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St. George's Church, Malvern, where the Rev. T.C. Cole was vicar from 1865 - 1879.
Photograph from Cooper, John Butler, ‘The History of Malvern From its First Settlement to a City’, (Melbourne, 1935), Chapter XV.
"From the vicar's rosary many beautiful blooms were awarded prizes at horticultural shows.
...An early resident of Malvern, Miss Rachel Box... sent to us her memories of the first vicar of Malvern. In writing she said, 'The Rev. T. C. Cole's roses were the pride of old Malvern at St. George's vicarage.” Chapter XI, pp122-3
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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
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St. George's Church, Malvern, where the Rev. T.C. Cole was vicar from 1865 - 1879.
Photograph from Cooper, John Butler, ‘The History of Malvern From its First Settlement to a City’, (Melbourne, 1935), Chapter XV.
"In addition to cultivating roses the Rev. T. C. Cole planted many choice shrubs in the church grounds. The surroundings of the fine church were beautified by the artistic groupings of the trees. The church garden appeared to harmonise with the church buildings. ... The cutting down of trees, and shrubs of late years which ornamented the church ground has left the church buildings without the softening mantle of greenery, and, in a way, changed the atmosphere of the church around which so many spiritual memories were entwined." Chapter XI, p122
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