University of Queensland (1972-82), and later worked as a research officer at the Queensland Parliamentary Library until his retirement in 1995. Subsequently he taught part time at Griffith University, and still teaches political science part time at QUT. His publications include Land Degradation: Problems and Responses (1990); Backpacker: The Growth Sector of Australian Tourism (1991); Waste Management: Reducing Rubbish and Recycling Refuse (1991); Women Members of the Queensland Parliament 1929-1994 (1994); Feral Peril: Queensland's Introduced Plants and Animals (1994); and Beds, Boots and Backpacks: The Story of YHA in Australia (1997). In 2000 he was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia.

References

Bernays, C.A., (1931) Queensland: Our Seventh Political Decade (Sydney: Angus & Robertson): 337.

Bemays, Queensland: Our Seventh Political Decade: 337.

Courier-Mail, 21 May 1953: 2.

Brisbane Courier, 13 May 1929: 17.

Courier-Mail, 21 May 1953: 2.

Courier-Mail, 21 May 1953: 2.

Edwards, James, Queensland Parliamentary Debates 153, 16 October 1929: 961 (MP for Nanango 1920–47, CP).

Pease, Percy. Queensland Parliamentary Debates 156, 14 October 1930: 1571 (MP for Herbert 1920–40, ALP).

Forgan-Smith, William, Queensland Parliamentary Debates 159, 22 July 1931: 38 (MP for Mackay 1915–42, Premier 1932–42, ALP).

Royal Commission on Family Allowances and Child Endowment (1928): 7–8.

Queensland Parliamentary Debates 288, 4 August 1982: 20 (Tom Burns was MP for Lytton 1972–96, ALP).

Hughes, Colin, Images and Issues: The Queensland State Elections of 1963 and 1966 (Canberra: ANU Press, 1969): 166; Queensland Times, 11 May 1966.

Queensland Times, April 1969.

Queensland Parliamentary Debates 288, 4 August 1982: 15 (Ed Casey was MP for Mackay 1969–95, ALP).

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Published

2005-11-01

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 2 (2005): Special Issue: The Centenary of Women's Suffrage in Queensland

Section

Articles

How to Cite

McCulloch, J. (2005). 100 Years of Women’s Suffrage in Queensland 1905–2005: Some Important Firsts. Queensland Review, 12(2), 63-72. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1321816600004098