Fitzgerald, Adolf Alexander

 Person: id 81918

Primary information

University connections
UMelb
Event flag
World War I
Family name
Fitzgerald
Given name(s)
Adolf Alexander
Initials
A.A.
Gender
Male

Education

Early education
Fitzgerald, A.A. : Box Hill Grammar School
Tertiary education
Fitzgerald A.A. : Economics.B.Com, 1927, University of Melbourne

Life events

Birth
Fitzgerald A.A. : Life.Birth 26 Oct 1890 - @ Collingwood [ VIC Australia ]
Survived
Survived WWI
Occupations
Fitzgerald A.A. : Partner 1915 - Oxlade & MackieFitzgerald A.A. : Assistant Lecturer in Accounting 1925 - 1954 University of Melbourne @ Melbourne [ VIC Australia ]Fitzgerald A.A. : Professor of Accounting 1954 - 1958 University of Melbourne @ Melbourne [ VIC Australia ]
Professional Association Memberships
Fitzgerald, Adolf Alexander : Commonwealth Institute of Accountants, 1927 - 1941
Other events
Fitzgerald A.A. : Specific terms.Member of Royal Commission on water supply in Victoria 1936 - 1937 @ Moorabbin -- VIC, AustraliaFitzgerald A.A. : Specific terms.Editor Australian Accountant 1936 - 1954Fitzgerald A.A. : Specific terms.Financial Adviser of the economic committee of inquiry into the Victorian Railways 1939 - @ Moorabbin -- VIC, AustraliaFitzgerald A.A. : Specific terms.Councillor 1941 - 1945 @ Box Hill [ VIC Australia ]Fitzgerald A.A. : Specific terms.Member of Capital Issues Advisory Committee 1942 - 1946Fitzgerald A.A. : Specific terms.Member of Army Accountancy Advisory Panel 1942 - 1943Fitzgerald A.A. : Specific terms.Chaired Commonwealth Grants Commission 1945 - 1960Fitzgerald A.A. : Specific terms.Chairman of the Dairy Industry Cost Investigation Committee 1953 - 1959Fitzgerald A.A. : Specific terms.Member of the State Electricity Commission 1955 - 1969Fitzgerald A.A. : Specific terms.Appointed to the Decimal Currency Council 1957Fitzgerald A.A. : Specific terms.Chaired inquiry into Post Office accounts 1959 - 1960Fitzgerald A.A. : Specific terms.Served on Sir Leslie Martin's committee on the future of tertiary education in Australia 1962 - 1965Fitzgerald A.A. : Specific terms.Retired 1966
Death
Fitzgerald A.A. : Death 22 Aug 1969 @ Box Hill [ VIC Australia ]

USyd & UMelb only

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Not listed on Roll of Active Service

Documents and photographs

Publications
Statistical Methods as Applied to Accounting Reports (1940)
Analysis and Interpretation of Financial and Operating Statements (1947)
Classification in Accounting (with L. A. Schumer, 1952)
Form and Contents of Published Financial Statements (with his brother Garrett, 1948)
Editor, Intermediate Accounting (1948)

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Narrative and notes

Narrative - quote
'Sir Alexander was the outstanding figure of his time in Australian accounting. He was welcomed as a lecturer throughout Australasia by practitioners as well as academics, to whose notice he brought the latest overseas developments. While most of his contemporaries still looked to England for professional guidance and example, he was aware of more progressive developments in North America.'

External links

ADB Entry ID
10191
Discovering Anzacs
https://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/person/843701

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