Editing Suffrage (section)

===Australia===
{{See also|Suffrage in Australia|Voting rights of Australian Aboriginals}}
* 1855 – South Australia is the first colony to allow all male suffrage to British subjects (later extended to [[Aboriginal Australians]] over the age of 21.
* 1894 – South Australian women eligible to vote.<ref name="AEC 2011">{{cite web |url=http://www.aec.gov.au/Elections/Australian_Electoral_History/wright.htm |title=Women and the Right to Vote in Australia |publisher=Australian Electoral Commission |date=28 January 2011 |access-date=21 June 2013}}</ref>
* 1896 – Tasmania becomes last colony to allow all male suffrage.
* 1899 – Western Australian women eligible to vote.<ref name="AEC 2011" />
* 1902 – The [[Commonwealth Franchise Act 1902|Commonwealth Franchise Act]] enables women to vote federally and in the state of New South Wales. This legislation also allows women to run for government, making Australia the first democratic state in the world to allow this.
* 1921 – [[Edith Cowan]] is elected to the West Australian Legislative Assembly as member for West Perth, the first woman elected to any Australian Parliament.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aec.gov.au/elections/australian_electoral_history/milestone.htm |title=Electoral Milestones for Women |publisher=Australian Electoral Commission |date=8 March 2013 |access-date=21 June 2013}}</ref>
* 1962 – [[Australian Aborigines]] guaranteed the right to vote in Commonwealth elections, however, in practice this right was dependent on Aboriginal voting rights having been granted by the individual's respective state.
* 1965 – Queensland is the last state to grant voting rights to Aboriginal Australians.
*1973 - After South Australian Premier [[Don Dunstan]] introduced the Age of Majority (Reduction) Bill in October 1970, the voting age in South Australia was lowered to 18 years old in 1973. Consequently, the voting age for all federal elections was lowered from 21 to 18. The states had lowered the voting age to 18 by 1973, the first being Western Australia in 1970.