TALK: Clogs to Clogs in Three Generations

David Hough will tell an illustrated story of the rise and fall of the Boans Department Store, from its sensational beginning in 1895 to the Myer takeover in 1984. In particular he will show the influence of the Jewish obligation of tzedakah as the guiding philosophy underpinning the company's commercial success and the high standing it enjoyed in the community.

David Hough was educated at Claremont Teachers' College and the Universities of Western Australia and Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Besides degrees in history and business administration he has professional qualifications in speech and drama from the AMEB and Trinity College London. After more than thirty years teaching in tertiary institutions in WA and Indonesia, he took early retirement from the Faculty of Business at Edith Cowan University to research and write. In the last decade he has written 'A Dream of Passion', the centennial history of His Majesty's Theatre that was shortlisted for the 2004 WA Premiers History Prize, 'Boans for Service', a history of WA's iconic department store that has had three printings and sold more than 5000 copies since April 2009, and with Ronda Jamieson, 'What Harmony is This?', a centennial history of the WA Music Teachers' Association. He is currently completing a PhD in the Department of History at UWA.

Open 7:15pm for pre-AGM/Presentation refreshments. A short Annual General Meeting commences at 8:00pm with the presentation immediately after. Note New Location: Reid Meeting Room G.04 - Ground Floor, The University of Western Australia Reid Library. Enter via glass sliding door - ground floor. Free parking is available via Entrance 1, Car Park No. 3. After 7:50pm please enter via spiral staircase to 1st floor, then down to ground floor. Members: Free, Non Members: $5 donation