Category Archives: Politics

Widows’ pensions were introduced under the 1942 Widows’ Pensions Act 1942

The first women’s hospital began in 1864. It was called the Queensland Lying-In Hospital and was located in Leichhardt Street, Spring Hill. In 1867, the hospital was renamed the Lady Bowen Hospital after the wife of Queensland’s first governor. Towards … Continue reading →

Irene Longman, became Queensland’s first female parliamentarian in May 1929.  Her career ran for only one term following a change in government. No other woman was elected to Queensland State Parliament until Vi Jordan in 1966.

Millicent Preston-Stanley was the first woman member of the New South Wales Parliament. Elected to the NSW Legislative Assembly in May 1925, she delivered her first speech two weeks after the opening of the parliament.

The Queensland maternity act helped establish maternity services including hospitals, clinics and other pre- and post-natal care services in Queensland. It also introduced specialised training for midwives and nursing staff

The first woman was elected to an Australian Parliament – Edith Cowan to the lower House of the WA Parliament.

Queensland women vote in their first state election

Vida Goldstein because the first women in the British Empire to stand for election to a national parliament when she nominated for the Australian Senate elections.   She stood five times over 14 years with her last attempt to stand for … Continue reading →

Non-Aboriginal women gained the right to vote in Federal elections and the right to sit in Federal Parliament and the right to stand for election (In the USA, female suffrage in a national election was not achieved until 1920, and … Continue reading →