Robert Creech [SEP] educated at
history and English. He was subsequently offered admission to the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia and studied french horn with Mason Jones, principal horn with the Philadelphia Orchestra over a period of four years. From 1959-1976, he taught on the music faculty of the UBC and from 1970-1985 he was Artistic and Executive Director of the Courtenay Youth Music Centre. During the 1960s he was highly involved with the Vancouver Community Arts Council and was instrumental in helping establish the Vancouver Academy of Music where he occasionally taught classes.
has been claimed as 10 Aug 1874, however the date of 16 Sep 1866 is evidenced by his official birth record. He was educated to elementary level at Bourke, where his family moved after his father's alleged death when Stuart-Robertson was 4 years old. Despite the rumour that Robert senior had died during the 1870s in Queensland, Robert senior died on 3 July 1899 at George Street Asylum, Parramatta, New South Wales.
Stuart-Robertson undertook a number of unsuccessful retail businesses in Bourke and Cobar. During