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Year 6 History · Democracy and the right to vote

Name: ______________________

Date: ____________

1. Which colony first gave women the right to vote and stand for parliament?
- ☐ (a) Victoria
- ☐ (b) New South Wales
- ☐ (c) South Australia
- ☐ (d) Tasmania
2. What does 'suffrage' mean?
- ☐ (a) Suffering
- ☐ (b) The right to vote
- ☐ (c) A type of tax
- ☐ (d) A government building
3. In what year could all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people enrol to vote in federal elections?
- ☐ (a) 1901
- ☐ (b) 1962
- ☐ (c) 1967
- ☐ (d) 1992
4. What did the 1967 referendum change?
- ☐ (a) It gave women the vote
- ☐ (b) It created the states
- ☐ (c) It ended Federation
- ☐ (d) It allowed Aboriginal people to be counted in the census and the Commonwealth to make laws for them
5. About what percentage of voters said 'Yes' in 1967?
- ☐ (a) More than 90%
- ☐ (b) About 50%
- ☐ (c) About 25%
- ☐ (d) Less than 10%
6. In what year did South Australian women win the right to vote?
7. An official count of the population is called a ____.
8. How many years after 1962 was the 1967 referendum held?

Answer sheet

1. South Australia — South Australia did so in 1894.
2. The right to vote — Suffrage means the right to vote.
3. 1962 — The law was changed in 1962.
4. It allowed Aboriginal people to be counted in the census and the Commonwealth to make laws for them — The referendum changed two parts of the Constitution.
5. More than 90% — More than 90% voted Yes, one of the highest results for any Australian referendum.
6. 1894 — South Australia passed the law in 1894.
7. census — The census counts the population.
8. 5 — 1967 − 1962 = 5.