Boas, Harold

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Authority Biography/Administrative HistoryHarold Boas was regarded as the father figure of architecture and town planning in Western Australia. He was the son of Rev. Abraham Tobias Boas, first minister of the Adelaide Hebrew Congregation from 1870-1917.
ProvenanceBOAS, Harold (BOASH)
Dates(s)1960 to 1980
Scope & ContentWritings by Harold Boas. My Jewish Life and Associations; Father and Sons; Fanny Herman: A Daughter in Israel (1967); A Short History of the Kalgoorlie Hebrew Congregation (1901-1969) [1970]; The Great Old Man of Kalgoorlie, Western Australia (1970). Biography of Reverend Abraham Boas (condensed from a full biography by Louise Rosenberg).