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Photographs of the Grille Incident Centenary Lunch, Parliament House [B 71462/9] • Photograph

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Summary

Collection of photographs taken of politicians and guests at the Grille Incident Centenary Lunch held at Parliament House on 28th October 2008 to celebrate the life and work of suffragette Muriel Matters; a protest group from the Copper Coast opposing Woolworth's were on the steps of Parliament House at the time.

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Photograph (digital)

Dates / Publication details

2008

Photographer

Scott, Jenny

Collection

Part of General Collection

Subject

Bedford, Frances Ellen, 1953-
Lomax-Smith, Jane
Matters, Muriel, 1877-1969
Maddocks, Marie
Parnell, Mark
Speakers Dining Room (Adelaide, S.A.)
Women -- Suffrage -- South Australia -- Anniversaries, etc.
Suffragists -- South Australia -- Anniversaries, etc.

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Historical information

Muriel Lilah Matters was born on 12 November 1877 at Bowden, Adelaide; studied music and elocution; lived in Sydney and Melbourne; acted with the Robert Brough Comedy Company; returned to Adelaide in 1901 and continued to act; was influenced by Europen friends and travelled to London in 1905 to further radical activity; joined the Women's Freedom League in 1907; took the first 'Votes for Women' caravan on a tour of villages in the south of England; on 28 October 1908 chained herself to an iron grille at the House of Commons; was removed and sent to Holloway Prison for a month where she adopted the cause of prison reform; in 1910 returned to Australia to lecture on feminism and socialism; in 1911 in London helped to form a women's settlement to further education opportunities in the Lambeth slums; married a divorced dentist, Dr. William Arnold Porter in 1914; moved to Hastings where she died in 1969.

Digitisation information

Date

28/10/2008

Format

image/jpeg

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2,304 x 3,456 pixels (8.0 MP)

Size

3.23 MB

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