Gday...
1719 - Daniel Defoe's novel "Robinson Crusoe" is first published.
1859 - Work commences on the construction of the Suez Canal, linking the Mediterranean and Red seas.
1874 - Marconi, inventor of the wireless telegraph, is born.
1896 - South Australian women become the first in Australia to vote in an election.
1915 - ANZAC troops land at Gallipoli during World War I.
Cheers - John
Gday...
1719 - Daniel Defoe's novel "Robinson Crusoe" is first published.
1859 - Work commences on the construction of the Suez Canal, linking the Mediterranean and Red seas.
1874 - Marconi, inventor of the wireless telegraph, is born.
1896 - South Australian women become the first in Australia to vote in an election.
1915 - ANZAC troops land at Gallipoli during World War I.
Cheers - John
But I am also proud that some women were given the vote so early in this country, English women didn't get the same right as men to vote till 1928