'Freehold property for mechanics': a brief insight into Starr-Bowkett societies

M Darnell

'Freehold property for mechanics': a brief insight into Starr-Bowkett societies

M Darnell

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Deregulation of Australia's financial system has dramatically changed the face of our financial system. One of the most notable impacts is that long established forms of co-operative finance and self-help, Building and Friendly Societies and Credit Unions, have declined in number and membership. However, rationalisation by the large banks in regional centres combined with concerns about home affordability has led to co-operative finance schemes being considered anew. This paper provides an insight into one of the oldest, most enduring and least known of co-operative finance schemes, Starr-Bowkett societies, focussing on the genesis of and major personalities behind the schemes.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	'The Past is Before Us': The Ninth National Labour History Conference Proceedings
Editors	Greg Patmore, John Shields, Nikola Balnave
Place of Publication	Sydney, Australia
Publisher	Australian Society for the Study of Labour History
Pages	97-106
ISBN (Print)	0975767003
Publication status	Published - 2005
Event	Labour History 2005: Ninth National Labour History Conference - University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia Duration: 30 Jun 2005 → 2 Jul 2005

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Conference	Labour History 2005: Ninth National Labour History Conference
City	Sydney, Australia
Period	30/06/05 → 2/07/05

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Economic History

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Darnell, M 2005, 'Freehold property for mechanics': a brief insight into Starr-Bowkett societies. in G Patmore, J Shields & N Balnave (eds), 'The Past is Before Us': The Ninth National Labour History Conference Proceedings. Australian Society for the Study of Labour History, Sydney, Australia, pp. 97-106, Labour History 2005: Ninth National Labour History Conference, Sydney, Australia, 30/06/05. <https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/1031>

'Freehold property for mechanics': a brief insight into Starr-Bowkett societies. / Darnell, M.
'The Past is Before Us': The Ninth National Labour History Conference Proceedings. ed. / Greg Patmore; John Shields; Nikola Balnave. Sydney, Australia: Australian Society for the Study of Labour History, 2005. p. 97-106.

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