Brian Kenneth Hobbs

Brian Kenneth Hobbs (1937–2004) was a medical doctor in Adelaide, South Australia and chair of Community Aid Abroad.

Born to Norman Theodore Hobbs, a market gardener, and Dorothy Ada (née Weedon), a schoolteacher, in Paradise, South Australia, a horticultural community on the outskirts of Adelaide, Brian Hobbs attended Campbelltown Primary School and Prince Alfred College, where he boarded after the family moved to Victor Harbor.

In addition to his work as a GP, Hobbs was a co-founder of Medic Alert in Australia and of the Clovelly Park Community Health Centre in southern Adelaide, and taught at Flinders University, where he held the roles of Honorary Tutor in Medicine, and Visiting G.P.

Hobbs was a co-founder of International Development Support Services, a consultancy subsidiary of Oxfam Australia, and is named as a "Visionary Leader" by the Community Aid Alliance.

[4] He was also a founding member and President of the Schuss Ski Club, which became the de facto representative body for snow skiers in South Australia.