Resources for schools
Education poster
For students and teachers this 420 x 575 mm Education Views poster** presents aspects of the journey of women gaining the right to vote. It includes a timeline, snapshot profiles of selected suffragettes, ideas for classroom activities and useful website addresses for more information and resources.
The content was written by the Office for Women in consultation with Education Queensland, the Electoral Commission and the Department of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Policy. The poster was designed by Education Queensland and featured in their fortnightly publication Education Views, Vol 14, Number 7, April 15, 2005).
** A high resolution version of the Education Views poster is also available.
Other resources
The following resources may be useful for schools in preparing lessons on the 100th anniversary of Queensland women's right to vote.
Promotional resources
Some promotional resources are still available from the Government Bookshop under the date heading 2005.
Centenary of Suffrage
Features a chronology, biographies, description of suffrage groups, the plural vote, other issues being fought for, what the men thought, as well as photographs of people and objects in 1900s Queensland. (Hosted by the School of English, Media Studies and Art History, The University of Queensland).
Queensland Parliamentary Library
A page of resources the Parliamentary Library collated especially for the centenary.
Australian Women's Studies Resources
Centre for Research on Women, Gender, Culture and Social Change, The University of Queensland.
Includes details about Hecate, Vol 30, No 2 of 2004, a special edition on Queensland Women's suffrage.
Last updated: 5 December 2008
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