50+ Years of

Humoour Research & Education

After a successful career as a comedian and speaker, Pete Crofts founded the world's first bookshop specialising in books on Humour, Comedy and Laughter.

1973

A small bookshop becomes a creative hub.

1980

From the Bookshop, the Pete Crofts Humourversity was founded as a place for comedians, speakers, trainers, business owners & just everyday to speak with humour and perform stand-up comedy

The Humouversity is the number #1 humour and comedy training organiosation is Australia, training many well-known home grown comedians and speakers like Russell Gilbert, Rachel Berger, Tim Smith, Dave Grant & Elliot Goblett

1993

A small bookshop becomes a creative hub.

1999

Pete represents Australia with several international speaking engagements including speaking on the about the importance of humour at the National Achievers Congress in Singapore. Sharing the stage with Mark Victor Hansen, Amanda Gore & Joe Girard

Pete invited to speak at the National Achievers Congress in Singapore, sharing the stage with Mark Victor Hansen, Amanda Gore & Joe Girard

With thousands of people having completed humourversity programs The teaching materials are further refined into a modular, session-by-session system. This marked a major shift from a founder-led body of work to a format that could be taught more consistently by other facilitators as well.

2010

A small bookshop becomes a creative hub.

2025

The next stage of the Humourversity begins with Pete

Higher education for humour

© 2026 Humourversity. All rights reserved.

Higher education for humour

© 2026 Humourversity. All rights reserved.