Michelle, To nit-pick, I remember voting in the 1967 referendum and what it did was allow indigenous people to be counted in the Commonwealth Census - their right to vote had already been established, albeit over time and in a pretty haphazard fashion. The story can be found on the Australian Electoral Commission's site at www.aec.gov.au/_content/when/history/ab_time.htm Cheers, Neil Cammack Canberra -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, 6 December 2006 7:25 PM To: [email protected] Subject: AUS-NSW-HILLS-HAWKESBURY-HUNTER-VALLEY Digest, Vol 1, Issue 55 Today's Topics: 1. Lake Macquarie family history society (lynnette brown) 2. Electoral Rolls (Michelle Nichols) 3. Re: Lake Macquarie family history society (H Dickinson) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2006 13:58:05 +1100 From: "lynnette brown" <[email protected]> Subject: [HHHV] Lake Macquarie family history society To: "AUS-NSW-HILLS-HAWKE" <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Hi All I have been trying to contact the above society, their web site is not responding and I have been unable to find a phone contact. Does anyone have a contact number or address for them? Thanks Lynne Central Coast, NSW Australia ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2006 14:38:38 +1100 From: "Michelle Nichols" <[email protected]> Subject: [HHHV] Electoral Rolls To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Electoral Rolls...more info for listers. In NSW the Legislative Council was established in 1823 and the Representative Government in 1842. Responsible Government commenced in NSW in 1856. The Upper House were nominated for life whilst the Lower House were chosen at an election. Originally persons were eligible to vote depending on property he owned. In 1858, voting franchise included all adult males, British citizens and citizens naturalised for more than five years. A voter was entitled to vote in each electorate in which he owned property; this was abolished in 1893. In 1902, women were given the vote and in 1967 a referendum succeeded in giving aborigines the right to vote. The earliest electoral rolls held by the State Records NSW cover the period 1842 - 1864. For more information check out the State Records guide on Electoral rolls at http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/guides/short_guide_1_electoral_rolls_9417.asp Michelle Nichols ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2006 19:23:35 +1100 From: "H Dickinson" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [HHHV] Lake Macquarie family history society To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Hi Lynne, Contact [email protected]@hl.com.au or by phone 4959 5403 or PO Box 3046 Teralba NSW 2284 Good luck Helen On 06/12/06, lynnette brown <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi All > > I have been trying to contact the above society, their web site is not > responding and I have been unable to find a phone contact. > > Does anyone have a contact number or address for them? > > Thanks > > Lynne > Central Coast, NSW > Australia > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------ To contact the AUS-NSW-HILLS-HAWKESBURY-HUNTER-VALLEY list administrator, send an email to [email protected] To post a message to the AUS-NSW-HILLS-HAWKESBURY-HUNTER-VALLEY mailing list, send an email to [email protected] __________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. End of AUS-NSW-HILLS-HAWKESBURY-HUNTER-VALLEY Digest, Vol 1, Issue 55 *********************************************************************