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Jules Joubert
1824–1907
An energetic nineteenth-century adventurer, impresario, and entrepreneur, he moved from France to Australia and left his mark on everything from property and transport to art and theatre. His writing carries the voice of someone who was always in motion and always curious about the world around him.
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Shavings & Scrapes from many parts
by Jules Joubert
About the author
Born in Angoulême, France, in 1824, Jules François de Sales Joubert built an unusually varied life. The Australian Dictionary of Biography describes him as an adventurer and entrepreneur, and that label fits: after early work connected with the French consulate in Sydney, he became active in building, transport, and commercial ventures in colonial Australia.
He was also closely involved in cultural life. Sources on his career note work as a language teacher, art teacher, exhibition organizer, and theatrical entrepreneur, showing how easily he moved between business and the arts. That mix of practical ambition and creative energy helps explain why his books feel lively and wide-ranging.
Joubert died in 1907 in Carlton, Melbourne. Remembered today less as a single-category author than as a remarkably busy public figure, he stands out as one of those nineteenth-century writers whose life was almost as colorful as the pages he produced.