He was educated in London and worked as draughtsman for a builder, John Hurst. In 1886 he emigrated to Western Australia and established an architectural practice in Perth in 1887.
He designed many of the well known public buildings in Perth and Fremantle and was President of the Western Australian Institute of Architects from 1909 ro 1911.
After the armistice Hobbs decided to return to his former profession, architecture. With a keen interest in the construction of war memorials Hobbs was responsible for designing the West Australian War Memorial in Kings Park, Perth.
He died of a heart attack while en route to the unveiling of a war memorial built to his design at Villers-Bretonneux, a French town recaptured under his command in World War I.
Hobbs studied hard at his military vocation, attending gunnery courses in England in 1902 and 1906, and he took the Diploma of Military Science course at the University of Sydney in 1909.
In January 1920, Hobbs, along with Legge, Monash, McCay and White, was appointed to a committee chaired by Chauvel, to examine the future structure of the army.
In 1940 a memorial was erected to Hobbs on the Esplanade in Perth.
Sir Joseph John TalbotHobbs (born London, August 24, 1864, died at sea en route to France April 21, 1938) was an Australian architect.
He designed many of the well known public buildings in Perth and Fremantle and was President of the Western Australian Institute of Architects from 1909 to 1911.
With a keen interest in the construction of war memorials Hobbs was responsible for designing the West Australian War Memorial in Kings Park, Perth.
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