Household accounting in Australia: Prescription and practice from the 1820s to the 1960s

Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 41-73

  Carnegie, Garry D ^a   Walker, Stephen P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accounting; Accounting history; Accounts; Australia

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847390337     PISSN: 09513574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513570710731209     Document Type: Article

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