| Call Number |
MN 1332 |
| Physical description |
1.5 m. |
| Access advisory |
Available for reference; not for loan. |
| Cite As |
Battye Library, MN 1332, Records of Boans Ltd., ACC 1906A, ACC 4171A, ACC 4785A, ACC 6096A. |
| Biography/history |
Harry and Benjamin Boan opened a department store in Wellington Street, Perth, in 1895. Boans Limited (its name from 1912) came over time to be the largest private employer in Western Australia, employing staff at a number of suburban stores as well as the city store. In 1985 it was taken over by the Melbourne based Myer Emporium Ltd. |
| Finding Aids |
Detailed listing available (MN 1332) |
| Summary |
File containing photocopies of title deeds and transfers relating to the site (Wellington Street-Murray Street, Perth) on which the Boans store was built in 1895 and biographical information relating to owners of the site from 1863; account books (1938-1958); agreements (1905-1918, 1940); bank statements (1941-1945); cash books (1920-1947); catalogues; certificates; diaries (1938-1939, 1945-1947); files (promotions, Home Service Division, Patriotic Fund (1940-1945); financial statements (1971-1972); guide/instruction books; invitations; journals (of advertising booking space (1955-1973); motor vehicles (1937-1942); records of work (1954-1971)); lease (1938); ledger of monthly sales (1922-1927); legal papers (1947-1952); marriage certificate of Edward and Kathleen Brennan; memos to staff (1974-1975); minute books of Social and Sporting Club (1935-1949); newspaper cuttings (1895-1967); loose papers (1920-1971); photographs; price lists; programmes; receipts and receipt books (1939-1943); salaries and wages books (1913-1941); scrapbook (1949-1957); visitors book (1955-1967); miscellaneous items (1929-1955) |
| Subjects |
Boans Limited -- Archives.
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Department stores -- Western Australia -- Archives.
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