Prior to joining the University in 1971, Geoff worked variously as a secondary teacher, budgetary control officer and lecturer at Prahran College of Advanced Education (now Deakin University). During 30 years on the full-time staff at Melbourne he headed the Department of Accounting and Business Law (predecessor to the current Accounting Department) during 1987-90 and was Associate Dean of the Faculty of Business and Economics during 1993-96.

His research interests encompass accounting history, financial analysis and the sugar industry. He has also consulted extensively to a range of private and public-sector entities, principally in the road and air transport and sugar industries. Since retiring from full-time academic life in 2001 Geoff has remained active as researcher, consultant and commissioned historian.

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FEATURED Journal article

A progressive traditionalist: Sir Edwin Van-Der-Vord Nixon CMG, Accountant, (1876–1955)

Geoff Burrows' selected work

Biography in accounting history: Some personal reflections

Journal article

The profession of arms and the profession of accounting numbers - Accounting, the military..

Journal article

Memorial: Gordon Shillinglaw: Economist, consultant, and management accounting scholar

Book Chapter

Gordon Shillinglaw: Economist, Consultant and Management Accounting Scholar

Book Chapter

Dark matters in Britain’s Royal Navy: 1755-1805

Conference Proceedings

A fine education but no "bluestocking": Harriett Amies, pioneer female accounting professi..

Conference Proceedings

Scholarly Works

Displaying the 39 most recent scholarly works by Geoff Burrows.

A progressive traditionalist: Sir Edwin Van-Der-Vord Nixon CMG, Accountant, (1876–1955)

PE Cobbin, GH Burrows

Journal article | 2020 | Accounting History

This article contributes to remedying the paucity of biographical information about Australian luminary accounting figures in the ..

Biography in accounting history: Some personal reflections

GH Burrows

Journal article | 2019 | Accounting History

These personal reflections, written in the form of a memoir, span the scope and scale of biography in accounting history, the auth..

The profession of arms and the profession of accounting numbers - Accounting, the military and war: A review

Phillip E Cobbin, Geoffrey H Burrows

Journal article | 2018 | Accounting History

Memorial: Gordon Shillinglaw: Economist, consultant, and management accounting scholar

GH Burrows

Book Chapter | 2016

Gordon Shillinglaw: Economist, Consultant and Management Accounting Scholar

G BURROWS

Book Chapter | 2016

Dark matters in Britain’s Royal Navy: 1755-1805

P COBBIN, J Hronsky, G Burrows

Conference Proceedings | 2016

A fine education but no "bluestocking": Harriett Amies, pioneer female accounting professional

Jane JF Hronsky, Geoffrey H Burrows, Phillip E Cobbin

Conference Proceedings | 2015 | ABFHC 2009 Conference Papers Being Presented (online)

A fine education but no “bluestocking”: Harriett Amies, pioneer female accounting professional

JJF Hronsky, GH Burrows, PE Cobbin

Journal article | 2015 | Accounting History

VALE TO COLIN BRIAN FERGUSON 1949-2014 Professor of Business Information Systems, University of Melbourne

Geoff Burrows, Stewart Leech

Journal article | 2014 | Accounting & Finance

Gordon Shillinglaw: Economist, Consultant, and Management Accounting Scholar

Geoffrey H Burrows

Journal article | 2013 | Accounting Horizons

Drafting of a profession: The register of accountants for national service in the war of 1939-1945

P COBBIN, G Burrows

Conference Proceedings | 2013

Target costing: First and second comings

G Burrows, RH Chenhall

Journal article | 2012 | Accounting History Review

Budgetary and financial discontinuities: Iraq 1920-32

G Burrows, PE Cobbin

Journal article | 2011 | Accounting History Review

The British navy's 1888 budgetary reforms

PE Cobbin, GH Burrows

Journal article | 2010 | Accounting History

Reforms to the British navy’s estimates for 1888—9 radically changed the way that budgetary information was presented to parliamen..

Controlling government expenditure by external review: The 1921-2 "Geddes Axe"

G Burrows, P Cobbin

Journal article | 2009 | Accounting History

‘Safeguards against profiteering …’: The Role of the Accountancy Advisory Panel in the Department of Supply and Development and the Department of Munitions – 1939/40

P COBBIN, G BURROWS

Conference Proceedings | 2008 | 12th World Congress of Accounting Historians

Promise Fulfilled: The History of the Accounting Department at the University of Melbourne 1925-2004

G BURROWS

Book | 2006

The best brains in public accountancy - The restricted membership of the Army Accountancy Advisory Panel 1942-1945

P COBBIN, G BURROWS

Conference Proceedings | 2006 | 18th Accounting, Business & Financial History Conference

The British (Royal) Navy’s 1888 ‘Program Budgeting’ Reforms

GH BURROWS, PE COBBIN

Report | 2005

Controlling Government Expenditure by External Review: the 1921-22 ‘Geddes Axe’

PE COBBIN, GH BURROWS

Report | 2005

An Invitation to Serve: The Establishment of the (Australian) Army Accountancy Advisory Panel in 1942

PE COBBIN, GH BURROWS

Conference Proceedings | 2005 | The Fourth Accounting History International Conference

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N VLAHOGIANNIS, M TURNBULL, AJC MAYNE, TL SMITH, PL YULE, GH BURROWS

Book Chapter | 2004

Louis Goldberg and A Journey into Accounting Thought

GH Burrows

Journal article | 2003 | Accounting History

Protecting employee entitlements

K Davis, G Burrows

Journal article | 2003 | Australian Economic Review

Risk-adjusted discount rates and projects of unequal lives

C Brown, G Burrows

Journal article | 2003 | Australian Accounting Review

The interface of race and accounting: A comment and an extension

G Burrows

Journal article | 2002 | Accounting History

The British Navy's 1888 'Program Budgeting' Reforms

PE COBBIN, GH BURROWS

Conference Proceedings | 2002 | 9th World Congress of Accounting Historians - Published Congress Proceedings

Real-time cost management of aircraft operations

G Burrows, CA Brown, TW Thom, JMC King, J Frearson

Journal article | 2001 | Management Accounting Research

Zero-base budgeting: Origins and pioneers

G Burrows, B Syme

Journal article | 2000 | Abacus

A response to Lou Goldberg's concerns about oral history

GH Burrows

Journal article | 1999 | Accounting History

Profit sharing in Australian big 6 accounting firms: An exploratory study

G Burrows, C Black

Journal article | 1998 | Accounting, Organizations and Society

Allocations and Common Costs in Long‐Run Investing and Pricing Decisions: An Historical Analysis

GH BURROWS

Journal article | 1994 | Abacus

The lag in the mechanization of the sugarcane harvest: some comparative perspectives

G Burrows, R Shlomowitz

Journal article | 1992 | Agricultural History

Evolution of a Lease Solution

GH BURROWS

Journal article | 1988 | Abacus

Incremental Flows in Project Evaluation: A Reply

GH Burrows

Journal article | 1983 | Accounting and Business Research

Incremental Flows in Project Evaluation

GH Burrows

Journal article | 1982 | Accounting and Business Research

Sugar cane harvesting - a case study in technological change ( Australia).

G Burrows

Journal article | 1982 | Australian Quarterly

FACTORS INFLUENCING THE SIZE OF COMPANY BUDGETS FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

GH Burrows

Journal article | 1981 | Accounting & Finance

The Lease Evaluation Solution: A Further Comment

G Burrows

Journal article | 1977 | Accounting and Business Research

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Accounting, Auditing and Accountability

Historical Studies

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Defence

Understanding Past Societies

Banking, Finance and Investment

Finance, Property and Business Services

History and Philosophy of Specific Fields

Management and Productivity

Other Economic Framework

Honours, Awards and Fellowships

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2008 Academy of Accounting Historians Hourglass Award for contributions to accounting history

1986

1986 Fellowship of Australian Writers' Award for best local history (The Canecutters)

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Find out more about Geoff Burrows' experience

Geoff Burrows' highlights

FEATURED Journal article

A progressive traditionalist: Sir Edwin Van-Der-Vord Nixon CMG, Accountant, (1876–1955)

Geoff Burrows' selected work

Journal article

Journal article

Book Chapter

Book Chapter

Conference Proceedings

Conference Proceedings

Scholarly Works

A progressive traditionalist: Sir Edwin Van-Der-Vord Nixon CMG, Accountant, (1876–1955)

Biography in accounting history: Some personal reflections

The profession of arms and the profession of accounting numbers - Accounting, the military and war: A review

Memorial: Gordon Shillinglaw: Economist, consultant, and management accounting scholar

Gordon Shillinglaw: Economist, Consultant and Management Accounting Scholar

Dark matters in Britain’s Royal Navy: 1755-1805

A fine education but no "bluestocking": Harriett Amies, pioneer female accounting professional

A fine education but no “bluestocking”: Harriett Amies, pioneer female accounting professional

VALE TO COLIN BRIAN FERGUSON 1949-2014 Professor of Business Information Systems, University of Melbourne

Gordon Shillinglaw: Economist, Consultant, and Management Accounting Scholar

Drafting of a profession: The register of accountants for national service in the war of 1939-1945

Target costing: First and second comings

Budgetary and financial discontinuities: Iraq 1920-32

The British navy's 1888 budgetary reforms

Controlling government expenditure by external review: The 1921-2 "Geddes Axe"

‘Safeguards against profiteering …’: The Role of the Accountancy Advisory Panel in the Department of Supply and Development and the Department of Munitions – 1939/40

Promise Fulfilled: The History of the Accounting Department at the University of Melbourne 1925-2004

The best brains in public accountancy - The restricted membership of the Army Accountancy Advisory Panel 1942-1945

The British (Royal) Navy’s 1888 ‘Program Budgeting’ Reforms

Controlling Government Expenditure by External Review: the 1921-22 ‘Geddes Axe’

An Invitation to Serve: The Establishment of the (Australian) Army Accountancy Advisory Panel in 1942

Schools

Louis Goldberg and A Journey into Accounting Thought

Protecting employee entitlements

Risk-adjusted discount rates and projects of unequal lives

The interface of race and accounting: A comment and an extension

The British Navy's 1888 'Program Budgeting' Reforms

Real-time cost management of aircraft operations

Zero-base budgeting: Origins and pioneers

A response to Lou Goldberg's concerns about oral history

Profit sharing in Australian big 6 accounting firms: An exploratory study

Allocations and Common Costs in Long‐Run Investing and Pricing Decisions: An Historical Analysis

The lag in the mechanization of the sugarcane harvest: some comparative perspectives

Evolution of a Lease Solution

Incremental Flows in Project Evaluation: A Reply

Incremental Flows in Project Evaluation

Sugar cane harvesting - a case study in technological change ( Australia).

FACTORS INFLUENCING THE SIZE OF COMPANY BUDGETS FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

The Lease Evaluation Solution: A Further Comment

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