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Māori voting rights in Australia

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highlighted the inconsistencies in Australian law that allowed Māori voting rights (as well as old age and disability pensions, maternity bonuses and unemployment relief) but denied them to Aboriginals and
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A contemporary cartoon portraying New Zealand's reaction to Australia's offer to join its Federation.
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This anomalous condition remained in some jurisdictions (such as the
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voting rights for other non-white minorities
Māori Australians
Commonwealth Franchise Act 1902
enrollment
persons of European descent
New Zealand
Federation of Australia
Labor Party
King O'Malley
Māori
Aboriginal Australians
Northern Territory
universal Australian Indigenous franchise
Australian Aborigines' League
Torres Strait Islanders
Voting rights of Indigenous Australians
Suffrage in Australia
Commonwealth Franchise Act 1902 (Cth)
Archived
Wayback Machine
Irving 1999
Commonwealth Franchise Bill
Indigenous Electoral Timeline
Australian Electoral Commission
Attwood & Markus 2004
Aboriginal Studies Press
ISBN
0-85575-459-1
ISBN

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