1889 Petition for the Right to Vote in Australia
1889. Victoria. Women's Suffrage. Petition
Publication: Melbourne, Australia: Robt. S. Brain, Government Printer, 1889.
Notes: Broadside printing the text of a petition submitted to the legislative assembly of the Victoria stating "that the exclusion of women from the franchise is both unjust to them and inimicable to the welfare of the state" and asking that "this condition of injustice under which they labour be altered with all convenient speed." The petition concludes with the statement, "Here follow 188 signatures." The names of those signing are not provided.
Women in Victoria permanently won the right to vote in 1908 (a few women voted in the 1860s due to a law that granted suffrage to all "ratepayers", an "error" the legislature fixed in the following session). This is one of the first petitions presented to the Victoria legislature by the Victorian Women's Suffrage Society.
One of 350 copies printed.
13-5/8 by 8-5/8 inches. Printed on one side only.
Edition + Condition: Light spotting to edges, else very good.
Item No: #361962
Price: $250