John Croaker Convict Embezzler

by Craig, John Booker and Russell

• ISBN13: 9780522848946
• ISBN10: 052284894X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-09-10
• Publisher: Melbourne University Press

Summary

Biography of convict John Croaker, who was transported to Australia for embezzlement. His arrival coincided with the foundation of the Bank of New South Wales and he was granted a ticket of leave and employed to advise on the bank's bookkeeping procedures. After receiving his unconditional pardon, he was involved in brewing, farming and malting. His involvement in banking, brewing and the law enable this biography to use Croaker as a window on the economic, judicial and social conditions of his age in England and New South Wales. Includes appendices, notes, bibliography and index. Booker is Group Archivist for Lloyds TSB Group, London. Craig is Professor of Accounting at the Australian National University.

Author Biography

John Booker is group archivist for Lloyds TSB Group, plc, in London. He is the author of several books including Temples of Mammon: the Architecture of Banking and eight commissions for The New Dictionary of National Biography. Russell Craig is a professor of accounting at the Australian National University. He is the coauthor of several books, including Keeping Employees Informed and articles on Australian accounting history in the Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society, Abacus, and Australian CPA.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	ix
Illustrations	vii
Introduction	1	(7)
Birth, Beer and Banking	8	(14)
Leaveland, Love and Illegality	22	(14)
A Distasteful Business	36	(13)
The Trial, and Tribulations	49	(15)
A Ticket of Leave	64	(17)
Poacher into Gamekeeper	81	(13)
A House of Cards	94	(13)
Land and Liquor	107	(13)
Decline and Disgrace	120	(17)
Outwards to Oblivion	137	(13)
Epilogue	150	(14)
Appendixes
I Narrative of a Voyage to New South Wales in 1816 in the ship Mariner	154	(8)
II Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes involving John Croaker	162	(2)
Notes	164	(25)
Bibliography	189	(9)
Index	198