21/10/2019
Inspiring and informative article by historian Keira Lindsay demonstrating early political activist work by Australian women ππ»ππΌββοΈπ
βThe colonial archive has encouraged us to assume only men were involved in the push for greater political freedoms in Australia. These βladies petitionsβ confirm that thousands of Sydney women were not only present at the birthday of Australian democracy, but determined to play a role in its future.β
A newly-discovered petition from 1850 provides rare evidence of what might be women's first moment of political activism in Australia.