Harry Hodgetts
The Flawed Broker Behind Don Bradman's Move to Adelaide
$31.15
- Paperback
176 pages
- Release Date
26 June 2024
Summary
From ‘Big Shot’ to ‘Swindler’. From ‘palatial two-storey Kensington Park home’ to ‘the cold cells of Adelaide Gaol’. Racier newspapers gloated when Harry Hodgetts was convicted of fraud and false pretences in September 1945.
Hodgetts was Adelaide’s leading stockbroker, with 4000 clients, including a governor and governor-general. He gave outstanding service to lacrosse and cricket, educational institutions and the Royal Institute for the Blind but he is best remembered as the man who …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781923042261 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1923042262 |
| Author: | John Davis |
| Publisher: | Wakefield Press |
| Imprint: | Wakefield Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Release Date: | 26 June 2024 |
| Weight: | 240g |
| Dimensions: | 210mm x 140mm |
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About The Author
John Davis
Raised and educated in Adelaide, South Australia, John Davis taught History, Australian Studies and Theory of Knowledge at Pembroke School, Kensington Park, and is a life member and a former trustee. He is the author of Principles and Pragmatism, a history of Pembroke School and its antecedents - Girton Girls’ School and King’s College. In retirement, he volunteered at the History Trust of South Australia and at Pembroke School. In 2014, the school published his updated second edition of Principles and Pragmatism. When researching the history of Girton in 1989, he first learned of Harry Hodgetts and his intriguing life story.
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