Arthur Francis Basset Hull

[2] On 1 July 1900, Hull received a transfer to the Department of Public Works as a secretary to labour commissioners.

[2] Hull served as president Royal Australasian Ornithologists' Union in 1919–1920 and the Linnean Society in 1923–1924 also publishing in their journal publications.

[4] At age 15, Hull suffered polio and had to wear a surgical boot and use a walking stick for the rest of his life.

[2] The couple lived at The Abbey, Annandale where Laura gave birth to a son in July 1893,[5] but she died less than a month later.

[6] In March 1899 Hull was sued by Bertha Cligny de Boissac for breach of marriage promise.