Significance

The cash account books are both historially and socially significant as the entries give an insight into the growth of the company. They also detail payments from both local and government offices, overseas customers, and significant companies, associations, and people.

Physical description

A hardback accounts book. Bound in green cloth with a burgundy leather spine. A white label corresponding to the dates the book was used is affixed to outer front cover. The inner covers are made from decorative marbled paper in navy blue and white, with the stationer's label printed on the inner front cover. The book itself has 141 pages total, mostly filled in.

Inscriptions & markings

Label on outer front cover (white paper, hand-written):
'Accounts
Including Orchard Supply Agency
from 31st May 1939-
From 31st May 1939
To 30th April 1941'
Label on inner front cover (printed as part of page):
'A Conquest Account Book
Norman Bros. (Stationers) Pty. Ltd.
60-62 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, C.1'