Event: 10 December – Global Peace and UN Human Rights Day Event
Join the Society for a United Nations Human Rights Day on 10 December 2025 at the Muriel Matters Peace Pole.
Category: Adelaide
Event: 16 November – Muriel Matters Week Caravan Tour Exhibition Launch
Join The Muriel Matters Society to celebrate Muriel’s the life and work at our new exhibition launch on the 1908 Caravan Tour.
Reminder – AGM – This Sunday 24th August
Please join the Society for it’s 2025 Annual General Meeting and Exhibition Launch.
Event Reminder: Today 26 July – Sandra Kanck ‘Nothing and Everything’
Join us this afternoon to hear former South Australian MP, Sandra Kanck, for an insightful talk about her life in politics. RSVP Now!
Event: 24 August – AGM and Caravan Tour Exhibition
Please join the Society for it’s 2025 Annual General Meeting and Exhibition Launch.
Event: 6 February – Peace Pole Unveiling
This event will promote the 80th Anniversary of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings and unveil our new Peace Pole.
Event: 10 December – Global Peace Event
Attend this important Muriel Matters Society Global Peace Event in Adelaide on 10 December 2024.
Media Release: 3 Minutes Silence for Global Peace
Media Release: 3 Minutes Silence for Global Peace rally will be held tonight in Adelaide.
Event: 24 November – Talk by Professor Clem Macintyre
Professor Clem Macintyre presents a talk on Catherine Helen Spence and Multi-Member Electorates in South Australia
Event: 27 October – Muriel as the Candidate Presentation
This presentation will explore the 1924 British Election and Muriel as the Labour Candidate for Hastings.
South Australian Suffrage Icons
Some of the many South Australian Suffragists who would lead the world in women’s rights to vote and stand for election.
Event: 16 August 2024 – AGM and ‘Power of Ones’ Exhibtion
The 2024 Annual General Meeting will be held on Sunday 18 August 2024.
Event: 27 August 2023 – The Magic Lantern Show
Join the Society and the St Peter’s Residents’ Association for the latest Magic Lantern Showing.
Event: Christmas Get Together – 5 December 2021
Join the Muriel Matters Society for the Annual Christmas Get Together on the 5th of December 2021.
Event: 15 May 2021 – Magic Lantern Show
Join the Society for this History Month Magic Lantern Show.
Event: 21 February 2021 – Balloon Day Commemoration
Join the Society and the Hon Catherine Branson AC QC for this special event
Article: Remembering Charles Adams Matters (1885-1915)
This article looks at Muriel’s brother, Charles Adams Matters who died in the Great War in 1915.
Video: SA Suffrage 125 Schools Competition
View the winning entry video for the Schools 125 Women’s Suffrage Celebrations in SA.
Event: 18 December 2019 – Live Reenactment of SA’s 1894 Suffrage Bill Debate
Watch the Live Stream Event of the SA Suffrage Debate
Article: Feminism and Democracy – Then and Now
Members and friends of the Muriel Matters Society Inc. in Adelaide may find the following event of interest. Run by the team at the Feminist Writers Festival. Clare Wright, Denise George, Manal Younus, Rosemary Wanganeen and others will discuss 125 years of female suffrage, democracy and feminism. It will take place in the Hetzel Room…… Continue reading Article: Feminism and Democracy – Then and Now
SA: Elizabeth Webb Nicholls
Elizabeth Webb Nicholls worked campaigns in SA for restriction of the sale of alcohol and the movement to extend political rights to women.
SA: Mary Lee
Mary Lee was a notable leader in the SA suffrage movement and a worker for working women.
Article: The daring Australian suffragist who spurred a ‘MeToo moment in British history’
ABC News article looking at the quiet Adelaide street where Muriel’s mural is now located.
News: Vale SA Historian, Dr Helen Jones AM
The sad passing of SA Suffrage Historian, Dr Helen Jones AM
News: Volunteers Wanted
The Society Needs Your Help! Volunteer Today
Muriel: Muriel’s Mural!
