Key Terms
This word means the right to vote in political elections.
suffrage
This is one reason suffrage mattered in Australia: it gave women greater political ________.
Representation
This broader unit focus examines how Australia changed through struggles over rights, representation and ________.
Belonging
This global event in 1945 appears first on the class timeline.
WW2
A source created during the time being studied is called this type of source.
Primary Source
This term means having a say in how a country is governed through voting, parliament, or public voice.
Democracy
Gaining voting rights was important, but it did not immediately create this for all women.
Equality
According to the unit, these three groups are central to the study of rights and freedoms in modern Australia.
Women, First Nations Australians, and migrants?
This 1948 event set an international standard for human rights.
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
A textbook, documentary, or historian’s article written later is usually this type of source.
Secondary Source
This concept refers to people being allowed to participate fully in society rather than being left out.
Inclusion
Suffrage is studied as both a turning point and part of a longer story of this....
Reform
After 1945, Australia was influenced by major world events, changing political ideas, and growing demands for this.
What is fairness?
(Also acceptable: rights, inclusion, or representation based on class wording.)
In 1949, Australia formally established this legal status.
Australian Citizenship
A good historical inquiry question should be more than just a topic; it should be arguable, specific and ________.
What is focused?
(Also acceptable: debatable or inquiry-based.)
Historians use this term when explaining why a person, event or movement was important in the past.
Historical Significance
This is the best explanation of why suffrage is historically significant:
A. It solved every problem for women
B. It was one major step in a much longer struggle for rights
C. It only mattered during wartime
B
This document, created in 1948, helped shape global ideas about rights and freedoms after World War II.
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Put these in order from earliest to latest:
Equal Pay Case, Racial Discrimination Act, 1967 Referendum
1967 Referendum → Equal Pay Case (1972) → Racial Discrimination Act (1975)?
If a historian asks, “How did women’s suffrage contribute to change in modern Australia?” they are focusing on this historical skill....
Historical Inquiry
These two historical concepts are used together to explain what changed over time and what stayed the same.
Continuity and Change
Explain this idea: “A legal change does not always create immediate social change.” Use suffrage as your example.
A strong answer would mention that women gaining the vote changed the law, but social, economic and political inequality still continued afterward.
Why is it important to study women’s suffrage alongside First Nations rights and migration history, rather than by itself?
Because it helps students see that modern Australia was shaped by multiple struggles for rights and inclusion, not just one reform movement.
This 2008 event is the latest on the introductory timeline and is linked to recognition of historical injustice.
National Apology to the Stolen Generations
Name two things a historian should analyse when looking at a source.
Any two of: origin, content, context, purpose, usefulness, reliability