The census as accounting artefact: Illustrations from the early Australian colonial period

Jayne Bisman

The census as accounting artefact: Illustrations from the early Australian colonial period

Jayne Bisman

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Carnegie and Napier (1996, p.7) call for studies in accounting history which expand or reinterpret the archive, contending that the results can provide 'insight into accounting's present and future through its past'. In this paper, the prior although limited use made of census data in accounting history studies is detailed, and a number of historical censuses examined from an accounting perspective, with particular emphasis on early colonial Australian censuses and musters. A discussion of the uses that could be made of census data in adding to the accounting archive and in informing a range of studies is developed, and is proposed as a research agenda which taps this largely unmined source of information.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	3rd International Conference on Contemporary Business
Editors	P.K. Basu, G O' O'Neill, A. Travaglione
Place of Publication	Bathurst, Australia
Publisher	Charles Sturt University
Pages	27
Number of pages	1
ISBN (Electronic)	1864671777
Publication status	Published - 2006
Event	International Conference on Contemporary Business - Leura, NSW Australia, Australia Duration: 21 Sept 2006 → 22 Sept 2006

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Conference	International Conference on Contemporary Business
Country/Territory	Australia
Period	21/09/06 → 22/09/06

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