T & G Mutual Life Assurance Society

T & G building in Geelong

T & G building in Mildura

T & G building in Horsham

T & G building in Wagga Wagga

The T & G Mutual Life Assurance Society was an insurance company that operated in Australia and New Zealand.^[1] The 'T & G' stood for 'Temperance & General'.^[2] The company was founded in Victoria in 1876,^[3] emerging from the Assurance branch of the Independent Order of Rechabites. The branch was severed from the I.O.R Rechabite Lodge after six years of operations.^[4]

In 1983 the T&G Society amalgamated with the National Mutual Life Association.^[5]

Offices

The T & G Mutual Life Assurance Society engaged in a program of expanding its offices in the 1920s and 1930s throughout Australia and New Zealand. The buildings had distinctive characteristics, being multi-storey buildings on corner sites with a tower and signage with the society's name.^[5]

Cities with T & G buildings:

• Australia
  • Sydney^[6]
  • Melbourne^[7]
  • Brisbane^[8]
  • Perth
  • Adelaide^[9]
  • Hobart^[10]
  • Darwin
  • Geelong^[11]
  • Horsham^[12]
  • Mildura^[13]
  • Warrnambool
  • Townsville^[14]
  • Newcastle^[15]
  • Albury^[16]
  • Wagga Wagga

• New Zealand
  • Auckland^[17]
  • Napier^[18]
  • Palmerston North^[19]
  • Wellington

See also

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• T & G Building, Brisbane
• T & G Building, Geelong
• T & G Building, Perth
• T & G Building, Townsville
• T & G Building, Wellington

Notes

References

• Shirley Thomas, T & G : yours for life : the history of T & G Mutual Life Society Limited 1876-1976, T. & G. Mutual Life Society Limited