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Building and Friendly Societies

For the interaction of Friendly Societies with the medical profession see South Australia - Health - Medical Profession - Lodges and the Medical Profession.

An informative letter about friendly societies is in the Observer,
14 December 1844, page 3b;
for information on Oddfellows see
21 December 1844, page 4a,
4 January 1845, page 4c,
19 April 1845, page 4c.

Historical information on friendly societies is in the Observer,
1 February 1890, page 36b; also see
Express,
16 November 1893, page 2b.

A proposed building society is discussed in the Register,
6 and 20 February 1847, pages 2c-3d and 2c-3c,
6 and 20 March 1847, pages 2d and 2c,
3, 7 and 24 April 1847, pages 2e, 2a and 3a,
9 and 30 June 1847, pages 3a and 3d,
10, 21, 24 and 28 July 1847, pages 2b, 1e, 1e-2d and 3b,
21 August 1847, page 3e,
20 October 1847, page 2d,
21 June 1848, (supp.).

Information on the Equitable Building and Land Society is in the Observer,
9 February 1850, page 3c.

"Land and Building Societies" is in the Observer,
4 and 11 January 1851, pages 4d and 2e.

Information on the Metropolitan Building Society is in the Observer,
18 January 1851, pages 4-6,
1 February 1851, pages 3d and 4d (supp.),
5 April 1851, page 8d.

Also see Observer,
13 September 1851, page 1d (supp.),
Register,
25 January 1851, page 3b-d,
3 February 1851, page 3d,
Observer,
10 December 1859, page 6g,
9 June 1860, page 6g,
6 October 1860, page 5a,
3 and 10 November 1860, pages 6d and 6a,
14 and 21 February 1863, pages 6b and 6e,
Register,
30 October 1860, page 2h,
1 and 3 November 1860, pages 3c and 3e,
7 and 10 February 1863, pages 2g and 2f.

Also see Advertiser,
20 and 22 February 1860, pages 2e and 3a and
24 September 1860, page 2e,
31 October 1885, page 4d,
19 November 1885, page 4e,
5 January 1886, page 4d.

"A Treatise on Benefit Building Societies" is in the SA Gazette & Mining Journal,
24 January 1850, page 4b.

"Legalization of Benefit Societies" is in the Observer,
4 September 1852, page 6a.

Information on three building societies is in the Observer,
10 March 1855, page 5h.

"The Founder of First Building Society in SA" is in the Register,
8 December 1859, page 3a; also see
South Australian,
19 October 1849, page 4a,
11, 21, 25 and 28 November 1850, pages 2b, 3d, 2f and 3a and
Advertiser,
14 and 15 January 1880, pages 4e and 4e.

"Antiquity of Friendly Societies" is in the Register,
25 June 1860, page 3e,
"Building and Friendly Societies" on
5 and 30 October 1860, pages 2c and 2h,
3 November 1860, page 2g.

"Building Societies" is in the Register,
7 and 10 February 1863, pages 2g and 2f,
Observer,
21 February 1863, page 6e,
"Friendly Societies Bill" on
9 July 1864, page 6c,
6 August 1864, page 6a and
the Express,
2, 5, 8 and 19 July 1864, pages 2c-3a, 3d, 3c and 3c.

"The Foresters' Picnic" is in the Observer,
7 April 1866, page 7a.

"Co-operative Associations" is in the Observer,
14 July 1866, page 5b,
"The Arithmetic of Friendly Societies" on
14 and 21 July 1866, pages 5d and 6c.

"Oddfellowship Defalcation" is in the Chronicle,
21 July 1866, page 4b,
Express,
18 and 20 July 1866, pages 2b and 2c,
"Friendly Society Frauds" is in the Chronicle,
21 July 1866, page 1d (supp.),
"The Oddfellows Bill" in the Express,
8 October 1867, page 2a.

An article on cooperative societies in South Australia is in the Express,
3 July 1866, page 2e,
29 August 1866, page 2d,
26 October 1867, page 2c,
27 May 1868, page 2a,
Register,
12, 13 and 20 July 1866, pages 3f, 2b-3f and 3e,
1 October 1866, page 2g, The Herald,
16 and 30 October 1909, pages 1f and 2b.

The reopening of the oldest Rechabite Tent in Australia is reported in the Observer,
15 December 1866, page 1h (supp.).

"Legislation on Friendly Societies" is in the Observer,
12 October 1867, page 6c,
"Lodge Funds" on
11 January 1868, page 12f,
"Friendly Society Finance" on
1 February 1868, page 13b,
"Friendly Societies" on
2 May 1868, pages 5d-13a.

