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List Of Australian Suffragists
This is a list of Australian suffragists who were born in Australia or whose lives and works are closely associated with that country. Suffragists * Annette Bear-Crawford (1853–1899) – women's suffragist and federationist in Victoria * Belle Golding, Belle Theresa Golding (1864–1940) – feminist, suffragist and labor activist * Catherine Helen Spence (1825–1910) – author, teacher, and journalist; commemorated on a special issue of the Australian five-dollar note * Dora Meeson, Dora Meeson Coates (1869–1955) – artist, member of British Artists' Suffrage League * Euphemia Bridges Bowes (1816–1900) – president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union from 1885 to 1892. * Edith Cowan (1861–1932) – politician, social campaigner, first woman elected to an Australian parliament * Eliza Ashton (1851/1852–1900) – journalist and founding member of the Womanhood Suffrage League of New South Wales * Elizabeth Brentnall (1830–1909) – Australian suffragist, tem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller islands. It has a total area of , making it the list of countries and dependencies by area, sixth-largest country in the world and the largest in Oceania. Australia is the world's flattest and driest inhabited continent. It is a megadiverse countries, megadiverse country, and its size gives it a wide variety of landscapes and Climate of Australia, climates including deserts of Australia, deserts in the Outback, interior and forests of Australia, tropical rainforests along the Eastern states of Australia, coast. The ancestors of Aboriginal Australians began arriving from south-east Asia 50,000 to 65,000 years ago, during the Last Glacial Period, last glacial period. By the time of British settlement, Aboriginal Australians spoke 250 distinct l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |