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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (Parenthetical) - $ / shares	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2017	Sep. 30, 2015
Statement of Stockholders' Equity [Abstract]
Shares issued for rounding, reverse stock split	4
Share price of capital stock issued for cash		$ 1.00
Share price of capital stock issued pursuant to debt conversions		1.00
Share price of capital stock issued pursuant to subscriptions received		1.20
Share price of Shares issued pursuant to the exercise of warrants		$ 1.20

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The price per share of the conversion feature embedded in the debt instrument.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 470
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 5
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Reduction in the number of shares during the period as a result of a reverse stock split.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 505
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
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