DomainArticle in Journal
Title""Clowns of no account"? Reflections on the involvement of four Irishmen in the commercial life of the Colony of New South Wales, 1788-1818"
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Journal TitleAccounting History
Journal Vol9
Journal Vol Issue9:2
Publication Date2004
Start-End Page63 — 85
Number Of Pages23 p.
Era Covered1788 — 1818
LanguageEnglish
ISSN1032-3732
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NotesJohn Kenny, a felon transported from Carlow (allegedly the first teacher of double-entry accounting in Australia); Michael Hayes, a Wexford rebel (the first to advertise in the Sydney Gazette for work as an accountant); Sergeant Jeremiah Murphy, a native of Creagh serving in the British Army (the first customer to open a bank account in Australia); and John Thomas Campbell, an Ulster loyalist (the first President of the Bank of NSW).
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