The Society would like to thank Claire Foxton for her wonderful mural of Muriel! Claire is an accomplished artist and designer – for more of her work click here. Her work can be viewed in Dawkins Place, just off Frome Road in the Adelaide CBD. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5seIuuMYsjI A time-lapse of the project, completed in January 2018…… Continue reading Muriel: Muriel’s Mural!
Muriel’s Art in the 21st Century!
Rarely do we have the opportunity to experience the art and repertoire of Muriel’s time, but July has seen two such occasions. Photos from ‘A Doll’s House’ Prior to opening night, Muriel/Frances visited the cast of The State Theatre’s ‘A Doll’s House’ in the Dunstan Playhouse at the Festival Centre. This new adaptation by Elena…… Continue reading Muriel’s Art in the 21st Century!
News: MMS helps the Eastern Adelaide DV Service
The Society has Donated to the EADV Service
Opening of the Centre of Democracy
The Centre of Democracy (CoD) opened for the first time last Wednesday on 24 May 2017. It houses a number of important artefacts relating to the development of democracy in South Australia. From Don Dunstan’s pink shorts to a miniature portrait of Catherine Helen Spence there is plenty to see. Some ephemera from the Muriel Matters Society’s collection also figures…… Continue reading Opening of the Centre of Democracy
‘Miss Muriel Matters’ – MMS Adelaide Book Launch
The Muriel Matters Society hosted Robert Wainwright, the author of the biography ‘Miss Muriel Matters’ at the Hetzel Theatre at the State Library of South Australia on Thursday. Members enjoyed a wonderful spread of food and drink throughout the event as the author signed books and mingled with those in attendance. Robert gave a talk about Muriel’s upbringing…… Continue reading ‘Miss Muriel Matters’ – MMS Adelaide Book Launch
The City of Adelaide Clipper Ship
On Sunday morning, 26 February 2017, The Muriel Matters Society visited The City of Adelaide Clipper Ship at Port Adelaide. Around thirty members gathered for a tour of the ship and all enjoyed learning a little more about this fascinating aspect of Australian maritime history. The oldest surviving clipper ship in the world, approximately 250,000 Australians can trace…… Continue reading The City of Adelaide Clipper Ship
2017 Adelaide Fringe Opening Parade
The Muriel Matters Society Inc. was invited to join this year’s Adelaide Fringe Opening Parade! The Society’s Secretary, Frances Bedford, played Muriel on a lively float that depicted her 1909 balloon protest in London. Members of The Society walked alongside the float wearing white outfits with homemade sashes similar to those used by the suffragists…… Continue reading 2017 Adelaide Fringe Opening Parade
Muriel: Opening of Muriel Matters Walk in Bowden
Muriel Matters Walk is a walking path located in the Adelaide Suburb of Bowden.
The Society’s Friends from Hastings Visit Adelaide
In December 2016 The Society was visited by Laurence and Grace Bell from the White Rock Hotel in Hastings. The Hotel is very close by Muriel’s Pelham Crescent home and the Secretary of The Society, Frances Bedford, was delighted to host them and give them a tour of South Australian Parliament. Laurence and Grace were…… Continue reading The Society’s Friends from Hastings Visit Adelaide
MMS October Meeting: The Grille Anniversary, Muriel’s Birthday, the UK Trip Report and Much More!
The MMS met on Sunday morning 31 October 2016 at the Florey Electorate Office. At the meeting the Secretary of the MMS, Frances Bedford, outlined her recent trip to the UK. With plenty of pictures to share, Frances spoke at length about all the people she met, the events she organised, and some of the successes…… Continue reading MMS October Meeting: The Grille Anniversary, Muriel’s Birthday, the UK Trip Report and Much More!
Molly Radakovitch’s COTA Award!
The MMS is pleased to announce that one of our members recently received a COTA SA award! On 28 October 2016 Molly Radakovitch was given the award which celebrates positive ageing in Australia. As an organisation COTA wishes to reframe the way ageing is perceived in society, change popular expectations, and advocate for the needs…… Continue reading Molly Radakovitch’s COTA Award!
