The Rev. T.C. Cole Photograph from Cooper, John Butler, ‘The History of Malvern From its First Settlement to a City’, (Melbourne, 1935), Chapter XV.
“No true account of early Malvern, and of the days of the village, can overlook the vicar [the Rev. Thomas Cornelius Cole], distinctive in appearance with his reddish or sandy coloured beard. He usually rode a roan horse, and in summer wore a Chinese silk dustcoat. His parish extended to Oakleigh, and he was an overworked man. His father was a nurseryman at Hawthorn. Through the father the son acquired a taste for horticulture. His rose garden was the envy of rosarians. ... From the vicar's rosary many beautiful blooms were awarded prizes at horticultural shows.” Chapter XI, p122
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The Rev. T.C. Cole
Photograph from Cooper, John Butler, ‘The History of Malvern From its First Settlement to a City’, (Melbourne, 1935), Chapter XV.
“No true account of early Malvern, and of the days of the village, can overlook the vicar [the Rev. Thomas Cornelius Cole], distinctive in appearance with his reddish or sandy coloured beard. He usually rode a roan horse, and in summer wore a Chinese silk dustcoat. His parish extended to Oakleigh, and he was an overworked man.
His father was a nurseryman at Hawthorn. Through the father the son acquired a taste for horticulture. His rose garden was the envy of rosarians. ... From the vicar's rosary many beautiful blooms were awarded prizes at horticultural shows.” Chapter XI, p122