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The development of friendly societies and life assurance in Australia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 April 2012

R. Nobbs
R. Nobbs
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Macquarie University
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The increasing involvement of Australian governments and people in social welfare and the increasing number of histories appearing in this field, makes it appropriate to recognize the alternate institutions—the mutual-aid bodies. By looking at these private institutions, which began to develop in the nineteenth century, we gain some perspective on the initiatives of government in the twentieth century in social policy in Australia. This paper does not extend to banks, building societies or to other co-operatives, but is restricted to those two institutions, friendly societies and the life insurance companies, which sought to provide for the exigencies of sickness, old-age and death.

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Research Article
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Journal of the Institute of Actuaries , Volume 110 , Issue 3 , December 1983 , pp. 457 - 466
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Copyright © Institute and Faculty of Actuaries 1983

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