"The Manchester Unity in 1868" is in the Observer,
6 February 1869, page 12c,
"A Quarter of a Century of Co-operation" on
3 July 1869, page 12f.

A lecture on friendly societies is reported in the Observer,
6 November 1869, page 10b.

"Friendly Societies' Medical Institute" is in the Observer,
10 February 1872, page 10g; also see
27 September 1873, page 3f.

"Friendly Society Finance" is in the Register,
25 August 1873, page 4e.

"Roman Catholicism and Friendly Societies" is in The Irish Harp,
15 August 1873, page 5d.

"Reform of Friendly Societies" is in the Register,
4 July 1874, page 4e,
Observer,
18 July 1874, page 13f,
"Friendly Society Statistics" on
6 March 1875, page 13e.

Information on the National Building Society is in the Chronicle,
13 July 1878, page 14d,
14 December 1878, page 11d,
Express,
9 June 1898, page 2e,
9 June 1910, page 4h.

"Ruinous Investments" is in the Observer,
20 July 1878, page 10d.

"Building Societies" on
27 July 1878, page 11e,
18 January 1879, page 10c,
28 June 1879, page 13d,
Express,
10 April 1879, page 2b,
14, 15 and 17 January 1880, pages 2b, 3c and 3e,
Register,
19 June 1879, page 5a,
Chronicle,
22 March 1879, page 11d,
16 August 1879, page 5c,
13 September 1879, page 11d,
17 January 1880, page 5e,
23 January 1886, page 5c,
14 January 1893, page 5c.

"Building Society Management" is in the Register,
20 April 1882, page 4c.

Information on the West End Building and Investment Society is in the Chronicle,
29 April 1882, page 7f;
for its demise see Advertiser,
20 December 1889, page 6f,
9, 16 and 17 January 1890, pages 6c, 6b and 4e.

"A Building Society's Extortion" is in the Chronicle,
22 April 1882, page 6a,
"Building Society Defalcations" on
21 November 1885, pages 4e-13e,
27 February 1886, page 4d;
Observer,
27 February 1886, pages 25b-35a.

Friendly societies are discussed in the Chronicle,
17 November 1883, page 5b,
7 November 1885, page 5e,
Advertiser,
25 January 1890, pages 4c-5c and
"Friendly Societies' Finance" on
11 March 1896, page 4e,
20 December 1897, page 4e.

"The Star-Bowkett Societies of SA" is in the Register,
29 May 1885, pages 4f-7c,
6 June 1885, page 5a,
Express,
13 March 1896, page 3e.

A Rechabite jubilee is reported in the Chronicle,
19 September 1885, page 6f,
Advertiser,
13 March 1915, page 14e; also see
The News,
6 November 1931, page 6e.
A picnic is reported in the Express,
16 November 1897, page 4e.
"Rechabitism in South Australia" is in the Register,
28 February 1925, page 10h.
Sketches are in the Pictorial Australian in
October 1885, page 185.

"Building Societies is in the Express,
31 October 1885, page 3e,
"The Management of Building Societies" on
17 January 1890, page 2b.

"Building Society Management" is in the Register,
13 November 1885, page 4e.

"The Friendly Societies Bill" is in the Register,
16, 17, 24 and 31 August 1886, pages 4e-7g, 7g, 7g and 7f,
18, 21 and 27 September 1886, pages 7h, 7g and 3e,
5 October 1886, page 4g.

"The AMP Society" is in the Chronicle,
2 April 1887, page 5e;
The Critic,
27 May 1908, page 4.

"Friendly Societies' Jubilee Celebration" is in the Chronicle,
12 November 1887, page 11d,
"Friendly Societies" on
8 June 1889, page 5b.

"The Druid's Gala" is in the Express,
10 November 1888, page 3d,
11 November 1890, page 3g,
16 November 1897, page 3a,
"The Druids' Deficiency" in the Observer,
15 and 22 August 1896, pages 43c and 15a.

"Recreation Grounds for Friendly Societies" is in the Express,
25 January 1890, page 2c.

An obituary of Herbert James is in the Register,
27 February 1893, page 5b,
of Joseph Hanton in the Observer,
18 March 1893, page 35b,
of J.T. Turnbull on
10 April 1897, page 44c,
of A.E. Lawton on
24 January 1903, page 33e,
of W.S. Heithersay on
30 March 1907, page 37c.

Information on the Cosmopolitan Friendly Benefit Society is in the Express,
1 April 1893, page 2g.

