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BANKING RECORDS, BUSINESS AND NETWORKS IN COLONIAL SYDNEY, 1817–24
Author(s) -
JOHNS LEANNE,
VILLE SIMON
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
australian economic history review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.493
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 1467-8446
pISSN - 0004-8992
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8446.2012.00348.x
Subject(s) - ledger , colonialism , distributed ledger , business , scale (ratio) , accounting , commerce , economy , geography , economics , political science , blockchain , computer science , computer security , law , cartography
Examining accounting transactions between depositors in the first accounts ledger of the Bank of New South Wales contributes to our knowledge of early Australian colonial businesspeople and their business activities. A social network analysis framework is applied to the transactions to disclose business networks and prominent individuals in the networks. The analysis seeks to ascertain the importance of these people to commerce and the significance of their networks in facilitating commercial relationships in a business environment fraught with uncertainty. The results illustrate the importance of networks to colonial trade and mercantile activity, especially for smaller scale businesspeople.