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-lsb- http://francisbrabazon.net/ francisbrabazon.net -rsb- 24 june 1984 queensland , australia london , england 24 january 1907 file : brabazon.jpg francis brabazon
 francis brabazon poet
francis brabazon

francis brabazon -lrb- 24 january 1907 - 24 june 1984 -rrb- was an australian poet and a member of meher baba 's mandali .
in the 1940s , brabazon became interested in eastern spirituality and soon became a student of the australian sufi leader baron friedrich von frankenberg .
brabazon and a party of helpers built `` beacon hill house '' near sydney in time for baba 's first visit to australia in august 1956 .
it was later renamed `` meher house '' .
in 1958 brabazon helped establish a new center on a estate on kiel mountain , woombye , queensland to host meher baba on his second visit .
while he was there , meher baba named the area avatar 's abode and said it would become a place of world pilgrimage .
