Julius Elischer

[2] Elischer served as a reserve officer in the Hungarian Army during World War II, taking part in the invasion of the Soviet Union.

His experience there of Stalinist communism made him an anti-communist without ever sympathising with the fascist Hungarian Arrow Cross Party or its policies against the countries Jews.

[3] During the Siege of Budapest, in late 1944, Elischer served as a Lieutenant and official commander of the Royal Hungarian I Honvéd University Assault Battalion.

[6] As a consequence, Elischer lost a lung, the wound later forcing him to give up a position as a lecturer at the Cornell University in New York, which he held during the 1950s, as the climate affected his health.

[9] Elischer became a lecturer in design at the University of Western Australia in the 1970s and eventually retired in 1986, although his staff continued to operate his office until 1991.

[10][11] The building is state heritage listed and was originally built as a showroom for David Foulkes-Taylor for the works of young local artists.