JOUBERT
(Jules François de Sales, 1824-1907, Adventurer and Entrepreneur)
Fine Autograph Letter Signed to Major Oldham,
saying that he is sincerely grieved at the contents of your letter of today relating to the behaviour of one of the Men at the Gate. This man Johnson is an excellent servant but rather inclined to be... impertinent. I will read your letter to him and unless he makes a proper amend I shall certainly send him back to his Colonel... where he will get reprimanded..., 2 sides 8vo., International Exhibition, Calcutta headed paper, 5th March
Item Date: 1884
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Background
A member of the Agricultural Society of New South Wales, Joubert was honorary secretary in 1867 and later paid secretary. In 1878, as secretary to the New South Wales commission, he organised the exhibits for the Paris Exhibition where he arranged French participation at the 1879 Sydney Exhibition. In July Henry Parkes confirmed John McElhone's questions in the Legislative Assembly that Joubert and Edward Combes had 'shipped out private property as returned exhibits'. In August after prolonged infighting Joubert was dismissed as secretary by the Agricultural Society for misleading the council. Joubert left Sydney in disgust. With Richard Twopeny he ran exhibitions in Perth in 1881 and Christchurch, New Zealand, in 1882. In India for most of 1882-83 he organized the Calcutta Exhibition. In Melbourne as a theatrical agent he built the Alexandra Theatre but went bankrupt in 1887.
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