The First Female Shareholders of the Bank of New South Wales: Examination of Shareholdings in Australia's First Bank 1817-1824
dc.contributor.author | Johns, Leanne | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-12-07T22:21:42Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2006 | |
dc.date.updated | 2015-12-07T09:00:55Z | |
dc.description.abstract | This paper examines female shareholdings in Australia's first bank, the Bank of New South Wales. Existing descriptions of colonial women have portrayed them generally as domestic servants, farmhands, prostitutes or wives and mothers, rather than as businesswomen or investors. But by 1823 the number of female shareholders represented 31 per cent, almost one-third, of total shareholders. Nevertheless, it seems that women were unable to take advantage of this potentially powerful position. Although they were allowed proxy votes, these could only be exercised by male shareholders. Thus, male shareholders acquired extra voting power through use of female shareholders' proxies, and seemingly employed the extra votes particularly when there were crucial or 'political decisions to be made. | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0958-5206 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/20159 | |
dc.publisher | Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group | |
dc.source | Accounting, Business and Financial History | |
dc.subject | Keywords: Colonial banks; Corporate governance; Shareholders; Women in banking | |
dc.title | The First Female Shareholders of the Bank of New South Wales: Examination of Shareholdings in Australia's First Bank 1817-1824 | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
local.bibliographicCitation.issue | 2 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage | 314 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage | 293 | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Johns, Leanne, College of Business and Economics, ANU | |
local.contributor.authoremail | u4023356@anu.edu.au | |
local.contributor.authoruid | Johns, Leanne, u4023356 | |
local.description.embargo | 2037-12-31 | |
local.description.notes | Imported from ARIES | |
local.identifier.absfor | 140203 - Economic History | |
local.identifier.ariespublication | u4319152xPUB11 | |
local.identifier.citationvolume | 16 | |
local.identifier.doi | 10.1080/09585200600756308 | |
local.identifier.scopusID | 2-s2.0-33745819613 | |
local.identifier.uidSubmittedBy | u4319152 | |
local.type.status | Published Version |
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