Insolvency index 1842-1887

Entries
NameSurnamePlaceSequestrationDate Certificate IssuedOccupationCitation
-NEW SOUTH WALESDetails
FrederickATKINSONPyrmont25/11/1847late Wine MerchantNRS-13654-1-[2/8813]-1705Details
HelenAUGHTIEHay02/09/1886ChemistNRS-13654-1-[2/10268]-21115Details
WilliamABERCROMBIESydney13/03/1843ER 05/07/1843MerchantsNRS-13654-1-[2/8731]-733Details
Anthony SaverioAPPLETONSydney07/02/187726/11/1877DraperNRS-13654-1-[2/9643]-13279Details
CharlesABERCROMBIEFive Dock, near Sydney30/10/1847NRS-13654-1-[2/8812]-1696Details
Robert McKenzieARCHIBALDPaddington06/03/1880ER 18/10/1888Toll CollectorNRS-13654-1-[2/9821]-15543Details
KumAHSydney21/08/1884Cabinet MakerNRS-13654-1-[2/10087]-19025Details
Charles DavidALEXANDERSurry Hills09/12/1875Writing ClerkNRS-13654-1-[2/9593]-12690Details
Charles Frederick ReidALLENYoung29/05/1876BuilderNRS-13654-1-[2/9612]-12918Details

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Insolvency is the inability to pay debts or meet expenses. Under early colonial law insolvency was treated as a different concept to bankruptcy (which involved an insolvents assets being administered and distributed to creditors).

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Bankruptcy index 1888-1929

Bankruptcy is a state in which a person is unable to pay creditors and is required to undergo a legal process that usually results in liquidation the estate in order to meet expenses (at least in part).