Meher Baba at Sydney's Mascot airport 11th August 1956 en route to Melbourne. Photo taken by Robert Rouse's father ( close up of the original )

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1956 TOUR

Francis Brabazon is standing in front of Baba and Bill LePage is standing on the side of the house looking on.

In Mid July 1956 Meher Baba and four of his men mandali ( close ones ) departed on a months circumnavigation of the globe. They departed Bombay ( Mumbai ) by plane landing briefly at Damascus ( Syria ) and Beirut Airport ( Lebanon ) then onto Zurich ( Switzerland ) and London. They then flew to New York, NY, Richmond V.,Wilmington, NC, Myrtle Beach, SC, Washington DC., Dallas / Ft. Worth, TX., Los Angeles, Meher Mount, Ojai, San Francisco, CA., then to Honolulu, (Hawaii Is ), Kroton Is ( Kiribati ), Suva,( Fiji ), Sydney, Melbourne & Darwin, Australia, then onto Jakarta, ( Indonesia ), Singapore and back to Bombay in mid August.

Meher Baba standing in the doorway of Meher House. Adi K. Irani standing behind Baba.

Meher Baba standing in the doorway. Photo courtesy of the Sydney Meher Baba web site.

Meher Baba standing in the doorway of Meher House. ( L-R ) Adi K. Irani, Eruch Jessawala, Meher Baba & Dr. Nilu.

1956 : ( L-R ) Meherjee Karkaria, Adi K Irani, Dr Nilu, Frances Brabazon, Meher Baba and Eruch Jessawala. Photo courtesy of the Sydney Meher Baba web site.

Meher House, Beacon Hill, Sydney - 1956 . This is the Austin car that Bill LePage drove Baba around Sydney.

This car is seen at the end of the John Grant interview ( see video below ) which was filmed by Michael Ney at Sydney's Mascot airport. John is driving the Mini Minor wagon with the luggage following Baba's car.

Mid-1950s ; View towards the Pacific Ocean with Meher House in the foreground

Baba's bedroom at Meher House, Sydney, Australia.

Avatar Meher Baba visited Sydney and Melbourne for the first time in August 1956. On 11 August 1956 Baba was interviewed by Donald Ingram Smith, a radio and television presenter. The interview was audio tape-recorded. This video includes the tape-recording and a transcription to assist comprehension of the interview.

Courtesy of Michael LePage

Meher House in Sydney, 1956 ; Glow mag. August 2002 p.3

Meher House 1956 ; Glow mag. August 2002 p.15

John Grant recalls Meher Baba's visit to Sydney in 1956.

The short film at the end of the interview was filmed by Michael Ney.

Courtesy of Michael LePage

1956 TOUR

1958 TOUR

1958 : World map shows the routes Meher Baba took from Bombay to Myrtle Beach, then Australia & back to Bombay, India. Map graphics by Anthony Zois.

Rustom & Sohrab visit Meher House, mid 2012

SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA

Beacon Hill is located in the very top RH corner in this aerial view. Courtesy of NASA.

Inside the main concert hall - Sydney Opera House

MEHER HOUSE - Sydney

View from Beacon Hill towards Manly during the 1950s

Recent view from Beacon Hill towards Manly

FRANCIS BRABAZON BUILDING MEHER HOUSE

Francis wearing his Shiek robes whilst working with friends

In 1949 Francis Brabazon began quarrying stone and building a house in Beacon Hill, Sydney, in the hope that one day, Avatar Meher Baba would visit this house.

Courtesy of Michael Le Page.

SYDNEY'S KINGSFORD-SMITH AIRPORT, MASCOT

Meher Baba at Sydney's Mascot airport 11th August 1956 en route to Melbourne. Photo taken by Robert Rouse's father.

1963 - Artist impression of the airport terminal

MEHER BABA IS DRIVEN FROM SYDNEY'S AIRPORT AT MASCOT.

BILL LE PAGE IS DRIVING BABA IN THE AUSTIN CAR THAT BELONGED TO BARON VON FRANKENBURG & JOHN GRANT IS DRIVING THE MORRIS MINOR WAGON WITH THE LUGGAGE.

1956 FILM ; "THE MAN WHO NEVER WAS "

Meher Baba was taken to the city during his visit and requested to see a movie at a cinema. The film they went into was "The Man who never was ". They didn't stay very long before they all left.

1975 - MEHER HANDICRAFTS STAFF, BALMAIN, SYDNEY

Staff standing in Elliott Street Balmain with Meher Handicrafts in the background. It later became Meher Australia and closed in the early 1990s.

Mid-1970s ; local Baba followers singing songs of praise. ( L-R ) John Borthwick, Chris Gray, Stephen Hein, Richard Lockwood, Linda Joy (then McGahey), Jenny Keating, Judith Garbett, Liz Gaskin, Lorraine Woods and Joan Le Page.

1974 ; Meher Handicrafts Theatre. Photo taken by Anthony Zois

1974 ; Meher House gathering. Photo taken by Anthony Zois

2016 Meher House Anniversary Celebrations

Early birds lining up for tickets for the celebrations

2019 Baba's Birthday celebrations at Meher House, Sydney.