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Feminism

Feminism is a politics concerned with advocating rights and opportunities for women; especially any extension of women’s social, economic and…

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feminism, Feminist, votes for women, women, women’s rights

early twentieth century, early twenty–first century, late nineteenth century, late twentieth century, mid twentieth century
Women’s Suffrage League

Founded in 1888, the Women’s Suffrage League was an organisation dedicated to extending the political franchise to South Australian women,…

organisation

votes for women, women’s rights

1880s, 1890s

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‘Great Fires’ of Port Adelaide

‘Great Fires’ of Port Adelaide

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19th Century Childbirth

19th Century Childbirth

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Aboriginal Land Rights

Aboriginal Land Rights

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Afghans

Afghans

A transcontinental train, ‘The Ghan’, now commemorates the Afghan cameleers and their beasts who helped to pioneer the Outback

Bicycles

Bicycles

From ‘boneshakers’ to penny-farthings to mountain bikes, bicycles have certainly changed since the 1860s.

Copper Industry

Copper Industry

Copper brought unexpected wealth to the new colony and was an economic mainstay for 70 years, with a resurgence since the 1980s at Olympic Dam

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