University of Wollongong Research Online Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive) Faculty of Business and Law 1-1-2012 Banking records, business and networks in Colonial Sydney, 1817-24 Leanne Johns Australian National University Simon Ville University of Wollongong,
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[email protected] Banking records, business and networks in Colonial Sydney, 1817-24 Abstract 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.aehr_348 Keywords 1817, records, colonial, networks, banking, sydney, 24, business Disciplines Business | Social and Behavioral Sciences Publication Details Johns, L. & Ville, S. (2012). Banking records, business and networks in Colonial Sydney, 1817-24. Australian Economic History Review: an Asia-Pacific journal of economic, business and social history, 52 (2), 167-190.