I think she was having you on. All of Hugh's education was at school and university in Sydney. He was school captain of the all boys college.
That aside, a few years ago I attended a reunion of my class of '79. When teaching them I was 35. One ex-student was so stunning (and gay) I could not take my eyes off him and was amazed to find who he was. He was quite uninteresting when I taught him at the age of 16.