Event 1901 - Dickson Fraud
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- 1901
- Summary
In 1901 the University, still suffering severely from the cutbacks of the Depression years, was rocked by the discovery that the accountant of seventeen years, F.T.J. Dickson had embezzled £23,839 pounds, keeping a second set of books to present to the auditors. In all the deficit for the year proved to be near enough to £35,000.
(University of Melbourne Archives, Key 34: Dickson Frauds 1901)
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- University Commission's Report, Argus, 11 July 1902, 6 pp, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article9076428. Details
- University Funds Restored, Australasian, 31 December 1904, 39 pp, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140777152. Details
- Key 34: Dickson Frauds 1901, https://archives.unimelb.edu.au/resources/keys-to-the-past/keys/key-34. Details
Created: 21 August 2018, Last modified: 13 November 2018