Robert Bibo

Welcome

If your family has an ancestral connection to the south-east Queensland and north-east New South Wales regions (Lismore to Eumundi) and the last names of: Bibo, Cagnacci, Dillon, Mackney, Mazzer, Natoli & Natole, O’Keefe, Rummery, Simpson, Smith or Tomkinson, you could be related to immigrants arriving in the late 1800s. Read ‘About‘ for more.

Recent Posts

Family History

  • The Smith Stories
    by Robert Bibo
    Hazel was a cousin of Ivy Smith (1911-1977) the wife of William Smith (1911-1989) a son of Filomena Cagnacci (1886-1970) and grandson of Angelina Sgapponi (1864-1942) then known as Mary Cagnacci. Hazel’s parents were Bertram Smith (1878-1954) and Amy Florence Went (1888-1963). The family was living at Currumbin during Hazel’s childhood.

Economics

  • The Inflation Question
    by Robert Bibo
    Existing RBA inflation targeting policy produces economic and socially suboptimal results. Thirty-five per cent of households are burdened with the responsibility to fix an economic problem they did not create. The RBA policy is based more on subjective statements than facts.

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Family History

Anton & Rosina Bibo and Guglielmo & Carlotta Cagnacci arrived in Australia in 1873 and 1877 with their young families to grow grapes and begin what is now a much larger family.

Economics

Economics is a social science that should be concerned with how society uses real resources to achieve full employment with price stability.

General

Here is an eclectic collection of interesting historical and contemporary stories, an autobiography and photographs.