Support the White Ribbon Day Breakfast
White Ribbon day is an Australian male-led campaign to stop men’s violence against women. Members of the MMS, Mike McCarthy and Gillian Lewis, are involved in organising the Adelaide White Ribbon Breakfast for 2016. It promises to be a wonderful morning at the Adelaide Convention Centre on 25 November with Marcia Neave AO as the guest speaker. For…… Continue reading Support the White Ribbon Day Breakfast
Repository: Centre for Democracy
The Centre of Democracy showcases the people, ideas and movements that have shaped, and continue to shape, democracy in South Australia. Featuring treasures from the state’s collections, the gallery contents challenge visitors to think again about people and power.
VIDEO: Women’s Suffrage – Muriel Mattered!
(2016) ABC Europe Correspondent, Steve Cannanne speaks with Amber Rudd MP and Frances Bedford MP about Muriel being the first woman to speak on the floor of the UK Parliament.
Audio: Australian Activist Muriel Matters Remembered (ABC Radio)
The ABC’s Europe Correspondent, Steve Cannane talk about how the Muriel Matters Society is trying to raise awareness of the role played by the South Australian activist in the fight to get British women the vote.
Article: Muriel Matters Society salutes the Australian who fought for the voting rights of British women
(2016) ABC Europe’s Steve Cannane highlights Muriel Matters’ fight for voting rights for British women.
The Muriel Matters Society 2016 AGM
On Sunday 14 August, Members of the Muriel Matters Society gathered at the 7 Stars Hotel in the Adelaide CBD for the Society’s Annual General Meeting for 2016. Frances Bedford, the Secretary of the Society, delivered the Secretary’s, financial and correspondence reports for 2015-2016 which were then discussed openly by all Members present. After the Annual…… Continue reading The Muriel Matters Society 2016 AGM
News: The Society at the Hindmarsh Fire and Folk Museum!
On the weekend The Society had a wonderful time at the Hindmarsh Fire and Folk Museum – home of a series of photos of Mudge the Butcher, and his butcher’s block – exploring its many treasures! President, Ron Willis, and Secretary, Trevor Porter, and their team were very welcoming to all of our Members as we shared tea, coffee, and…… Continue reading News: The Society at the Hindmarsh Fire and Folk Museum!
Education: SA Suffragette e-Resource for Teachers and Students
‘South Australian Suffragettes’ is an excellent resource provided by the Parliament of South Australia for teachers and students who want to learn more about the Suffrage.
Event: 15 April 2016 – Encore Special Screening “Suffragette”
Join the Muriel Matters Society for a special encore screening of Suffragette starring Meryl Streep and Carey Mullighan. Friday 15th April 2016 6:30pm for 7:00pm (movie runs for two hours) Trak Cinema – 375 Greenhill Road, Toorak Gardens Complimentary chocolate & glass of champagne on arrival Bookings essential! Limited numbers secure your seat for $20…… Continue reading Event: 15 April 2016 – Encore Special Screening “Suffragette”
News: SA Parliamentary Library Reading Room Named in Honour of Muriel Matters
A ceremony to name the ‘Muriel Matters Room’ was held in the South Australian Parliamentary Library on 5 August 2014. The gathering was addressed by the President of the Friends of the Library, Vickie Chapman, and she was assisted in the unveiling by the Speaker, Hon Michael Atkinson. Frances Bedford presented the Library with an…… Continue reading News: SA Parliamentary Library Reading Room Named in Honour of Muriel Matters
Video: ‘Muriel Matters!’
(2013) This Documentary TV Movie, broadcast on the ABC and at the Adelaide Film Festival shows the life and exploits of Muriel Matters’ life.
Video: Living Legacy – Muriel at the Adelaide Film Festival (ABC News)
(2013) The ABC looks at Muriel’s campaign for women’s rights and her Movie Premier at the Adelaide Film Festival.
Video: Why Muriel Matters (ABC)
(2009) This clip from ABC StatelineSA talks about how South Australian women are working to promote the crucial role which suffragettes like Muriel Matters played in getting females the vote in Australia.
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