Nurses and mothers with babies at Newtown Baby Clinic, Sydney, 1914
The first Australian maternity allowance was introduced on 10 October 1912. As of that date, married and single women who had given birth received £5 to cover the cost of medical care for themselves and their babies.
Indigenous women and those with Asian, Papuan or Pacific Islander backgrounds were not eligible for the payment.
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State Archives of New South Wales
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