Women's Suffrage Petition - master photocopy, 1894 (GRG 92/5)
A petition in favour of extending the right to vote to women was collected by the Woman's Christian Temperance Union and the Women's Suffrage League.
The petition asked for women to be given franchise for both houses of Parliament on the same terms as men. It was signed by over 10,600 South Australians.
It was presented to the House of Assembly by the Hon. G C Hawker on 30th August 1894 and passed in both Houses on 17-18 December 1894.
While State Records holds a copy of this record as GRG92/5, the original petition is held by the House of Assembly, Parliament of South Australia.
Digital copy and index
A digital copy of the petition was made in 2025 and has been published through the Parliament of South Australia site. You can search the petition by name or location.
State Records archivists and volunteers contributed to the development of the index across three decades.
A transcription project was undertaken by State Records of South Australia in 1994, with improvements in 2019. This final database was developed by the House of Assembly in 2026. State Records and the House of Assembly made every effort to identify names against a series of relevant primary sources.
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