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2 unusual facts about Gibbes


Gibbes

John George Nathaniel Gibbes (1787–1873), Collector of Customs for the Colony of New South Wales

Samuel Osborne-Gibbes (1803–1874), Second Baronet, British Army officer, Freemason, plantation owner and politician


Heneage Wheeler

In 1921, under the Air Ministry and Royal Aeronautical Society notices in Flight magazine there was noted the engagement of "Major Heneage Gibbes Wheeler, late R.A.F, of Bexhill-on-Sea" to a "Florence Hayes of St Louis, U.S.A" .

Robyn Gibbes

Robyn Gibbes (born 2 January 1957 in Goroka, Papua New Guinea) is an Australian actress, probably best known for her roles in Prisoner (as Sam Greenway) and Round the Twist (as Fay James).

Rockdale, New South Wales

Perhaps the most significant property developer during the 1880s was Frederick Jamison Gibbes (1839–1888), a Member of Parliament, who is commemorated by Gibbes Street in Banksia.


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