Insolvency index 1842-1887

Entries
NameSurnamePlaceSequestrationDate Certificate IssuedOccupationCitation
-NEW SOUTH WALESDetails
CharlesARCHEROrange30/08/1878PainterNRS-13654-1-[2/9720]-14264Details
Tice GellibrandARMSTRONGBalmain17/02/1887ClerkNRS-13654-1-[2/10315]-21678Details
WilliamASKEWBega27/11/1880ER 03/04/1884CarrierNRS-13654-1-[2/9863]-16154Details
Alexander WyllieARMOURConfinee HM Gaol Deniliquin22/06/188112/09/1889Land AgentNRS-13654-1-[2/9895]-16581Details
JosephALDREDSydney26/06/1878ContractorsNRS-13654-1-[2/9710]-14138Details
--Sydney18/12/1869DraperNRS-13654-1-[2/9365]-9832Details
John WickhamALLENYass24/06/1885BrickmakerNRS-13654-1-[2/10151]-19818Details
ThomasALLATTBalmain24/07/1857BuilderNRS-13654-1-[2/8928]-3873Details
JohnARENTZMurrumburrah17/03/1880BlacksmithNRS-13654-1-[2/9822]-15569Details

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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).