Endnotes
1. Victorian Parliament, 1891
Women's Suffrage Petition - Background, available at http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/WomensPetition/background.htm (accessed 30 April 2007).
2. The Age, 'News of the Day',
30 September 1891, p. 4.
3. ibid.
4. The Sun, 2 October 1891,
p. 2.
5. A Oldfield, Woman suffrage in
Australia: a gift or a struggle?, Cambridge University Press, 1992,
p. 140 and K Lees, Votes for women: the Australian story, Allen
& Unwin, St Leonards, New South Wales, 1995, p. 118.
6. Oldfield, p. 140.
7. The Argus, 8 April 1857,
quoted in Carlton: a history, ed. Peter Yule, Melbourne University
Publishing, 2004, p. 22. Regarding the Collingwood Stockade, see also Peter
Andrew Barrett 'Her Majesty's Collingwood Stockade: A Snapshot of Gold Rush Victoria', Provenance, issue 6, September 2007.
8. ibid., p. 24.
9. ibid., pp. 22-5.
10. A comparison of rate books and
Sands & McDougall Melbourne directories for 1890-92 (all held by PROV)
yields this information. Rate books provide the name of the owner, whilst
Sands & McDougall identify the residents of the property at the time.
11. Yule, p. 393 and 'Sewage treatment: Melbourne's history', published on the Melbourne Water website http://www.melbournewater.com.au/content/sewerage/sewage_treatment/sewage_treatment_-_melbournes_history.asp?bhcp=1 (accessed 30 April 2007).
12. The bibliographic information
contained in this section comes from a variety of sources. To ease readability,
I have compiled some of this information here. The names and addresses on
the petition were matched with those listed for Davis Street in the Sands
& McDougall directories for the years 1885-97, that is, covering several
years either side of 1891. Sands & McDougall clearly compiled their
North Carlton information after August/September, when the petition was
signed. For instance, Sarah Coulthard is not present in 1891, but is present
in 1892. Therefore, I used the 1892 Directory as the basis for my research.
Basic bibliographic information, such as birthdates, death dates, marriages,
children, etc. comes from the Births, Deaths, and Marriages databases located
at both the State Library of Victoria and at PROV. Probate records at PROV
were used to find the wills and probate and administration papers of the
women and their families. Rate books for various years (1885-97), located
at PROV (VPRS 5708/P2, various items and unit numbers), were used to determine
house size, rent, landlords, etc. Other sources include MMBW Street Blocks
Maps, 1890-1950 and Melbourne Probate Records, 1900-83.
13. See PROV, VPRS 28/P4, Unit 3598,
Item 633/342 (probate and administration of John Cyril Fookes Lewis) and
PROV, VPRS 7591/P3, Unit 612, Item 633/342 (will of John Cyril Fookes Lewis).
14. Some of this information was
provided by Bernie Manders, Eliza's grandson, with whom I have been in contact.
15. Some information provided by
Bernie Manders. See also PROV, VPRS 28/P7, Unit 424, Item 787/262 (probate
and administration of Florence Beatrice Manders); PROV VPRS 28/P13, Unit
217, Item 924/889 (probate and administration of Walter Leslie Manders);
PROV, VPRS 7591/P4, Unit 509, Item 787/262 (will of Florence Beatrice Manders);
PROV, VPRS 7591/P9, Unit 45, Item 924/889 (will of Walter Leslie Manders).
16. See PROV, VPRS 28/P3, Unit 4582,
Item 393/906 (probate and administration of Sarah Coulthard); and PROV,
VPRS 7591/P2, Unit 1379, Item 393/906 (will of Sarah Coulthard).
17. See PROV, VPRS 28/P3, Unit 1593,
Item 205/014 (probate and administration papers of Walter Simpson); and
PROV, VPRS 7591/P2, Unit 723, Item 205/014 (will of Walter Simpson); PROV,
VPRS 28/P3, Unit 1764, Item 215/362 (probate and administration papers of
Ada Simpson); and PROV, VPRS 7591/P2, Unit 757, Item 215/362 (will of Ada
Simpson).
18. In fact, universal suffrage was
not granted in the United Kingdom until 1928. British women over the age
of 30, with some property restrictions, were given the vote in 1918.
19. PROV, VPRS 28/P3, Unit 1691,
Item 210/948 (probate and administration of Adam Ferguson).
20. PROV, VPRS 7591/P2, Unit 842,
Item 215/261 (will of Jessie Ferguson).
21. PROV, VPRS 28/P3, Unit 2180,
Item 215/261 (probate and administration of Jessie Ferguson).
22. Stanley Adam's will, however,
demonstrates the upward mobility of the family. With only a small house
on Davis Street in 1891 and through the Great Depression, Stanley Adam is
listed as 'gentleman' in his will and probate records. PROV, VPRS 7591/P3,
Unit 729, Item 665/681 (will of Stanley Adam Ferguson); and PROV, VPRS 28/P4,
Unit 4285, Item 665/681 (probate and administration of Stanley Adam Ferguson).
23. PROV, VPRS 28/P3, Unit 3341,
Item 312/281 (probate and administration of Louisa Lettis Robb); and PROV,
VPRS 7591/P2, Unit 1100, Item 312/281 (will of Louisa Lettis Robb).
24. Louisa's surname was mistranscribed
as 'Rodd' on the petition. She lived at 75 Lee Street, North Carlton.
