Von Frankenberg studied under Inayat Khan, who first brought this mystical order of Islam to the West, before going on to found the first Sufi society in Australia.

His father, Friedrich von Frankenberg, was a German baron of independent means, while his mother, Jessie Elliot, was the daughter of a wealthy Australian industrialist family.

[5] He later became an Officer for the German Crown Prince, and developed an interest in collecting rare works on Eastern and Islamic literature.

[1] She was generally known as Stella, or by her Sufi name of Lila, was an accomplished concert pianist and member of a family in Sydney who ran a successful business.

[2] Avatar's Abode is a 40-hectare (99-acre) spiritual retreat about 121 kilometres (75 mi) north of Brisbane, near Woombye, dedicated to Meher Baba, established by Brabazon after purchasing the land with money left to him by Von Frankenberg.