Marriage at age 14 in Tasmania in 1834 was fairly common as the minimum age was 12 for women and 14 for men
In 1942 (108 years later) Tasmania raised the minimum marriage age
- women from 12 to 16
- men from 14 to 18
In 1961 Australia set the minimum age to 18 for women and men for all states
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