Professor Frederick McCoy was a highly respected academic at Melbourne University. He resided in the suburb of Brighton. In 1883 he received a letter from a friend, Colonel Mair. The Colonel asked if it was true that McCoy’s adult son Frederick, who had been living and
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When ‘Doctor’ Paul Rene Loubet was unmasked as an imposter in September 1917 he left behind a grieving, bewildered young widow. Nell Kent Loubet (nee Hughes) immediately moved back to her family’s home in Toorak. More positively, she graduated from Melbourne University in January 1918 as
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The continuing story of Paul Rene Loubet. Dr Loubet accepted a position at the Melbourne Hospital in May 1917. Subsequently he was required to present himself at Melbourne University, to be examined for the degree of M.D. As part of the process he presented the Registrar
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THE PAUL LOUBET STORY, PART TWO (BLACKALL). FOR THE FIRST EPISODE, CLICK HERE. From The Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton) ‘Our informant happened to be in Jericho when Dr Loubet and a very fine looking woman, who was introduced everywhere as Mrs Loubet, were going through to Blackall.
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The story of Paul Rene Loubet and his life in Australia reads more like fiction than real life, and researching it has been quite a challenge, albeit a fascinating one. This is the first ‘chapter’. Annabel Illingworth married young doctor Percy Webber Black in London in March
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STOP PRESS- THE STORY OF MOLONG AND THE EARL HAS ANOTHER CHAPTER….SEE END OF THIS PIECE! It’s not often a small outback town can boast of having an Earl open their garden fete, but that’s what happened at Molong in 1897. The man responsible for the
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In August 1945 Manchester born Mrs Ethel Livesey arrived in Sydney’s wealthy Eastern Suburbs. She was a larger than life character, who enjoyed the good things in life and delighted in entertaining. The Sun newspaper published a piece on her hospitality towards Australian and American servicemen while
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