Leadership and community

• Centenary of suffrage
  • Great Queensland women from our past
  • History
    • Key players
    • Support and opposition
    • Timeline of suffrage
    • What the legislation said
  • Indigenous rights
    • The Act
    • Fighting for rights
  • Resources for schools
• National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women's Gathering (NATSIWG)
• International Women's Day
• Seminars
  • Community leadership seminar series
  • Indigenous Women's Mentoring Workshops
  • Previous seminars
• Women into local government
  • Resources
• Women on Boards
  • For organisations
  • For women
  • Register of nominees

History

Nurses voting at the Queensland State Election, Brisbane, 1938. John Oxley Collection, State Library of Queensland neg No 129107.

2005 marked one hundred years since most Queensland women gained the right to vote in State elections. It also marked the 40th anniversary of all Indigenous Queenslanders gaining that same right.

Find out about the organisations and people who fought for Queensland women's right to vote, the attitudes of those in power at the time and the barriers to voting.

• Read a timeline of the journey of Queensland women's voting rights
• Discover the key organisations and individuals who campaigned for the vote
• Sample some quotes from supporters and opponents to women voting
• What the legislation said