John De Baun

John De Baun (19 January 1852 – 24 December 1912) was an American-born Australian real estate developer, hotelier and mining investor.

Quotes about De Baun

  • And there was John de Baun, a Canadian builder of twenty-eight stone weight, as active as a cat, and with a little voice tuned to E Flat. He was known as ‘the elephant man with the mosquito voice.’
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