History
Passing a bill
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Human Rights
Class Notes - 19.6.17
Women's Rights
Women's Rights
- Women didn’t have the same rights as men
- Women couldn’t vote
- women weren’t paid the same as men
- Women wanted the right to work and to choose their career
- In the late 1800’s the women who demanded change were called ‘suffragettes’.
- Suffrage - the right to vote in political elections
- 1902- South Australia was one of the first places in the world to let women vote and it was the first place to let women run for parliament
- Indigenous Australians faced a lot of discrimination and weren’t considered to be citizens of Australia
- Indigenous Australians could not vote
- In 1962, Aboriginal Australians were given the right to enroll to vote in federal elections
- In 1965, Aboriginal Australians protested against poor work conditions and fought for land rights
- Parts of the constitution had to change as it discriminated against Indigenous Australians
- To change the constitution there has to be a referendum (yes/no vote).
- 90% voted yes to the changes and the two lines were taken out of the constitution to make it fairer for Indigenous Australians
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http://www.abc.net.au/btn/story/s3765672.htm Eddie Mabo
- When Captain Cook arrived in Australia, land could be claimed as theirs if it was “terra nullius” or land belonging to no-one.
- Eddie Koike Mabo lived on Murray Island and he found out it was officially owned by the Commonwealth of Australia
- In 1981, Eddie Mabo spoke at a conference and a lawyer thought maybe Mabo could prove that “terra nullius” was wrong.
- Mabo took his case to the high court and on the 3rd June, 1992, the high court recognised that there were people living on Murray Island when the British arrived
- Sadly, Mabo passed away 5 months before the verdict
- Mabo Day is celebrated every year on the 3rd of June.
Government
- Levels of Government - http://www.abc.net.au/btn/story/s4469199.htm
- History of Voting - http://www.abc.net.au/btn/story/s4464749.htm
- Voting age - http://www.abc.net.au/btn/story/s4345701.htm
- Parliament House - http://www.abc.net.au/btn/story/s3830581.htm
Eureka Stockade
Visit the links below for more information on the Eureka Stockade and the events leading up to Federation.
- http://cbhsyearfivehistory.weebly.com/significant-event-eureka-stockade.html
- http://splash.abc.net.au/home#!/media/1918860/celebrating-democracy-at-the-eureka-museum
Magna Carta
- http://www.abc.net.au/btn/story/s4247986.htm
- http://splash.abc.net.au/home#!/media/2337863/explaining-magna-carta
- http://www.bl.uk/magna-carta/videos/what-is-magna-carta
Democracy Resources
- http://splash.abc.net.au/home#!/topic/500542/democracy/video
- http://www.abc.net.au/btn/story/s4460249.htm