Francis Brabazon
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Francis Brabazon (1907-1984) was an Australian poet and a mandali of Meher Baba.  Francis Brabazon was born in London, but moved to Australia with his family when he was still a boy. At the age of 21, Francis Brabazon embarked on a quest to discover the relationship between beauty and truth. He studied music and painting and finally found his niche in poetry. He met Meher Baba on a trip to America in 1952 and later described Baba as "the very personification of truth and the very embodiment of beauty." After returning to Australia, Francis and a party of helpers managed to complete the "Beacon Hill house" in time for Baba's first visit to Australia in August 1956. It was later called "Meher House". In 1958 he established on Kiels Mountain, Woombye, Queensland, a place to host Meher Baba on his next visit. Baba, while he was there, named the area "Avatar's Abode" and said it would become a place of world pilgrimage. Francis' tomb is on the "Abode" overlooking the ocean.
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