"The HACB Society" is in the Observer,
29 April 1893, page 25b.

An obituary of Charles Fisher, a founder of the Adelaide Cooperative Society" is in the Observer,
22 June 1895, page 30a,
of Edwin Kessell on
18 January 1896, page 29b,
of Edward Alcock (Rechabite) on
15 October 1904, page 42a,
of Patrick Fitzpatrick (HACBS) on
22 September 1906, page 42d,
of Thomas G. Part (ANA) on
13 October 1906, page 38d.

"The Financial Position of Friendly Societies" is in the Observer,
14 March 1896, page 41e.

"Foresters - Jubilee Celebrations" is in the Express,
25 May 1897, page 3e.

IOR jubilee celebrations are reported in the Observer,
29 October 1898, page 14a.

"The Star-Bowkett Societies of SA" is in the Express,
13 March 1896, page 3e.

"Are Friendly Societies Paying Their Way?" is in the Observer,
25 December 1897, page 13c,
1 and 15 January 1898, pages 9d and 11b.

Biographical details of Edward Alcock are in the Observer,
10 December 1898, page 15d,
of Edward Potter of the Oddfellows on
2 August 1902, page 28a.

Biographical details of G.E Kreusler, Secretary of the Australian Natives' Association are in the Observer, 27 April 1901, page 45c.

"Friendly Societies - A Valuable Report" is in the Observer,
7 November 1903, page 4,
"Friendly Societies Fleeced" is in The Herald,
16 April 1904, page 7b.

Photographs of an ANA picnic are in the Observer,
4 May 1907, page 29,
of executive members of the HACBS on
8 June 1907, page 30.

A photograph of a Druids' Annual Festival is in the Observer,
16 November 1907, page 31.

A photograph of members of the Friendly Societies Association of SA is in the Chronicle,
18 July 1908, page 30,
of an Oddfellows' picnic in the Observer,
16 March 1912, page 32A.
An obituary of A.H. Beyer is in the Observer,
28 November 1908, page 41d,
of Thomas J. Moody on
15 May 1909, page 38b.

An obituary of A.H. Beyer is in the Observer,
28 November 1908, page 41d,
of Thomas J. Moody on 15 May 1909, page 38b.

"Rechabitism" is in the Observer,
4 March 1911, pages 34e-43e.

Information on the HACB Society is in the Register,
3 July 1911, page 8g.

A photograph of the ANA Board of Directors is in the Observer,
21 December 1912, page 32,
of an ANA Hockey team on
2 August 1913, page 29,
of veteran Oddfellows on
1 August 1914, page 3 (supp.); also see
6 March 1915, page 28,
29 May 1915, page 30,
of the Adelaide Cooperatve Society's ladies' football team in the Observer,
31 August 1918, page 26.

An obituary of Thomas Scorer, building society employee, is in the Observer,
9 January 1910, page 38a.

A photograph of members of the Royal Ancient Order of Buffaloes is in The Critic,
5 January 1916, page 14.

"A Veteran Oddfellow", the reminiscences of W.F. Hughes, is in the Observer,
24 November 1917, page 21a.

An obituary of Thomas T. Brown (IOR) is in the Observer,
1 May 1920, page 13a.

Historical information on the Cooperative Building Society is in the Register,
16 March 1921, page 6f.
"Building Up the [Adelaide] Co-operative Society" is in the Advertiser,
3 March 1927, page 8f; also see
Register,
26 October 1927, page 7d.

Biographical details of Thomas John (IOR) is in the Register,
7 March 1923, page 8g.

"Rechabitism in SA" is in the Register,
28 February 1925, page 10h.

Information on Friendly Societies is in the Observer,
19 March 1927, page 35c,
The News,
14 July 1927, page 12f.

The Catholic Benefit Society is discussed in The News,
25 April 1929, page 8e,
Irish National Foresters on
2 May 1929, page 6e and
13 January 1930, page 6e,
Ancient Order of Druids on
14 October 1929, page 6e,
Oddfellows, Manchester Unity on
21 October 1929, page 6e,
Order of Foresters on
28 October 1929, page 6e,
Rechabites (Albert) on
4 November 1929, page 6e,
Australian Natives Association on
11 November 1929, page 6e,
Independent Oddfellows on
18 November 1929, page 6e,
Rechabite Army on
25 November 1929, page 6e,
Hibernian on
2 December 1929, page 6e,
Protestant Alliance on
6 January 1930, page 6g,
Adelaide Hebrews on
20 January 1930, page 6e.

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