<P> Queensland gained self - government in 1859, extending voting rights in 1872 to include all British male subjects over the age of 21 . Aboriginals were excluded from voting in Queensland in 1885, and the disqualification was in place until 1965 . </P> <P> Western Australia gained self - government in 1890 . In 1893 voting rights were extended to include all British male subjects over the age of 21, with the exclusion of Aboriginal males . Aboriginals were disqualified for the vote in Western Australia until 1962 . </P> <P> Section 41 of the Australian Constitution appears to give the right to vote in federal elections to those who have the right to vote in state elections . The first election for the Commonwealth Parliament in 1901 was based on the electoral laws at that time of the six colonies, so that those who had the right to vote and to stand for Parliament at state level had the same rights for that election . Aboriginal men had at least a theoretical vote for that election in all States except Queensland and Western Australia . Aboriginal women had the vote in South Australia . </P> <P> Some Aboriginal people voted for the first Commonwealth Parliament; for example, the mission station of Point McLeay, in South Australia, had a polling station since the 1890s and Aboriginal men and women voted there in 1901 . </P>

When did aboriginal adults gain the right to vote