Gordon COLE
Born 28 June 1924 in West Perth, Western Australia [16]
Son of "Fred" Frederick William COLE and Hilda Mabel GRILLETT [P33]
Resided with his parents in the Perth suburb of Subiaco from 1924 to 1929
They lived at 200 Rokeby Road, Subiaco from 1924 to 1927 and at 234 Nicholson Road, Subiaco in 1928 and 1929 [6]
In late 1929 shifted from Subiaco to Carnamah with his parents, sister Dorcas and brother Fred [P33]
Resided with his parents on Ginawarra Farm on the north side of the Bunjil-Carnamah Road in Carnamah [P33]
The farm was the 1,388 acre Lot M1210 of Victoria Location 1938, which his mother had purchased in 1926 [3] [27]
Attended the Billeroo State School at Billeroo, East Winchester [P33]
Won a 1st prize for Writing in the Educational section of the Carnamah Agricultural Show on 10 September 1936 [5: 18-Sep-1936]
Attended the Children's Fancy Dress Ball at the Carnamah Hall on 14 November 1936 dressed as a "Dutch Boy" [5: 20-Nov-1936]
Received a demonstration of vegetable judging by judge Harold C. STACEY at the Carnamah Agricultural Show in 1937 [5: 17-Sep-1937]
At the Carnamah Agricultural Show in 1937 he won 1st prize for Collection of Fodder Plants in the Grain & Fodder section [5]
After leaving school worked on his mother's Ginawarra Farm and later ran it in partnership with his brother Fred [P33]
In 1948, in partnership with his brother Fred, extended Ginawarra Farm from 1,388 acres to just over 4,000 acres [P33]
They purchased William CARMICHAEL's nearby 1,092 acre farm (Lot M1481 of Victoria Location 1938) [3]
They also purchased O'GRADY Bros' 1,526 acre farm (Lots M1211 and M1466 of Victoria Locations 1938 and 2023) [3]
Private in the local Australian Army Volunteer Defence Corps during the Second World War [16]
Farmed Ginawarra in partnership with his brother Fred as "Cole Bros" until 1952 and then ran the property by himself [P33]
Financial Member of the Carnamah District Agricultural Society in 1952 and 1958 [13]
Obtained the telephone in 1961 - was telephone number Carnamah East 201 [60]
In the 1970s sold the farm to the BOWMAN family, who renamed it Bowhill, and moved to Irwin [P33]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Baldivis [2]
Husband of Nancy [P33]
Father of Garry, Katrina, John, Wayne, and Lance [P33]
Died 20 July 1985; ashes interred at Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth, Western Australia (Rose Memorial) [2]
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Gordon Cole' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 20 February 2026 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/gordon-cole [reference list] |
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