Prostestant Alliance Friendly Society of Australia minute book, July 1875-June 1880, No. 5 Schomberg Lodge and Pence book, January 1873-November 1883, Pride of Cumberland No. 24 Lodge

MLMSS 3850

fonds

1873-1883

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1 box of textual material

The Protestant Alliance Friendly Society was established in New South Wales in 1859 and in Victoria in 1868. The two bodies were amalgamated in 1873 to become the Protestant Alliance Friendly Society of Australia. The Society provided medical attendance for members and their families, payments when members were unable to work through illness, and funeral benefits. Membership, as in most friendly societies, was made up largely of tradesmen and skilled workers

The Minute book, July 1875-June 1880, of Schomberg Lodge, Newtown, Sydney District No. 5. Protestant Alliance Friendly Society of Australia includes lists of members, balance sheets, and subcommittees' minutes and financial statements, The Pence book, Pride of Cumberland No. 24 Lodge, January 1873-November 1883, includes lists of members' names

Information transferred from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (6-714 C) as part of the eRecords Project, 2010-2011