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

Hardback accounts book with a green cloth cover, a burgundy leather spine, and blue and white marbled end pages. A white label corresponding to the dates the book was used is affixed to outer front cover. The book has 141 pages, mostly used.

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'