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Contributions to the development of Australia, Significant People image,…

- - - - They were on a mission to highlight racial discrimination against Indiginous people.
        
        It was publicised through the media and it helped move opinions towards the yes vote in the 1967 referendum.
- - - - The Founding fathers of federation were Sir Henry Parkes, Edmund Barton, Sir Alfred Deakin, Andrew Inglis Clark, Sir Samuel Griffith and John Quick.
        
        Federation was a popular idea because people started to identify themselves as Australians and the colonies would work.
        
        The outcomes were that women had equal rights and weren't discriminated against
- - - - The Women's Suffragettes league was formed by Mary Colten and Mary Lee.
        
        They held marches and rallies, organised petitions and sent letters to newspapers
        
        Bill passed in 1895 to allow women to vote, Indigenous women didn't vote until 1962.
        
        In 1943 Enid Lyons and Dorothy Tangney were elected to federal parliament.
- - - - An Astounding 90% of people voted yes to change the constitution