Tom Hubble b. c.1903

Also known as George Hubble, Hub, G. T. C. Hubble, George T. C. Hubble, George Temperley C. Hubble
  • Artist (Painter)
Hubble was a camouflage artist during WWII. During the 1940s he also worked as comic artist and writer and sometimes self-publisher, signing his comics 'Hub'. He was particularly interested in science fiction, e.g. "Desert-Dragon" (on 'living fossils' in Australia) and "Raybot" .
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portrait painter, commercial, advertising and comic-strip artist, poet, writer and salesman, was born in Sydney, son of an advertising executive father and a surgeon and geologist mother. Educated at Sydney Boys’ High and the Julian Ashton Art School, he then worked as a sales rep, selling advertising space for newspapers, magazines and radio stations. He was a camouflage artist during WWII. During the 1940s he worked as comic artist and writer and sometimes self-publisher, signing his comics 'Hub’. He was particularly interested in science fiction, e.g. Desert-Dragon (on 'living fossils’ in Australia) and Raybot .

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Writers:
Kerr, Joan
Date written:
1996
Last updated:
2007

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Other occupations
  • Camoufleur (ANZSIC code: 7600)
  • Salesman (ANZSIC code: 4279)
  • Writer (ANZSIC code: 9002)
  • Poet (ANZSIC code: 9002)
  • Camoufleur (ANZSIC code: 7600)
  • Salesman (ANZSIC code: 4279)
  • Writer (ANZSIC code: 9002)
  • Poet (ANZSIC code: 9002)
Alternative names
  • George Hubble
  • Hub
  • G. T. C. Hubble
  • George T. C. Hubble
  • George Temperley C. Hubble
  • George Hubble
  • Hub
  • G. T. C. Hubble
  • George T. C. Hubble
  • George Temperley C. Hubble
Related people
  • Hubble, Frances M. L. Georgina T. (child of)
  • Hubble, William Charlton (child of)
  • Hubble, Doreen E. (spouse of)
  • Hubble, Frances M. L. Georgina T. (child of)
  • Hubble, William Charlton (child of)
  • Hubble, Doreen E. (spouse of)
Related events
  • A.C.E. Biographical Portraits (exhibited at)
  • A.C.E. Biographical Portraits (exhibited at)
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