A Tradition of Giving: Seventy-Five Years of Myer Family Philanthropy (2005)

A refreshing change to the American and European-dominated literature on philanthropy, this biography relates the story of the nineteenth-century Belarus-born Simcha Baevski, who changed his name, built up a department store empire and became Australia's most prominent philanthropist. Myer philanthropy remains a major force in Australian philanthropy, and the evolution of its grant-making provides a fascinating perspective on the unfolding of the social history of that country.