In OTL, these rights were awarded in the 1890s, along with the same rights for all women, basically.

The indigenous women who gained this advantage apparently lost it when Australia was federated in 1901, only to fully regain it some 66 years later.

How could have things developed if South Australia hadn't gotten rid of these civic liberties ? Could it have eventually influenced political and social developments of the Commonwealth in the 20th century ?
 
As a Croweater, that we gave indigenous men the vote in 1856 and women in 1894, is something I am proud of; that it was effectively removed in an underhand fashion, I am ashamed of. If it had been kept, it may have led to better treatment for our indigenous people overall.
 
How did they lose the rights? White women continued to be allowed to vote in SA after 1901 at the state and federal level, which is what led to the 1902 Commonwealth enfranchisement of all women. Why was it deemed necessary for Aboriginal women have right removed when whites didn't, especially since the Constitution as it related to Indigenous persons was explicitly written with a view to enabling the states full power over their native resident populations, in order that they could not be pressured or forced into adopting precedents set in more liberal states regarding treatment of Aboriginals?

At any rate, I think if they kept the vote perhaps Victoria might follow relatively quickly as along with SA it is traditionally one of the most progressive states, but I expect NSW and especially Queensland and WA(where Aboriginals are a more numerically substantial minority in those states, and thus the Establishment would be more wary of granting them political power) would hold out for a while longer, while Tasmania is a tossup but would probably stymy this reform until after WW2 due to general prejudice. Without a Constitution that gives the Federal parliament a say in native enfranchisement rules, it will be easy for the others to ignore South Australia for an indefinite period.
 
How did they lose the rights? White women continued to be allowed to vote in SA after 1901 at the state and federal level, which is what led to the 1902 Commonwealth enfranchisement of all women. Why was it deemed necessary for Aboriginal women have right removed when whites didn't, especially since the Constitution as it related to Indigenous persons was explicitly written with a view to enabling the states full power over their native resident populations, in order that they could not be pressured or forced into adopting precedents set in more liberal states regarding treatment of Aboriginals?

I thought with regards to all indigenous people, it was that those who had the right to vote in the states at the time of federation retained it but those who reached the voting age after federation (or were born after federation) did not receive the right to vote.

Not sure how this applied specifically to aboriginal women- would it be that words aboriginal women who had the right to vote didn't lose it, it was just that no new aboriginal women were given the right to vote, with the result that enfranchised aborigines died off?
 
How did they lose the rights? White women continued to be allowed to vote in SA after 1901 at the state and federal level, which is what led to the 1902 Commonwealth enfranchisement of all women. Why was it deemed necessary for Aboriginal women have right removed when whites didn't, especially since the Constitution as it related to Indigenous persons was explicitly written with a view to enabling the states full power over their native resident populations, in order that they could not be pressured or forced into adopting precedents set in more liberal states regarding treatment of Aboriginals?

At any rate, I think if they kept the vote perhaps Victoria might follow relatively quickly as along with SA it is traditionally one of the most progressive states, but I expect NSW and especially Queensland and WA(where Aboriginals are a more numerically substantial minority in those states, and thus the Establishment would be more wary of granting them political power) would hold out for a while longer, while Tasmania is a tossup but would probably stymy this reform until after WW2 due to general prejudice. Without a Constitution that gives the Federal parliament a say in native enfranchisement rules, it will be easy for the others to ignore South Australia for an indefinite period.

My understanding is that South Aussie indigenous people never legally lost their votes; such legislation was never passed. what apparently happened was that when the Sate voting rolls were transcribed to the Federal, they simply left them off, hence my comment about the underhanded way it was achieved. Particularly among the Ngandjari (sp?) you had people who had voted for decades turning up and being refused!
Part of the reason for refusing the vote to the indigenous was also distrust of the Queensland and West Australia political class by the other states. If the indigenous peoples were included, everyone knew that WA and Qld would have the biggest number. Given the number of not yet contacted groups ( the last First contact was the late 1950's/early 1960's), any number would be a guestimate. As the number of seats in the Federal lower house was based on population, the other four states didn't trust Qld or WA to be honest, hence they dropped them off the Federal area.
 
In OTL, these rights were awarded in the 1890s, along with the same rights for all women, basically.

The indigenous women who gained this advantage apparently lost it when Australia was federated in 1901, only to fully regain it some 66 years later.

How could have things developed if South Australia hadn't gotten rid of these civic liberties ? Could it have eventually influenced political and social developments of the Commonwealth in the 20th century ?

Wow, I had no idea Aboriginal peoples in Australia were able to vote so early. Natives in the US weren't even considered citizens until 1924, and it wasn't until 1948 that all Native people obtained the right to vote.

Do you happen to know what the Aboriginal population of South Australia was around 1900, i.e. by percentage?
 
So glad you guys found interest in this topic.

General, thanks ! That's interesting.

Is there any way of making an ATL, where there's no depriving of female native Australians of the vote in that state (or elsewhere) for tactical reasons ?
 
So glad you guys found interest in this topic.

General, thanks ! That's interesting.

Is there any way of making an ATL, where there's no depriving of female native Australians of the vote in that state (or elsewhere) for tactical reasons ?

Maybe South Australia keeps the indigenous people on the electoral rolls to bump their number of seats in the Federal Parliament vis-à-vis the other states? The other states then follow on to boost their own numbers?
 
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