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NRS-14617 | Files of "Hard Luck" cases

NSW State Archives Collection
AGY-441 | Silicosis Joint Committee (1927-1938) / Silicosis Joint Committee No.1 (1938-1942) / Workers Compensation (Silicosis) Committee (1942-1967) / Workers Compensation (Dust Diseases) Board (1967-2015)
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Case files of applicants excluded from compensation benefits until November 1941, from which date ex-gratia payments were made. These payments were validated and continued on a statutory basis by the Workers' Compensation (Silicosis) Act, 1942.

Files include initial applications for compensation, warrants to the Medical Authority to examine applicants, Medical Authority reports, details of applicants' industrial history, wage statements from employers, statements from beneficiaries of income received from other sources relevant to the determination of awards, particulars of reviews of awards, certificates of disablement, death certificates, and certificates of cause of death. Extracts of oral examinations (held for the purpose of reviewing industrial history, determining the form of medical examination, and fixing awards) are also included in some files.

(5/3276). 1 box.

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This description is extracted from Concise Guide to the State Archives of New South Wales, 3rd Edition 2000.

Created: 1943-01-01 to 1953-12-31

Data time period: 1943-01-01 to 1953-12-31

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