Chronology of Women's Suffrage

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The Constitution Act 1855-6 gazetted in the South Australian Government Gazette.
Section 5. The Legislative Council shall for the present consist of eighteen elected Members, who shall be elected by the inhabitants of the said Province, legally qualified to vote; and no person shall be capable of being elected a Member, who shall not be of the full age of thirty years and a natural-born or naturalised subject of Her Majesty, or legally made a denizen of the said Province, and who shall not have resided within the said Province for the full period of three years.
Section 6. Every man of the age of twenty-one years, being a natural born or naturalised subject of Her Majesty, or legally made a denizen of the said Province, and having a freehold estate in possession, either legal or equitable, situate within the said Province, of the clear value of Fifty Pounds sterling money above all charges and encumbrances affecting the same, or having a leasehold estate in possession, situate within the said Province, of the clear annual value of Twenty Pounds, the lease thereof having been registered in the general Registry Office, for the registration of deeds, and having three years to run at the time of voting, or containing a clause authorizing the lessee to become the purchaser of the land thereby demised, or occupying a dwelling-house of the clear annual value of Twenty-five Pounds sterling money, and who shall have been registered on the Electoral Roll of the Province six months prior to the election, shall be entitled to vote at the election of Members of the Legislative Council.
Section 14. The House of Assembly shall, for the present, consist of thirty six Members who shall be elected by the inhabitants of the said Province; and any person who shall be qualified and entitled to be registered as a voter in and for any electoral district within the said Province, shall be qualified and entitled to be elected a Member of the House of Assembly for any electoral district within the said Province.
Section 16. Every man of the age of twenty-one years, being a natural born or naturalised subject of Her Majesty, and having been registered upon the Electoral Roll of any District for the period of six calendar months prior to any election, shall be qualified to vote in the election of Members to serve in the House of Assembly: Provided, that no man shall be entitled to vote at the election of a Member of the Legislative Council or House of Assembly, who has been attainted or convicted of treason, or felony, or other infamous offence, in any part of Her Majesty's Dominions, unless he has received a free pardon for such offence, or has undergone the sentence passed on him for such offence.
Section 34. The said Parliament shall have full power and authority, from time to time, by any Act, to repeal, alter, or vary all or any of the provisions of this Act, and to substitute others in lieu thereof: Provided that it shall not be lawful to present to the Governor, for Her Majesty's assent, any Bill by which an alteration in the Constitution of the said Legislative Council or House of Assembly may be made, unless the second and third reading of such Bill shall have been passed with the concurrence of an absolute majority of the number of the Members of the said Legislative Council and of the whole House of Assembly respectively: Provided also, that every Bill which shall be so passed shall be reserved for the signification of Her Majesty's pleasure thereon.

The Municipal Corporations Act 1861 assented to. This Act enfranchises women ratepayers - they can vote in municipal and local government elections. [Helen Jones, In her own name]

Report on a debate "Are the present attempts to extend the rights of Woman and enlarge her sphere of work worthy of encouragement?" is included in the minutes of the North Adelaide Young Men's Society.

The North Adelaide Young Men's Society proposes to hold a public debate "Should the electoral franchise be extended to women?" on this day. [Eclectic June 1871]

Social Purity Society of South Australia Rev J.C. Kirby delivers the last of his series of lectures on the social evil [prostitution] at a public gathering in the Pirie Street Lecture Hall, and re-commends the formation of Social Purity Leagues.
The meeting pledges itself to endeavour to form a society as suggested by Rev Kirby, and exert its utmost endeavours in the suppression of the social evil. [Register 1 Aug 1882]

Social Purity Society of South Australia Details of the constitution and executive of the "Society for the Promotion of Social Purity" published in Observer. [This society is known under a variety of names.]

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	The Constitution Act 1855-6 gazetted in the South Australian Government Gazette. Section 5. The Legislative Council shall for the present consist of eighteen elected Members, who shall be elected by the inhabitants of the said Province, legally qualified to vote; and no person shall be capable of being elected a Member, who shall not be of the full age of thirty years and a natural-born or naturalised subject of Her Majesty, or legally made a denizen of the said Province, and who shall not have resided within the said Province for the full period of three years. Section 6. Every man of the age of twenty-one years, being a natural born or naturalised subject of Her Majesty, or legally made a denizen of the said Province, and having a freehold estate in possession, either legal or equitable, situate within the said Province, of the clear value of Fifty Pounds sterling money above all charges and encumbrances affecting the same, or having a leasehold estate in possession, situate within the said Province, of the clear annual value of Twenty Pounds, the lease thereof having been registered in the general Registry Office, for the registration of deeds, and having three years to run at the time of voting, or containing a clause authorizing the lessee to become the purchaser of the land thereby demised, or occupying a dwelling-house of the clear annual value of Twenty-five Pounds sterling money, and who shall have been registered on the Electoral Roll of the Province six months prior to the election, shall be entitled to vote at the election of Members of the Legislative Council. Section 14. The House of Assembly shall, for the present, consist of thirty six Members who shall be elected by the inhabitants of the said Province; and any person who shall be qualified and entitled to be registered as a voter in and for any electoral district within the said Province, shall be qualified and entitled to be elected a Member of the House of Assembly for any electoral district within the said Province. Section 16. Every man of the age of twenty-one years, being a natural born or naturalised subject of Her Majesty, and having been registered upon the Electoral Roll of any District for the period of six calendar months prior to any election, shall be qualified to vote in the election of Members to serve in the House of Assembly: Provided, that no man shall be entitled to vote at the election of a Member of the Legislative Council or House of Assembly, who has been attainted or convicted of treason, or felony, or other infamous offence, in any part of Her Majesty's Dominions, unless he has received a free pardon for such offence, or has undergone the sentence passed on him for such offence. Section 34. The said Parliament shall have full power and authority, from time to time, by any Act, to repeal, alter, or vary all or any of the provisions of this Act, and to substitute others in lieu thereof: Provided that it shall not be lawful to present to the Governor, for Her Majesty's assent, any Bill by which an alteration in the Constitution of the said Legislative Council or House of Assembly may be made, unless the second and third reading of such Bill shall have been passed with the concurrence of an absolute majority of the number of the Members of the said Legislative Council and of the whole House of Assembly respectively: Provided also, that every Bill which shall be so passed shall be reserved for the signification of Her Majesty's pleasure thereon.
	The Municipal Corporations Act 1861 assented to. This Act enfranchises women ratepayers - they can vote in municipal and local government elections. [Helen Jones, In her own name]
	Report on a debate "Are the present attempts to extend the rights of Woman and enlarge her sphere of work worthy of encouragement?" is included in the minutes of the North Adelaide Young Men's Society.
	The North Adelaide Young Men's Society proposes to hold a public debate "Should the electoral franchise be extended to women?" on this day. [Eclectic June 1871]
	Social Purity Society of South Australia Rev J.C. Kirby delivers the last of his series of lectures on the social evil [prostitution] at a public gathering in the Pirie Street Lecture Hall, and re-commends the formation of Social Purity Leagues. The meeting pledges itself to endeavour to form a society as suggested by Rev Kirby, and exert its utmost endeavours in the suppression of the social evil. [Register 1 Aug 1882]

	Social Purity Society of South Australia Details of the constitution and executive of the "Society for the Promotion of Social Purity" published in Observer. [This society is known under a variety of names.]